21. 8. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 246/19 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 August 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Farrand — Spectrofluorometer, model MK 2’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/614/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 16 February 1982, 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 ‘Farrand — Spectrofluorometer,. model MK 2, ordered 15 July 1978 and to be used for the analysis of catecholamines in the blood of pigs and for the examination of the relationship between the catechol amine level and post-mortem glyco-genolysis, 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 Com- munity ; . : 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 July 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 spectrofluorometer, whereas its objec- tive technical characteristics, such as the sensibility of () () ) 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. the analysis, 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 ‘JY3C’, manufactured by Jobin Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, 91160 Longjumeau, France, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Farrand — Spectrofluoro- meter, model MK 2’, which is subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 16 February 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 August 1982. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Vice-President