7. 8. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 233/37 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 July 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Extranuclear — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer’, consisting of : 1. multiplier, model 051-1, — mass filter, model 4-162-8, — cross beam ionizer, model 041-2, 2. combined ionizer control, model 020-2, — power supply, model 011-15, 3. electrometer, model 031-2, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/525/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 (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 12 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 ‘Extranuclear — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer’, consisting of : 1. multiplier, model 051-1, — mass filter, model 4-162/8, — cross beam ionizer, model 041-2, 2. combined ionizer control, model 020-2, — power supply, model 011-15, 3. elec- trometer, model 031-2, ordered in February 1979 and to be used for the investigation of vaporization ther- modynamics and of the composition of the vapours of inorganic substances of low volatility at high tempera- tures, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus 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 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 mass spectrometer ; whereas its objec- tive technical characteristics such as the very high () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OF No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. resolution power and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, more- over, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be as 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 ‘R 10-10" manufactured by Ribermag SA, 49, quai du Halage, 92500 Rueil Malmaison, France, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Extranuclear — Quadru- pole Mass Spectrometer’, consisting of : 1. multiplier, model 051-1, — mass filter, model 4-162-8, — cross beam ionizer, model 041-2, 2. combined ionizer control, model 020-2, — power supply, model 011-15, 3. electrometer, model 031-2, which is the subject of an application by Germany of 12 January 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 July 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission