No L 31/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 283 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 13 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Livermore — Laser, model Nova Novette’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/20/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 8 July 1982, France 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 ‘Livermore — Laser, model Nova Novette’, ordered on 23 November 1981 and to be used for research in plasma physics, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equi- ) 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. valent 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 14 December 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 high-power laser ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the energy value of the emission, 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 ‘Livermore — Laser, model Nova Novette’, which is the subject of an application