No L 285/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 10. 83 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 October 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘PAR — Lock-in Amplifier, model 5202, with fast time constant option, model 5202/90’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/509/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 6 April 1983, Belgium 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 ‘PAR — Lock-in Amplifier, model 5202, with fast time constant option, model 5202/90’, ordered on 5 April 1982 and intended to be used for research in connection with pico-second spectroscopy on solid materials, should be considered - to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmatjve, whether apparatus of equivalent scien- tific 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 23 September 1983 within the frame- work of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; () O No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an amplifier ; whereas its objective tech- nical characteristics, such as the frequency answer, 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 ‘PAR — Lock-in Ampli- fier, model 5202, with fast time constant option, ~ model 5202/90°, which is the subject of an application by Belgium of 6 April 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 October 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR JES Member of the Commission