No L 233/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 8. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 July 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Perkin Elmer — Gas Chromatograph, model Sigma 2’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/524/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 11 January 1982, Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the proce- dure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘Perkin Elmer — Gas Chroma- tograph, model Sigma 2’, ordered on 29 August 1979 and to be used for the analysis of polymers and addi- tives for plastic substances and of monomer residues in polymers and for purity determinations, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equi- 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 8 June 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a gas chromatograph ; whereas its objec- tive technical characteristics such as the stability at the temperature control and the use to which it is put 1 () O 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. make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind is principally used for scientific activities ; 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, is currently being manu- factured in the Community ; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus ‘6800’ and ‘3600’ manufac- tured by Dani SpA, via Rovani 10, 20052 Milan, Italy, and to the apparatus ‘429", ‘430’ and ‘433’ manufac- tured by Packard Becker BV, Vulcanusweg 259, Delft, Netherlands, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Perkin Elmer — Gas Chromatograph, model Sigma 2’, which is the subject of an application by Germany of 11 January 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to he Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 July 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission