EUR-Lex - 31980D1234 - EN

EUR-Lex - 31980D1234 - EN Avis juridique important | 80/1234/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 December 1980 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Waters- universal injector, model U 6 K' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties Official Journal L 374 , 31/12/1980 P. 0012 - 0012 COMMISSION DECISION of 12 December 1980 establishing that the apparatus described as "Waters-universal injector, model U 6K" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (80/1234/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 10 June 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 "Waters-universal injector, model U 6K", to be used in the framework of the sequence analysis of proteins, 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 4 December 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 a solvent delivery system; 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: