No L 29/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 2. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘TSI-laser anemometer system, consisting of : base for argon ion laser; mirror system ; risers, model 9177 ; rotating mount, model 9178, model 9179 ; beam splitter, model 9115-1; ring mount, model 9176 ; beam spacer, model 9113-9, model 9113-22; receiving assembly, model 9140 ; photomultiplier system, model 9160 ; counter, model 19904 ; interface for mini-computer, model 1998D’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/67/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 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 (), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 2 June 1981, the United Kingdom 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 TSI-laser anemometer system, consisting of : base for argon ion laser ; mirror system ; risers, model 9177 ; rotating mount, model 9178, model 9179 ; beam splitter, model 9115-1 ; ring mount, model 9176; beam spacer, model 9113-9, model 9113-22; receiving assembly, model 9140 ; photomultiplier system, model 9160 ; counter, model 1990A ; interface for mini-computer, model 1998D’, to be used for measuring the effects of free-stream turbu- lence on heat transfer to gas turbine blades, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equi- () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. () O] No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. valent 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 18 November 1981 within the frame- work of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a laser; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the frequencies of the mea- suring bands 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, 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 ‘TSl-laser anemometer system, consisting of : base for argon ion laser ; mirror system ; risers, model 9177 ; rotating mount, model 9178, model 3179 ; beam splitter, model 9115-1 ; ring mount, model 9176; beam spacer, model 9113-9, model 9113-22; receiving assembly, model 9140 ; photomuitiplier system, model 9160 ; counter, model 1990A ; interface for mini-computer, model 1998D’,