ECJ For the purpose of allowing the duty-free importation of a scientific apparatus, the equivalence of that apparatus and similar apparatus manufactured in the community must be appraised by reference to the situation obtaining when the order for the apparatus is placed and it is therefore wrong to compare an existing foreign apparatus with hypothetical versions of community apparatus. The competent authorities are nevertheless at liberty to verify whether the community apparatus existing when the order is placed can be adapted to the proposed research project within a period of time compatible with the third indent of article 3(3) of Regulation no 1798/75
Citations:
C-164/86, R-164/86, [1987] EUECJ R-164/86
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Updated: 22 May 2022; Ref: scu.134441