8. 10. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 275/29 COMMISSION DECISION of 29 September 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘SPEX — Czerny-Turner Spectro- graph-Spectrometer, model 1802, with accessories’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/500/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 (%), 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 23 March 1983, 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 ‘SPEX — Czerny- Turner Spectrograph-Spectrometer, model 1802, with accessories’, ordered on 17 May 1982 and intended to be used in research on the interaction of laser light with plasmas, 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 spectrograph ; whereas its objective () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. technical characteristics such as the resolution power 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 a scientific acti- vities ; 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 ‘Monochromateur HRS’ manufactured by Jobin-Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, F-91160 Longjumeau, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘SPEX — Czerny-Turner Spectrograph-Spectrometer, model 1802, with accesso- ries’, which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 23 March 1983, may not 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 NARJES Member of the Commission