3. 6. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 145/23 COMMISSION DECISION of 14 May 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Arenberg-R.F. pulsed oscillator, model PG-655-C with accessories’, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/373/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scien- tific and cultural materials ('), as amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1027/79 (?), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (%), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 4 November 1980, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘Aren- berg-R. F. pulsed oscillator, model PG-655-C with accessories’, to be used for research involving the measurement of the speed of ultrasonic waves in new materials of physical interest, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Commu- nity ; Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 26 March 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an oscillator; (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the power and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, more- over, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus ; Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community ; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : . Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Arenberg-R.F. pulsed oscillator, model PG-655-C with accessories’, which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 4 November 1980, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 May 1981. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission