18. 8. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 243/23 COMMISSION DECISION of 6 August 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as ‘Apollo — Tunable CO, Laser, model 560’ may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/579/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 25 February 1982, 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 ‘Apollo — Tunable CO, Laser, model 560°, ordered on § February 1979 and to be used for research into the excitation of mixtures of gases for the purposes of identifying energy transfer kinetics, 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 2 July 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 laser ; whereas its objective technical () OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. () OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32. characteristics such as the characteristics of the band, 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, 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; where this applies, in particular, to the apparatus ‘Serie 6000°, manufactured by Fairlight Technische en Wetenschappelijke Appa- raten BV, Jan luykenstraat 23, 1007 AA Amsterdam, Netherlands, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The apparatus described as ‘Apollo — Tunable CO, Laser, model 560°, which is subject of an application by Italy of 25 February 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 August 1982. For the Commission Etienne DAVIGNON Vice-President