No L 149/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 6. 83 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 24 May 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Waters — High Pressure Liquid Chromatography System, consisting of : System Controller, model 720 ; Data module, model 730; Solvent Delivery System, model 6000A, model M45 ; Universal Injector model U6K ; Refractometer, model 401’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/267/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 (%), 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 November 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 ‘Waters — High Pressure Liquid Chromatography System, consisting of : System Controller, model 720 ; Data module, model 730; Solvent Delivery System, model 6000A, model M45 ; Universal Injector, model U6K ; Refractometer, model 401°, ordered on 28 May 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. () () ¢) 1980 and to be used for isolating and identifying constituent and active substances of plants and micro- organisms and also for working out new methods of analysis for the detection of natural products, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufac- tured 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 21 March 1983 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an analysis system ; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the great sensibility, 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 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,