6.5 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 123/53 COMMISSION DECISION of 22 April 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Beckman — ultracentrifuge, model L8-80’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/278/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty esiéblishing 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 12 October 1981, 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 ‘Beckman — ultracentrifuge, model L8-80°, to be used for the research into the chemical aspects of drugs and for the study of the characteristics of subcellular and macromolecular components, 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 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 an ultracentrifuge ; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the great 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, 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 ‘Centriscan 75’ manufac- tured by MSE Scientific Instruments, Manor Royal, UK-Crawley, Sussex RH10 2QQ, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Beckman — ultracentri- fuge, model L8-80’°, which is the subject of an applica- tion by Italy of 12 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, 22 April 1982. For the Commission Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-President () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. () O No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.