12. 4. 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 93/53 COMMISSION DECISION of 29 March 1979 on the refusal to accept the scientific character of an apparatus described as ‘Digital microcomputer system PDP-11VO3-F-VT 55’ (79/393/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 (1), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75 of 2 December 1975 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Articles 4 and 5 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 25 September 1978, the German Government requested the Commission to invoke the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and $ of Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘Digital microcomputer system PDP-11VO3-F-VT 55, used for on-line data processing with subsequent very rapid Fourier transform in the case of nuclear spin reson- ance investigations of ferromagnetic nickel monocrys- tals, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, if 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 4 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 7 February 1979 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case ; Whereas this examination shows that the apparatus in question is an ordinary type of data-processing computer possessing no specific characteristics which make it specially suited to pure scientific research ; whereas it can perhaps be used in many fields of data processing ; whereas its use in this particular case cannot in itself give it the character of a scientific apparatus specially suited to pure scientific research ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Digital microcomputer system PDP-11VO3-F-VT 55 is not considered to be a scientific apparatus. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 March 1979. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 316, 6. 12. 1975, p. 17.