No L 131/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 5. 84 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 May 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Ortec — Planar totally depleted Silicon Surface Barrier Detectors, model : D 035-050-15, D 030-150-50, D 015- 050-100, D 030-300-100 — Totally depleted Silicon Surface Barrier Detectors, model : B 027-450-200, B 027-450-400, B 018-050-300, B 027-450-300’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (84/264/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 608/821%, 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 November 1983, the Netherlands 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 ‘Ortec — Planar totally depleted Silicon Surface Barrier Detectors, model : D 035-050-15, D 030-150-50, D 015-050-100, D 030- 300-100 — Totally depleted Silicon Surface Barrier Detectors, model : B 027-450-200, B 027-450-400, B 018-050-300, B 027-450-300", ordered on 9 October 1982 and intended to be used in nuclear physics ex- periments with beams of particles from a variable- energy cyclotron, should be considered to be scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value are 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 11 April 1984 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter ; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question are detectors ; whereas their objective tech- nical characteristics, such as the precision of the () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OF No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. answer in the field of the particles energy, and the use to which they are put make them specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activi- ttes ; whereas they must therefore be considered to be scientific apparatus ; Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose are not currently manufactured in the Community ; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of these apparatus is justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Ortec — Planar totally depleted Silicon Surface Barrier Detectors, model : D 035-050-15, D 030-150-50, D 015-050-100, D 030- 300-100 — Totally depleted Silicon Surface Barrier Detectors, model : B 027-450-200, B 027-450-400, B 018-050-300, B 027-450-300", which are the subject of an application by the Netherlands of I November 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 May 1984. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR]JES Member of the Commission