No L 346/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 12. 88 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3893/88 of 14 December 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2290/83 laying down provisions for the implementation of- Articles 50 to 59 of Council Reégulation (EEC) No 918783 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, . Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1315/88 (%), and in particular Article 143 thereof, Whereas Articles 63a and 63b of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 introduced on a definitive basis into the Community system of reliefs from customs duty the previously optianal provisions of Articles 137 and 138 of that Regulation in respect of instruments and apparatus used in medical research, establishing medical diagnoses - or carrying out medical treatment; Whereas such implementing provisions may to some extent be based on those of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2290/83 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1745/85(*); whereas it would therefore seem appropriate to deal with all the analogous situations in a single instrument, through an amendment to extend the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 2290/83; Whereas practical experience of the procedure laid down by present provisions shows that certain adaptations should be made; ‘ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Duty-free Arrangements, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2290/83 is hereby amended as _follows : 1. The title is replaced by the following: ‘Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2290/83 of 29 July 1983 ldying down provisions for the implementation of Articles 50 to 59 and Articles 63a.and 63b of () OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1. OJ No L 123, 17. 5. 1988, p. 2. % OJ No L 220, 11. 8. 1983, p. 20. () OJ No L 167, 27. 6. 1985, p. 21. Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty’; 2. Article 1 is replaced by the’ following : Article 1 This Regulation lays down provisions for the implementation of Articles 50 to 59 and Articles 63a “and 63b of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83, hereinafter referred to as the “basic Regulation”.; 3..In Article 7 (2) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following : ‘Pending a decision on the application for duty-free admission in" accordance with this- Article, the competent authority may authorize the provisional™ importation: free of import duties of the instrument or apparatus concerned, subject to an undertaking by the establishment or organization to which the goods are consigned to pay the relevant import duties should admission free of import dunes not be granted 4. The followmg sentence is added to Article 7 (7): ‘The period may, however, be extended, provided that the period in total does not exceed nine months, where the Commission has found it necessary to seek further information from the Member State in order to reach a decision. In this case the Commission must inform the requesting competent authority before the initial six-month period expires.’; 5. The following Title Va is inserted : ‘TITLE Va SPECIAL PROVISIONS ' RELATING TO THE ADMISSION FREE OF IMPORT DUTIES OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS UNDER ARTICLES 63a AND 63b OF THE BASIC REGULATION- Article 15a 1. In order to obtain admission free of import duties of instruments or apparatus under Articles 63a and 63b of the basic Regulation, the head of the establishment or organization to which the goods are consigned, or his  authorized representative, must submit an application to the competent authority of the Member State in which the establishment or orgamzanon is situated.