9.9. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 249/33 COMMISSION DECISION of 1 September 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Dionex — Stopped-flow Spectro- photometer, model D-110, with accessories’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/456/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 7 March 1983, Italy 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 ‘Dionex — Stopped-flow Spec- trophotometer, model D-110, with accessories’, ordered on 28 November 1979 and intended to be used for research on the reaction mechanisms of tran- . sition metal complexes, 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 6 July 1983 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () O] No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrophotometer ; whereas its objec- tive technical characteristics such as the sensibility 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 scientific activi- ties ; whereas it must therefore be considered 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 ‘Dionex — Stopped-flow Spectrophotometer, model D-110, with accessories’, which is the subject of an application by Italy of 7 March 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 September 1983. For the Commission Etienng DAVIGNON Vice-President