31. 12. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 383/3 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Tektronix — Waveform Viewing Transient Digitizer System, model WP 2010’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/929/BEC) 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 (), 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 3 May 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany 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 ‘Tektronix — Waveform Viewing Transient Digitizer System, model WP 2010’, ordered on 13 November 1978 and to be used for the measurement of short phase- transformation times in metal alloys and in particular for recording the development of the phase- transformation in time, 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 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 20 October 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; () OJ 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 a signal acquisition system ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the sensibi- lity in the field of the temporal measurement, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scien- tific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scien- tific 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 ‘Tektronix — Waveform Viewing Transient Digitizer System, model WP 2010’ which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 3 May 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission