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( 1 ) OJ NO L 184 , 15 . 7 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 316 , 6 . 12 . 1975 , P . 17 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 13 MARCH 1979

EXCLUDING FROM ADMISSION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES THE SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' EDA AUTOMATIC MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY SYSTEM , MODEL AMOS MK II '

( 79/319/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 ),

HAVING REGARD TO COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3195/75 OF 2 DECEMBER 1975 LAYING DOWN PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1798/75 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 4 AND 5 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , BY LETTER DATED 29 AUGUST 1978 , THE DANISH GOVERNMENT REQUESTED THE COMMISSION TO INVOKE THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 4 AND 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3195/75 IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' EDA AUTOMATIC MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY SYSTEM , MODEL AMOS MK II ' , INTENDED FOR USE IN SPACE RESEARCH AND , IN PARTICULAR , FOR RECORDING THE EARTH ' S MAGNETIC FIELD , SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS AND , WHERE THE REPLY IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE , WHETHER APPARATUS OF EQUIVALENT SCIENTIFIC VALUE IS CURRENTLY MANUFACTURED IN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 4 ( 5 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3195/75 , A GROUP OF EXPERTS COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE MEMBER STATES MET ON 7 FEBRUARY 1979 WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON DUTY-FREE ARRANGEMENTS TO EXAMINE THIS PARTICULAR CASE ;

WHEREAS THIS EXAMINATION SHOWS THAT THE APPARATUS IN QUESTION IS A FLUX-GATE MAGNOMETER , FITTED WITH A PROTON MAGNETOMETER , RECORDER AND MAGNETIC TAPE STATION ; WHEREAS ITS OBJECTIVE TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH , IN PARTICULAR , PERMIT CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT AND RECORDING OF FOUR GEOMAGNETIC ELEMENTS , AS WELL AS THE USE MADE OF IT MAKE IT AN APPARATUS SPECIALLY SUITED TO PURE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ; WHEREAS THEREFORE IT MUST 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 USE FOR THE SAME PURPOSE IS CURRENTLY MANUFACTURED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THIS , IN PARTICULAR , IS THE CASE WITH ' THREE AXIS MAGNETOMETER , TYPE FG4/3 ' MANUFACTURED BY THORN AUTOMATION LTD , PO BOX 4 , RUGELEY , STAFFS WS15 1DR , ENGLAND ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' EDA AUTOMATIC MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY SYSTEM , MODEL AMOS MK II ' MUST BE CONSIDERED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS .

2 . THE CONDITIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1798/75 OF 10 JULY 1975 FOR ADMISSION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF THE SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 1 ARE NOT FULFILLED .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 13 MARCH 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ANTONIO GIOLITTI

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION