30. 11. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 338/35 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 November 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Extranuclear — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, consisting of : Quadrupole Mass Filter, model 4-324-9, Electron Impact Ionizer, model 041-2, Ionizer Control, model 020-2, Quadrupole Power Supply, model 011-14 and High-Q-Head, model 012-10’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/803/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 7 April 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany 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 ‘Extra- nuclear — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, consisting of : Quadrupole Mass Filter, model 4-324-9, Electron Impact Ionizer, model 041-2, Ionizer Control, model 020-2, Quadrupole Power Supply, mode! 011-14 and High-Q-Head, model 012-10’, ordered on 20 February 1980 and to be used for research in the field of radia- tion chemistry and in particular for research of atom- molecule reactions by means of a flow reactor, 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 manufac- tured 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 21 September 1982 within the frame- work of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a mass spectrometer ; () 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 sensibility 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 a scientific 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 ‘Extranuclear — Quadru- pole Mass Spectrometer, consisting of : Quadrupole Mass Filter, model 4-324-9, Electron Impact lonizer, model 041-2, Ionizer Control, model 020-2, Quadru- pole Power Supply, model 011-14 and High-Q-Head, model 012-10°, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 7 April 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 November 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission