3.9. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245/9 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 10 August 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Hitachi — Transmission Electron Microscope, model H700H, with scanning attachment and X-ray energy disper- sive detector’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/437/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 (%), 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 23 February 1983, the United Kingdom 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 ‘Hitachi — Transmis- sion Electron Microscope, model H700H, with scan- ning attachment and X-ray energy dispersive detector’, ordered on 30 October 1980 and intended to be used in electron microscopy of synthetic polymers, as analy- tical and imaging facilities, should be considered to be o L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. o L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. - o L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Z2ZZ a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Commu- nity ; 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 § July 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 microscope ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the resolution power, 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 activi- ties ; 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 ‘EM400T with STEM-unit’ manufactured by Philips Nederland BV, Boschdijk 525, NL-Eindhoven, in combination with the ‘Si(Li) Detector’ manufactured by Link Systems Ltd, Halifax Road, UK-High Wycombe, Bucks. HP12 3SE,