No L 170/72 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 84 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) ' COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 12 June 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Perkin-Elmer — Atomic Absorp- tion Spectrophotometer, model 5000 may be imported free of Common ’ Customs Tariff duties (84/320/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 2 December 1983, the Federal Republic of Germany 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 ‘Perkin- Elmer — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, model 5000°, ordered on 15 June 1981 and intended to be used for trace analysis of heavy metals contained in organic and biological substances and in water, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether appar- atus 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 14 May 1984 within the framework of () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an analyzer ; whereas its objective tech- -nical characteristics, such as the great precision of the spectral analysis, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, more- over, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus; Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community ; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission -of this apparatus is justified, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Perkin-Elmer — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, model 5000°, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 2 December 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 June 1984. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission