No L 386/62 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Matec — Pulse Modulator and Receiver, model 6600’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/970/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean 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 educa- tional, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2), 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 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 27 May 1982, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘Matec — Pulse Modulator and Receiver, model 6600°, ordered on 19 March 1982 and to be used to provide the ultrasonic driving pulse and timing circuity required to make pulse echo measurements of the transit time of ultrasonic waves across single crystals in the vicinity of phase transitions, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether appa- ratus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community; 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 15 November 1982, within the framework of the Committee on Duty- Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the appara- tus in question is a pulse modulator; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the gen- eration field of the pulses and the use to which it is put, make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, 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 ‘Matec — Pulse Modu- lator and Receiver, model 6600°, which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 27 May 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 December 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission () OJ No L 184, 15.7.1975, p. 1. (®) OJ No L 74, 18.3.1982, p. 4. (3) OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.