83/348/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 July 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'JEOL - Scanning Electron Microscope model JSM-35C' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

• Published date: 13 July 1983
• Subject Matter: CCT: franchise
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 188, 13 July 1983

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83/348/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 July 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'JEOL - Scanning Electron Microscope model JSM-35C' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

Official Journal L 188 , 13/07/1983 P. 0022 - 0022

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 July 1983

establishing that the apparatus described as 'JEOL - Scanning Electron Microscope model JSM-35C' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

(83/348/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, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),

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 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas, by letter dated 29 December 1982, 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 'JEOL - Scanning Electron Microscope, model JSM-35C', ordered on 21 December 1978 and intended to be used for the study of electrochemical processes, plastics, photographic emulsions and biological systems and also for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of inorganic, organic and biological systems involved with high depth of focus and sometimes in very low temperatures (- 150 °C), should be considered 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 30 May 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 an electron microscope; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the resolution power, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the...