21. 4. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 102/35 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION DECISION of 7 April 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘SLM — Spectrofluorometer, model SLM 4800’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/163/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 maternials ('), 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 August 1982, Belgium 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 ‘SLM — Spectrofluorometer, model SLM 4800°, ordered on 5 January 1981 and intended to be used for the determination of fluor- escence lifetime, polarization measurements and conventional spectrofluorometry, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scien- tific 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 1 February 1983, 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 spectrofluorometer ; () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () O] No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision of the measurements, 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 scien- tific apparatus ; Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community ; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘SLM — Spectrofluoro- meter, model SLM 4800°, which is the subject of an application by Belgium of 13 August 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 April 1983. For the Commaission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission