No L 214/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 7. 82 COMMISSION DECISION of 5 July 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Beckman — UV-Vis NIR Spectrophotometer, model 5260’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/485/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 Regulation (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 17 December 1981, Italy 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 ‘Beckman — UV-Vis NIR Spectrophotometer, model 5260°, ordered 15 June 1978 and to be used for the study of the chemical and physical properties of proteins and enzymes and in particular for the research into proteins and typical compounds containing persulphide and disulphide groups, should be considered to be a scientific appar- atus 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 14 May 1982 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 spectrophotometer ; whereas its objec- () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 31. S. 1979, p. 1. () O No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. tive technical charactistics such as the resolution 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 activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus; Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manu- factured in the Community ; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus ‘JY 201 D’ manufactured by Jobin Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, F-91163 Longju- meau and to the apparatus ‘SP 8-200" and ‘SP 8-250 manufactured by Pye Unicam Ltd, York Street, UK-Cambridge, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Beckman — UV-Vis NIR Spectrophotometer, model 5260, which is the subject of an application by Italy of 17 December 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, § July 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission