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    83/530/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 October 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Brancker - Plant Productivity Fluorometer, model SF-10' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

    UL L 297, 29.10.1983, p. 43–43 (DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL)

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    31983D0530

    83/530/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 October 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Brancker - Plant Productivity Fluorometer, model SF-10' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

    Official Journal L 297 , 29/10/1983 P. 0043 - 0043


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    COMMISSION DECISION

    of 18 October 1983

    establishing that the apparatus described as 'Brancker - Plant Productivity Fluorometer, model SF-10' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

    (83/530/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 12 April 1983, the United Kingdom 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 'Brancker - Plant Productivity Fluorometer, model SF-10', ordered in January 1983 and intended to be used in studies into the mechanism of action of photosynthesis inhibitor herbicides, 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 22 September 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 a fluorometer; whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

    Article 1

    The apparatus described as 'Brancker - Plant Productivity Fluorometer, model SF-10', which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 12 April 1983, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.

    Article 2

    This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 18 October 1983.

    For the Commission

    Karl-Heinz NARJES

    Member of the Commission

    (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.

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