No L 171/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 83 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 June 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘SLM — Spectrofluorometer, model SLM 48008’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/324/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 13 December 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany requested the Commis- sion 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 ‘SLM — Spectrofluorometer, model SLM 4800S’, ordered in March 1980 and intended to be used for the studies of the structure of proteins and the measurement of the life times of the fluorescent states of excited molecules in proteins and nucleic acids or nucleotides in the subnanosecond region, 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 30 May 1983 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- o L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. o L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. o L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. S Z2 2 tive technical characteristics, such as the very high 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 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 ‘SP-7X’ and ‘SP-8X’ manu- factured by Applied Photophysics Ltd, 20 Albemarle ~ Street, UK-London W1X 3HA, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘SLM — Spectrofluoro- meter, model SLM 4800S’, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 13 December 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs' Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 June 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission