Where either the indication of the exact quantity of material a filling machine purports to weigh or the visual indication of the weight of individual quantities of materials weighed by a discontinuous totaliser is given in metric units of measurement that indication may also be given by means of a supplementary indication ....

Discontinuous totalisers imported from a member State or an EEA State

32A

(1) In relation to discontinuous totalisers imported into Great Britain from a member State or from an EEA State, subject to paragraph (4) below, an inspector shall not carry out any test in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Part of these Regulations if, together with the discontinuous totalisers being imported, he is presented with the requisite documentation.

(2) In this regulation and in regulation 34 below—

(a) “requisite documentation” means—

(i) the test report of an approved body that the discontinuous totalisers which are the subject of that report have been tested on the same basis as those set out in this Part of these Regulations and stating which tests have been applied to them; and

(ii) the test results relating to those tests; and

(b) “EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement ...; and in this paragraph “the EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.

(3) A body is an “approved body” for the purposes of this regulation if it is a body in a member State or in an EEA State which has responsibility in that State for metrological control of discontinuous totalisers or is a laboratory which has been accredited for the purposes of testing discontinuous totalisers in a member State or in an EEA State as being a body which conforms with the criteria set out in BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2000.

(4) Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent an inspector testing in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Part of these Regulations where he is not satisfied—

(a) as to the authenticity of the test report or the results presented to him; or

(b) that the test results presented to him are results which in fact relate to the discontinuous totalisers being imported; or

(c) that the discontinuous totalisers have not been dismantled after the tests to which the test report relates were carried out.

FILLING MACHINES

		In relation to passing as fit for use for trade	In relation to passing as fit for use for trade	In relation to the obliteration of the stamp	In relation to the obliteration of the stamp
Description of machine	Maximum capacity of machine	for the purposes of test A	for the purposes of test B	for the purposes of test A	for the purposes of test B
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Filing machines for use only for weighing potato crisps and other similar products commonly known as snack foods	any capacity	20 per cent., in excess only, of the total purported weight of 20 test loads, and no error in deficiency of the purported weight of any of those test loads.	Test not applicable	20 per cent., in excess only, of the total purported weight of 20 test loads, and no error in deficiency of the purported weight of any of those test loads	Test not applicable
Filling machines for use only for weighing solid fuel	110 kg or less
Filling machines for use only for weighing vegetable produce	55 kg or less	1 per cent., in excess only, of the purported weight of each test load	1 per cent., in excess and no limit in deficiency, of the purported weight of each test load	2 per cent., in excess only, of the purported weight of each test load	2 per cent., in excess and no limit in deficiency, of the purported weight of each test load
All filling machines other than those described above in columns 1 and 2 of this Table	less than 5 kg
	5 kg or more	0.5 per cent., in excess or in deficiency, of the purported weight of each test load	Test not applicable	1 per cent., in excess or in deficiency, of the purported weight of each test load	Test not applicable

DISCONTINUOUS TOTALISERS

Class of accuracy of discontinuous totaliser	Limits of error relative to weight of material used in tests	Limits of error relative to weight of material used in tests
	In relation to passing as fit for use for trade	In relation to obliteration of the stamp
Class 0.2	Plus or minus 0.1%	Plus or minus 0.2%
Class 0.5	Plus or minus 0.25%	Plus or minus 0.5%
Class 1	Plus or minus 0.5%	Plus or minus 1%
Class 2	Plus or minus 1%	Plus or minus 2%

Filling Machines imported from another member State or an EEA State

23A

(1) In relation to a filling machine imported into Great Britain from a member State or from an EEA State, subject to paragraph (4) below, an inspector shall not carry out any test in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Part of these Regulations if, together with the filling machine being imported, he is presented with the requisite documentation.

(2) In this regulation and in regulation 34 below–

(a) “requisite documentation” means–

(i) the test report of an approved body that the filling machine which is the subject of that report has been tested on the same basis as those set out in this Part of these Regulations and stating which tests have been applied to it; and

(ii) the test results relating to those tests; and

(b) “EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement ...; and in this paragraph “the EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.

(3) A body is an “approved body” for the purposes of this regulation if it is a body in a member State or in an EEA State which has responsibility in that State for metrological control of filling machines or is a laboratory which has been accredited for the purposes of testing filling machines in a member State or in an EEA State as being a body which conforms with the criteria set out in BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2000.

(4) Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent an inspector testing in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Part of these Regulations where he is not satisfied–

(a) as to the authenticity of the test report or the results presented to him; or

(b) that the test results presented to him are results which in fact relate to the filling machine being imported; or

Filling Machines imported from a member State or an EEA State

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