No L 179/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 6. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 June 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Cahn — Recording Electrobalance, model Cahn 2000’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/412/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 (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 2 December 1981, 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 ‘Cahn — Recording Electrobalance, model Cahn 2000’, ordered on 28 July 1981 and to be used for research into the effect of surface-active elements on the kinetics of metal/gas reactions by recording the change of weight of the reacting metal with time, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affir- mative, 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 14 May 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a recording balance; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision, 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, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manu- factured in the Community ; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus ‘4433’ manufactured by Sartorius GmbH, Postfach 19, D-3400 Géttingen, to the apparatus ‘Cibal’ manufactured by CI Electronics Ltd, Brunel Road, Churchfields, Salisbury, UK-Wiltshire AP2 7PU and to the apparatus ‘MTB 209’ manufactured by Setaram, 101-103, rue de Séze, F-69451 Lyon Cedex 3, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Cahn — Recording Elec- trobalance, model Cahn 2000°, which is subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 2 December 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 June 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR JES Member of the Commission () OJ No L 184, 15.7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. | () OF No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.