83/20/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties Official Journal L 031 , 02/02/1983 P. 0014 - 0015 ***** COMMISSION DECISION of 13 January 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/20/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 8 July 1982, France has 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 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette', ordered on 23 November 1981 and to be used for research in plasma physics, 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 14 December 1982 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 high-power laser; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the energy value of the emission, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore 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 The apparatus described as 'Livermore - Laser, model Nova Novette', which is the subject of an application by France of 8 July 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 January 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.