No L 199/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 22.7. 83 COMMISSION DECISION of 11 July 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Microcal — Differential Scanning Calorimeter, model MC-1’ may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/359/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 21 December 1982, Italy has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 1n order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as ‘Microcal — Differential Scan- ning Calorimeter, model MC-1’, ordered on 29 May 1981 and intended to be used for research into the effects of solvents on the stability of proteins in solu- tion and in particular for the measurement of the minute amounts of heat given off during phase changes in proteins or membranes, should be consi- dered to be 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 22 June 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 calorimeter; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the great sensibility, 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, 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 ‘Microcal — Differential Scanning Calorimeter, model MC-1’, which is the subject of an application by Italy of 21 December 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 July 1983. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR JES Member of the Commission No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.