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82/578/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 August 1982 establishing that the 'RCA - Quantacon Photomultiplier, model 8854' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
82/578/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 August 1982 establishing that the 'RCA - Quantacon Photomultiplier, model 8854' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
82/578/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 August 1982 establishing that the 'RCA - Quantacon Photomultiplier, model 8854' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Úř. věst. L 243, 18.8.1982, p. 22–22
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82/578/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 August 1982 establishing that the 'RCA - Quantacon Photomultiplier, model 8854' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
Official Journal L 243 , 18/08/1982 P. 0022 - 0022
***** COMMISSION DECISION of 6 August 1982 establishing that the 'RCA - Quantacon Photomultiplier, model 8854' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/578/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 4 February 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 'RCA - Quantacon Photomultiplier, model 8854', ordered on 24 May 1978 and to be used for research in the field of high-energy physics and in particular of the double storage rings and the positron-electron tandem cyclotron unit, should be considered as 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 8 June 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the 'RCA - Quantacon Photomultiplier, model 8854', may not be regarded as an instrument or apparatus within the meaning of Article 3 (1) of the aforementioned Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75, but consists in fact of an accessory of a detector; whereas the latter must therefore be regarded as 'accessory' within the meaning of Article 3 (2) (a) of the said Regulation; whereas the possibility of granting importation free of duties must therefore be assessed in the light of the provisions of the said Article 3 (2) (a); Whereas the accessory in question is not suitable for use with an instrument or apparatus imported free of duties or capable of being so imported; whereas, therefore, the conditions for import free of duties are not fulfilled, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The 'RCA - Quantacon Photomultiplier, model 8854', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 4 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 Étienne DAVIGNON Vice-President (1) OJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1975, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 4. (3) OJ No L 318, 13. 12. 1979, p. 32.