4. 11. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 314/13 COMMISSION DECISION of 8 October 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Akashi scanning electron micro- scope, model ISI-DS-130" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/841/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 (%), 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 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 10 April 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 ‘Akashi scanning elec- tron microscope, model ISI-DS-130, to be used for research of ion implantation for corrosion resistance of oxide ‘glazes’ and of initiation of atmospheric corro- sion at individual sites, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affir- mative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Commu- nity, 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 9 July 1981 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 scanning electron microscope ; {1y OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. (!) OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the very high resolution power 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, 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 manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus ‘EM 400 T combined with the ‘SEM 501B’, manufactured by Philips Nederland BV, Boschdijk 525, NL-Eindhoven, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article | The apparatus described as ‘Akashi scanning electron microscope, model ISI-DS-130°, which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 10 April 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, § October 1981. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission