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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 20 FEBRUARY 1979

ALLOWING ADMISSION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF THE SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' HEWLETT-PACKARD SYNTHESIZED SIGNAL GENERATOR ' , MODEL 8660 A/C

( 79/255/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 17 AUGUST 1978 , THE BRITISH 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 ' HEWLETT-PACKARD SYNTHESIZED SIGNAL GENERATOR ' , MODEL 8660 A/C , INTENDED FOR USE IN RESEARCH WORK CARRIED OUT IN THE FIELD OF ASTRONOMY , AND IN PARTICULAR FOR LOCATING AND TRACKING SATELLITES , MUST BE 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 6 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 FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER GENERATOR ; WHEREAS ITS OBJECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS PRECISION , STABILITY AND FREQUENCY RANGE , 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 , ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM MEMBER STATES , APPARATUS OF EQUIVALENT SCIENTIFIC VALUE CAPABLE OF USE FOR THE SAME PURPOSE IS NOT CURRENTLY MANUFACTURED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , DUTY-FREE ADMISSION OF THIS APPARATUS IS JUSTIFIED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED AS ' HEWLETT-PACKARD SYNTHESIZED SIGNAL GENERATOR ' , MODEL 8660 A/C , MUST BE CONSIDERED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS .

2 . THE CONDITIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1798/75 OF 10 JULY 1975 FOR ADMISSION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 1 ARE FULFILLED .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 FEBRUARY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION