No L 275/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 10. 83 COMMISSION DECISION of 29 September 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Perkin-Elmer — Atomic Absorb- tion Spectrophotometer, model 4000° may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/501/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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (3), ' 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 15 March 1983, the Federal Republic of Germany 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 ‘Perkin- Elmer — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, model 4000’, ordered on 25 July 1979 and intended to be used for quantitative determination of traces of heavy metals and other toxic elements, and in parti- cular for studies on the further use of end products from scrubbing techniques for flue-gas desulphuriza- tion, 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 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 22 September 1983 within the frame- work of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrophotometer ; whereas its objec- tive technical characteristics such as the high sensibi- lity and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, appa- ratus of the same kind are principally used for scien- tific activities ; whereas it must therefore be consndered 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 ‘Perkin-Elmer — Atomic Absorbtion Spectrophotometer, model 4000°, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 15 March 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 September 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR JES Member of the Commission () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.