22. 4. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 104/31 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 April 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘UTI — Precision Mass Analyzer, model UTI 100 C’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/171/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 22 September 1982, the Netherlands 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 ‘UTI — Precision Mass Analyzer, model UTI 100 C' ordered on 9 October 1981 and intended to be used for the study of short- lived molecules in the gas-phase and in particular for the analysis according to mass of the ions formed and for the measurement of the electrons and ions in coin- 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. cidence, should be considered to be a scientific appar- atus 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 1 March 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 mass spectrometer ; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the very high sensitivity, 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 manu- factured in the Community ; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus ‘Supavac’ manufactured by VG Gas Analysis Ltd, Aston Way, Holmes Chapel Road, UK-Middlewich W10 OHT, Cheshire and to the apparatus ‘1Q 200’ manufactured by Leybold-Heraeus GmbH, Bonner Strasse 504, D-5000 Koln 51,