No L 321/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 11. 81 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 8 October 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘MKS transducer, model 223 A with power supply, model PDR-C-1 A, vacuum/pressure/flow/control, model 250 and control valve, model 251/50’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/876/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Econotic 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 amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1027/79 (%), 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 1 April 1981, 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 ‘MKS trans- ducer, model 223 A with power supply, model PDR-C-1 A, vacuum/pressure/flow/control, model 250 and control valve, model 251/50°, to be used for the pressure stabilization in the photolysis cell, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equiva- lent 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 9 July 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. (*) O] No L 134, 31. 5. 1979, p. 1. {*) O] No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a pressure measurement system ; Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scien- tific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activi- ties ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific appa- ratus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus ; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified y HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘MKS-transducer, model 223 A with power supply, model PDR-C-1 A, vacuum/pressure/flow/control, model 250 and control valve, model 251-50" which is the subject of an appli- cation by the Federal Republic of Germany of 1 April 1981 may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 October 1981. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR JES Member of the Commission