21. 4. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 102/39 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 April 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘NRG — Dye Laser, model NRG- DL-0,03 may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/167/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 18 September 1982, 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 ‘NRG — Dye Laser, model NRG-DL-0,03’ ordered on 16 November 1977 and intended to be used for the study of photochemical processes of organic molecules and natural substances and also as high-pressure source in the 360 mm wave- length band, 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 1 February 1983, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, to examine the matter ; o L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. o L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. o L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. 00O = ZZZ Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a laser; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as power of the peak, 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, 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 ‘NRG — Dye Laser, model NRG-DL-0,03’, which is the subject of an application by Italy of 18 September 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 April 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission