No L 288/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 10. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 27 September 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Gilford — UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, model System 2600, with Chart Recorder, model 6051’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/683/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 17 March 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 ‘Gilford — UV-Vis Spectropho- tometer, model System 2600, with Chart Recorder, model 6051, ordered on 30 October 1980 and to be used for research on the G-6-PD erythrocyte deficit with determination of the enzyme activity of erythro- cytes and the Michaelis constant, and in particular for research on neonatal jaundice, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientitic 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 15 July 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 spectrophotometer ; whereas its objec- tive technical characteristics such as the spectral power () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. 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 ‘SP 8-100’, ‘SP 8-150’, ‘SP 8-200’, ‘SP 8-250’, ‘SP 8-300" and ‘SP 8-400" manufac- tured by Pye Unicam Ltd, York Street, UK-Cambridge CB1 2PX, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as 'Gilford — UV-Vis Spec- trophotometer, model System 2600, with Chart Recorder model 6051°, which is the subject of an application by ltaly of 17 March 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 September 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission