No L 131/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 5. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 13 April 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Perkin Elmer — Gas Chromatography System, model Sigma 1, with Lab Data System, model Sigma 10’°, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/289/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 (3, and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 7 October 1981, the Italian Republic 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 ‘Perkin Elmer — Gas Chromatography System, model Sigma 1, with Lab Data System, model Sigma 10°, to be used for the analysis of oils, fats, sterol fractions and pesticides, for toxicological analysis, identification of drug metabo- lites, recognition of organic synthesis intermediates, extraction products and essential oils, should be consi- dered 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 March 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 gas chromatograph ; Whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the precision of the analysis and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research ; () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific appa- ratus ; 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 ‘429’ and ‘430°, manufac- tured by Packard-Becker BV, Vulcanusweg 259, NL-Delft, to the apparatus ‘series 131’, manufactured by Intersmat, boite postale 25, F-77181 Courtry, to the apparatus ‘6800 CR-1A’, in combination with ‘Processor 1803, manufactured by Dani SpA, via Rovani 10, 1-20052 Monza, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Perkin Elmer — Gas Chromatography System, model Sigma 1, with Lab Data System, model Sigma 10°, which is the subject of an application by the Italian Republic of 7 October 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 April 1982. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Vice-President