No L 160/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 6. 76 COMMISSION DECISION of 1 June 1976 on the refusal to accept the scientific character of an apparatus known as ‘BUCHER TS-150 Injection Press’ with the injection mould required for its oper- (76/545/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 (%), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75 of 2 December 1975 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75(2), and in particular Article S thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 16 January 1976, the Belgian Government requested the Commission to determine whether or not the apparatus known as ‘BUCHER TS-150 Injection Press’ with the injection mould required for its operation should be considered to be a scientific apparatus ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (5) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 3195/7S5, a group of experts composed of representatives of all of the Member States met on 5 May 1976 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case ; Whereas this examination shows that the apparatus concerned consists of an injection press of common usage, clearly capable of use for all commercial (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 316, 6. 12. 1975, p. 17. purposes requiring injection moulding ; whereas it has no particular intrinsic device to allow of its specific use for scientific purposes; whereas the form of the mould adapted to this apparatus is not sufficient to give it the character of scientific apparatus ; Whereas it does not therefore possess the character of a scientific apparatus ; HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : . Article 1 The undermentioned apparatus is not hereby consid- ered to be a scientific apparatus: ‘BUCHER TS-150 Injection Press’ with the injection mould required for its operation. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 June 1976. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Member of the Commission