2.2 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 31/21 COMMISSION DECISION of 19 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Macbeth — Spectrophotometer, model MS 2000’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/25/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 13 July 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 ‘Macbeth — Spectrophoto- meter, model MS 2000’, ordered in June 1979 and to be used for the photometric and calorimetric measure- ments on solids and in particular for the reflectance measurement from 380 to 720 nm and for the measu- rement of K/S values for determining pigments, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether appar- atus of equivalent 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 14 December 1982 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 spectrophotometer ; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the number and the precision of the measurements, () 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. 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 activi- ties ; 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 ‘SP8-100" manufactured by Pye Unicam Ltd, York Street, UK-Cambridge CBI 2PX, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Macbeth — Spectrophoto- meter, model MS 2000°, which is the subject of an application by Italy of 13 July 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 January 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission