No L 69/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 3. 81 COMMISSION DECISION of 18 February 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Carl Zeiss-Interpretoskop B’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/133/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 21 August 1980, the United Kingdom 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 ‘Carl Zeiss- Interpretoskop B’, to be used for measuring the images of stars and galaxies on photographic plates, 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 8 January 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 an interpretation instrument of stereo- grams; (1) 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 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 ; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Carl Zeiss-Interpretoskop B’, which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom Government of 21 August 1980, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 February 1981. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission