No L 244/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 9. 80 COMMISSION DECISION of 1 August 1980 finding that the apparatus described as ‘TSI-LDA Burst Processor, System 1980’ is not a scientific apparatus (80/830/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 (3), 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 March 1980, the British Government 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 “TSI-LDA Burst Pro- cessor, System 1980’, to be used in research in order to improve the efficiency of combustion systems, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether appa- ratus 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 24 June 1980 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1879, p. 1. () O] No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a signal analyser; Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scien- tific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activi- ties ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific appa- ratus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘TSI-LDA Burst Processor, System 1980’ is not considered to be a scientific appa- ratus. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 August 1980. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission