No L 282/62 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 10. 83 COMMISSION DECISION of 5 October 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Varian — Gas Chromatography System, model Vista 44’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/506/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 31 March 1983, Belgium 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 ‘Varian — Gas Chromatography System, model Vista 44", ordered on 20 January 1981 and intended to be used in research relating to in vitro enzymatic reactions and for the analysis of synthetic substances, 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 23 September 1983 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 chromatographic system ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the preci- No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. N\ sion of the analysis, 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 ‘Chromatograph Série 130’ combined with the ‘Intégrateur ICR-1B’, manufactured by Intersmat BP 25, F-77181 Courtry, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Varian — Gas Chromato- graphy System, model Vista 44’, which is the subject of an application by Belgium of 31 March 1983, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 October 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission