EUR-Lex - 31980D0619 - EN

EUR-Lex - 31980D0619 - EN Avis juridique important | 80/619/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 June 1980 finding that the apparatus described as 'Ailtech-Emi field intensity meter, model NM-37/57 A' is not a scientific apparatus Official Journal L 172 , 05/07/1980 P. 0026 - 0026 Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 9 P. 0054 COMMISSION DECISION of 11 June 1980 finding that the apparatus described as "Ailtech-Emi field intensity meter, model NM-37/57-A" is not a scientific apparatus (80/619/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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (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 3 January 1980, the Government of the United Kingdom 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 "Ailtech-Emi field intensity meter, model NM-37/57 A" to be used to investigate radio-wave propagation and to study radio interference, 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 May 1980 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an interference detector; 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, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: