7. 5. 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 116/59 COMMISSION DECISION of 14 April 1980 refusing to accept the scientific character of the apparatus described as ‘Collins General Purpose HF Receiver, model 651S-1’ and ‘Collins Transmitter, model HF 8130A’ (80/469/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 amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1027/79 (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 9 October 1979, the Italian Government requested the Commission to invoke the procedure at present laid down in Article 7 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘Collins General Purpose HF Receiver, model 651S-1, and ‘Collins Transmitter, model HF 8130A’, intended for use in connection with stratosperic experiments in telemetry stations, should be considered as 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 26 February 1980 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case ; (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ 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 consists of a high-frequency receiver and a high-frequency transmitter; whereas it does not possess the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research; whereas apparatus of the same kind is principally used for the realization of non-scientific activities ; whereas the use of the said apparatus in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of scientific appa- ratus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as scien- tific apparatus, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Collins General Purpose HF Receiver, model 651S-1°, and ‘Collins Transmitter, model HF 8130A’, is not considered to be a scientific apparatus. Article 2 This Decision i1s addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 April 1980. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission