No L 243/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 8. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 6 August 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Jasco — Automatic Recording Spectropolarimeter, model J-500° may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/580/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 15 February 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 ‘Jasco — Automatic Recording Spectropolarimeter, model J-500’, ordered on 6 August 1979 and to be used for research into circular, linear and magnetic dichroism of organic and organo- metailic compounds, 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 (S5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 2 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 spectropolarimeter ; whereas its objec- tive technical characteristics such as the precision and () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OF No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. the stability, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, more- over, 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 ‘Mark IIIS’ manufactured by Jobin Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, 91160 Longjumeau, France, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Jasco — Automatic Recording Spectropolarimeter, model J-500°, which is subject of an application by Italy of 15 February 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff _ duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 August 1982. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Vice-President