The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1995

Where an instrument is fitted with one or more level-indicating devices, a person shall not use the instrument for trade unless each such device indicates that it has been set to its reference position.

Instruments marked with temperature range

30

Where an instrument is marked with a temperature range, a person shall not use the instrument for trade at temperatures outside that range.

Instruments marked with manner of use

31

Where an instrument is marked with the manner of use, a person shall not use the instrument for trade in a manner which does not accord with the marking.

Instruments fitted with printing devices

32

Where an instrument is fitted with a weight or any other printing device, a person shall not use the instrument for trade unless it is so erected and used that the printing device, when used, produces a legible and durable printout.

Load receptors

33

• (1) A person shall not use any instrument for trade unless it is erected and used in such a manner that, during a weighing operation, the load being weighed is stationary relative to the load receptor and supported only by the load receptor.

• (2) A person shall not use for trade an instrument for the purpose of sales by retail—

• (a) unless—

• (i) the load receptor is not less than 10 mm above any adjacent surface; or

• (ii) where the load receptor is less than 10 mm above any adjacent surface, the boundary of the top surface of all adjacent surfaces is durably marked in a distinctive and contrasting manner with a band at least 15 mm in width; or

• (b) if the load receptor is below the level of any adjacent surface.

Operation of instrument

34

Except as specified in the EC type-approval certificate, a person shall not use an instrument for trade unless it is erected in such a manner that the operator can, notwithstanding the nature of the instrument or its surroundings, readily take up a single position from which he can—

• (a) see directly or with the aid of mirrors, closed-circuit television or other permanently installed facilities, the whole of the unladen load receptor;

• (b) operate the instrument’s controls; and

• (c) obtain a weight reading from the instrument.

Weights marked with EEC initial verification marks to be used

35

• (1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, a person shall not use for trade a Class I or Class II instrument which is used in association with any weight or weights to determine the value of any load in terms of metric units of mass other than carat (metric) units, save in association with weights which bear the mark of EEC initial verification in accordance with—

• (a) the provisions of—

• (i) Council Directive No. 74/148/EEC on above-medium accuracy weights[^f00017] in the case of Class II instruments, or

• (ii) the said Directive except for those provisions relating to weights of Class F2 or Class M1 in the case of Class I instruments; and

• (b) the provisions of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements Regulations 1988[^f00018].

• (2) The requirements of this regulation shall not apply to any instrument for use for trade in any transaction in drugs or other pharmaceutical products before 1st January 2003.

Instruments using decimal parts of pound

36

• (1) Before 1st January 2000 a person shall not use an instrument having weight scale intervals expressed solely in decimal parts of a pound for the purposes of a sale by retail unless a buyer is presented with a statement in writing of the weight of the goods.

• (2) On and after 1st January 2000 a person shall not use for trade an instrument having weight scale intervals expressed in decimal parts of a pound save by way only of a supplementary indication of the weight of the goods.

Instruments to be set to zero or to be balanced before use

37

• (1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, a person shall not use an instrument for trade unless it is properly balanced or set to zero immediately prior to use.

• (2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of an instrument of an approved type if, in the EC type-approval certificate, it is described as not being so constructed as to balance when unloaded.

PART IV — GENERAL

Powers of inspection and entry

38

• (1) Subject to the production if so requested of his credentials, an authorised person may for the purposes of these Regulations, within the area of the local weights and measures authority by which he is appointed, at all reasonable times—

• (a) inspect and test any instrument in such manner as he considers appropriate;

• (b) inspect and take copies of any document relating to an instrument and of the documentation of any relevant quality system; and

• (c) enter any premises at which he has reasonable cause to believe there to be any instrument or such document, not being premises used only as a private dwelling house.

• (2) production if so requested of his credentials, an authorised person may, at any time, within the area of the local weights and measures authority by which he is appointed, seize and detain—

• (a) any instrument which he has reasonable cause to believe is liable to be forfeited under regulation 4(3) or (5), 16(3) or 23(4) and

• (b) any document, implement or goods which the authorised person has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings for an offence under Part I or Part II.

• (3) If a justice of the peace, by information on oath—

• (a) is satisfied that there is reasonable ground to believe that any such instrument, goods or document as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) above is on any premises, or that any offence under Part I or Part II has been, is being or is about to be committed on any premises; and

• (b) is also satisfied either—

• (i) that admission to the premises has been refused, or a refusal is apprehended, and that notice of intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the occupier, or

• (ii) that an application for admission, or the giving of such a notice would defeat the object of the entry, or that the case is one of urgency, or that the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent,

the justice may by warrant under his hand, which shall continue in force for the period of one month, authorise an authorised person to enter the premises, if need be by force.

• (4) In the application of paragraph (3) above to Scotland, “justice of the peace” includes a sheriff.

• (5) An authorised person entering any premises by virtue of this regulation may take with him such other person and such equipment as may appear to him to be necessary; and on leaving any premises which he has entered by virtue of a warrant under paragraph (3) above, being premises which are unoccupied or the occupier of which is temporarily absent, he shall leave them as effectively secured against trespassers as he found them.

• (6) If any authorised person or other person who enters any work-place by virtue of this regulation discloses to any person any information obtained by him in the work-place with regard to any secret manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of his duty, be guilty of an offence.

• (7) Nothing in this regulation shall authorise any authorised person to stop any vehicle on a highway.

• (8) In this regulation, “credentials” means authority in writing from a local weights and measures authority for the exercise by an authorised person of the powers conferred on him by this regulation.

Obstruction of authorised persons etc

39

• (1) Any person who—

• (a) wilfully obstructs an authorised person in the execution of any of his duties or functions under any provision of these Regulations; or

• (b) without reasonable cause fails to give an authorised person acting as aforesaid any assistance or information which the authorised person may reasonably require of him for the purpose of the performance by the authorised person of his functions under these Regulations,

shall be guilty of an offence.

• (2) If any person, in giving an authorised person any such information as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) above, gives any information which he knows to be false, he shall be guilty of an offence.

• (3) Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed as requiring a person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.

Offences and penalties

40

• (1) Any person guilty of an offence—

• (a) under regulation 4(3)(a) and (5), 16(3)(a), 17(4), 18(8), 23(1) or (3) 26(5), 38(6) or 39(1) or (2) shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;

• (b) under regulation 4(3)(b) shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

• (2) Where the commission by any person of an offence under the provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) above is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person shall be guilty of the offence, and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of this regulation whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.

Offences by corporations

41

• (1) Where an offence committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed guilty of the offence.

• (2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (1) above shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.

Prosecutions

42

Proceedings for any offence under these Regulations shall not, in England and Wales, be instituted save by or on behalf of a local weights and measures authority or the chief officer of police for a police area.

Adaptations for Northern Ireland

43

In their application to Northern Ireland, these Regulations shall have effect subject to Schedule 5.

SCHEDULE 1 — ANNEX III OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 20TH JUNE 1990 ON THE HARMONISATION OF THE LAWS OF MEMBER STATES RELATING TO NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

DESIGN DOCUMENTATION

The technical documentation must render the design, manufacture and operation of the product intelligible and enable an assessment to be made of its conformity with the requirements of the Directive.

The documentation shall include in so far as relevant for assessment:

• general description of the type,

• conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and plans of components, sub-assemblies, circuits etc,

• descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of the above, including the operation of the instrument,

• a list of the standards referred to in Article 5, applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the essential requirements where the standards referred to in Article 5 have not been applied,

• results of design calculations made and of examinations, etc,

• test reports,

• the EC type-approval certificates and the results of relevant tests on instruments containing parts identical to those in the design.

SCHEDULE 2 — ANNEX I OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 20TH JUNE 1990 ON THE HARMONISATION OF THE LAWS OF MEMBER STATES RELATING TO NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

The essential requirements that must be met by the instruments referred to in Article 1(2)(a) are set out below. The terminology used is that of the Organisation International de Metrologie Legale[^f00019].

Preliminary observation

Where an instrument includes or is connected to more than one indicating or printing device used for the applications listed in Article 1(2)(a), those devices which repeat the results of the weighing operation and which cannot influence the correct functioning of the instrument shall not be subject to the essential requirements if the weighing results are printed or recorded correctly and indelibly by a part of the instrument which meets the essential requirements and the results are accessible to both parties concerned by the measurement. However, in the case of instruments used for direct sales to the public, display and printing devices for the vendor and the customer must fulfil the essential requirements.

METROLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS

Units of mass

1

The units of mass used shall be legal units within the meaning of Directive 80/181/EEC[^f00020] as last amended by Directive 85/1/EEC[^f00021].

2

Accuracy classes

• (2.1) The following accuracy classes have been defined:

• (I) special

• (II) high

• (III) medium

• (IIII) ordinary

3

Classification

• (3.1) Instruments with one weighing range

Accuracy

4

• (4.1) On implementation of the procedures laid down in Article 8, the error of indication shall not exceed the maximum permissible error of indication as shown in Table 3. In case of digital indication the error of indication shall be corrected for the rounding error.

The maximum permissible errors apply to the net and tare value for all possible loads, excluded preset tare values.

Load	Load	Load	Load	Maximum permissible error
Class I	Class II	Class III	Class IIII
0 ≤ m ≤ 50 000 e	0 ≤ m ≤ 20 000 e	0 ≤ m ≤ 500 e	0 ≤ m ≤ 50 e	± 0,5 e
50 000 e < m ≤ 200 000 e	5 000 e < m ≤ 20 000 e	500 e ≤ m ≤ 2 000 e	50 e < m ≤ 200 e	± 1,0 e
200 000 e <	20 000 e < m ≤ 100 000 e	2 000 e < m ≤ 10 000 e	200 e < m ≤ 1 000 e	± 1,5 e

• (4.2) The maximum permissible errors in service are twice the maximum permissible errors fixed in section 4.1.

5

Weighing results of an instrument shall be repeatable, and shall be reproducible by the other indicating devices used and with other methods of balancing used.

6

The instruments shall react to small variations in the load.

Influence quantities and time

7

• (7.1) Instruments of classes II, III and IIII, liable to be used in a tilted position, shall be sufficiently insensitive to the degree of tilting that can exist in a normal installed condition.

• (7.2) The instruments shall meet the metrological requirements within the temperature range specified by the manufacturer. The value of this range shall be at least equal to:

• 5 °C for an instrument in class I,

• 15 °C for an instrument in class II,

• 30 ° for an instrument in class III or IIII.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

General requirements

8

• (8.1) Design and construction of the instruments shall be such that the instruments will preserve their metrological qualities when properly used and installed, and when used in an environment for which they are intended. The value of the mass must be indicated.

• (8.2) When exposed to disturbances, electronic instruments shall not display the effects of significant faults, or shall automatically detect and indicate them.

Indication of weighing results and other weight values

9

The indication of the weighing results and other weight values shall be accurate, unambiguous and non-misleading and the indicating device shall permit easy reading of the indication under normal conditions of use.

Printing of weighing results and other weight values

10

Printed results shall be correct, suitably identified and unambiguous. The printing shall be clear, legible, non-erasable and durable.

Levelling

11

When appropriate, instruments shall be fitted with a levelling device and a level indicator, sufficiently sensitive to allow proper installation.

Zeroing

12

Instruments may be equipped with zeroing devices. The operation of these devices shall result in accurate zeroing and shall not cause incorrect measuring results.

Tare devices and preset tare devices

13

The instruments may have one or more tare devices and a preset tare device. The operation of the tare devices shall result in accurate zeroing and shall ensure correct net weighing. The operation of the preset tare device shall ensure correct determination of the calculated net value.

Instruments for direct sales to the public with a maximum capacity not greater than 100 kg: additional requirements

14

Instruments for direct sales to the public shall show essential information about the weighing operation and, in the case of price-indicating instruments, shall clearly show the customer the price calculation of the product to be purchased.

Price labelling instruments

15

Price labelling instruments shall meet the requirements of price indicating instruments for direct sale to the public, as far as applicable to the instrument in question. The printing of a price label shall be impossible below a minimum capacity.

SCHEDULE 3 — APPLICATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1(2)(a) OF THE DIRECTIVE

1

Determination of mass of commercial transactions.

2

Determination of mass for the calculation of a toll, tariff, tax, bonus, penalty, remuneration, indemnity or similar type of payment.

3

Determination of mass for the application of laws or regulations including expert opinions given in court proceedings.

4

Determination of mass in the practice of medicine for weighing patients for the purpose of monitoring, diagnosis and medical treatment.

5

Determination of mass for making up medicines on prescription in a pharmacy and determination of mass in analyses carried out in medical and pharmaceutical laboratories.

6

Determination of price on the basis of mass for the purposes of direct sales to the public and the making up of pre-packages.

SCHEDULE 4 — SPECIMEN FORM OF CE MARKING

If the CE marking is reduced or enlarged, the proportions given in the above graduated drawing must be respected. The various components of the CE marking must have substantially the same vertical dimensions, which may be less than 5 mm.

SCHEDULE 5 — ADAPTIONS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, references to a local weights and measures authority are references to the Department of Economic Development.

PART I

2

In regulation 3(2),

• (a) for head (c) there shall be substituted the following head—

(c) an instrument— (i) in respect of a pattern for which pattern approval is granted or extended, or deemed to be granted or extended, under article 10 of the 1981 Order and is in force; and (ii) which is first passed as fit for use for trade and stamped before 1st January 2003 under the Weighing Equipment (Non-automatic Weighing Machines) (Northern) Regulations 1991[^f00023]; or

; and

• (b) in head (d)(ii), for the words “4th April 1989” there shall be substituted the words “1st August 1991”.

3

In regulation 3(3), for the reference to the 1985 Act, there shall be substituted a reference to the 1981 Order.

PART II

4

Regulation 21 shall not have effect and accordingly regulations 16(2)(c) and 20(4)(c) shall also not have effect.

5

In regulation 25(3)(b), the reference to a chief inspector of weights and measures is a reference to a chief inspector of weights and measures appointed under article 40 of the 1981 Order.

PART III

6

Part III does not apply to Northern Ireland.

PART IV

7

In regulation 38—

• (a) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), for the words “within the areas of the local weights and measures authority by which he is appointed” there shall be substituted in both places where the occur the words “within Northern Ireland”; and

• (b) for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(8) In this regulation, “credentials”, in relation to an authorised person, means some duly authenticated document showing that he is authorised to act to exercise the powers conferred on him by this regulation.

8

For regulation 42 there shall be substituted—

(42) No proceedings for an offence under these Regulations may be instituted except by the Department of Economic Development or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

Signed

Jonathan Evans — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Trade and Industry — 17th July 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations (“the Regulations”) replace, with amendments, the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1992 as amended (“the 1992 Regulations”). They implement Council Directive 90/384/EEC (as amended by Council Directive 93/68/EEC) on the harmonisation of the laws of the member States relating to non-automatic weighing instruments (“instruments”), defined in regulation 2(1)).

On and after 1st January 2003, they replace the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (except for the purposes of Part III of the Act (use for trade)) and the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988, in so far as they relate to such instruments, but instruments in use immediately before that date may continue to be used under existing provisions in accordance with regulation 3.

In accordance with the Directive, the Regulations distinguish between two categories of use—

• (1) instruments used for an application set out in Article 1.2(a) of the Directive repeated in Schedule 3 (“Schedule 3 applications”) must satisfy the essential requirements set out in Annex I of the Directive (set out in Schedule 2) (regulation5) and

• (2) instruments which are used for any other application must bear only certain inscriptions (regulation 6).

Provisions of the Regulations The Regulations— 1 prohibit the use of instruments for Schedule 3 applications and the supply of instruments for other applications unless the relevant requirements have been met (regulation 4) 2 provide for conformity to relevant national standards corresponding to harmonised standards adopted by one or both of the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation to be taken as a means of satisfying the essential requirements (regulation 7) 3 specify the weights to be used for testing instruments for the purposes of EC verification, EC unit verification, EC declaration of type conformity and testing in service (regulation 8) 4 provide for designation by the Secretary of State of bodies to carry out the examination, evaluation and surveillance of quality systems operated by manufactures of instruments and EC verification (“approved bodies”) for the variation, amendment or withdrawal of approval; the inspection by the Secretary of State for the performance of its functions as an approved body; and for the designation of all weights and measures authorities to carry out inspection and testing of instruments (regulation 9) 5 provide for the Secretary of State to consider application for type-examination, to issue EC type-approval certificates and additions to such certificates approving modifications or additions to approved types (regulation 10 and Schedule 1) 6 provide for only one application for EC type-examination to be made in respect of any one instrument (regulation 10(10)) 7 provide for EC verification, the procedure whereby— i the manufacturer ensures and declares that the instruments have been manufactured in conformity with the approved type (where appropriate) and satisfy the relevant provisions of the Directive by affixing the CE conformity marking and the sticker, and ii an approved body examines and tests such instruments to verify the same by affixing its identification number (regulation 11, 18 and Schedule 4) 8 provide for EC unit verification, the procedure whereby— i the manufacturer ensures and declares that a single instrument satisfies the relevant provisions of the Directive, including the essential requirements, by affixing the CE conformity marking and the sticker, and ii the Secretary of State examines and tests the instrument to verify the same by affixing his identification number (regulations 12, 18 and Schedule 4) 9 provide for approved bodies to approve manufacturers' quality systems, thus authorising them to make EC declarations of type conformity in respect of instruments manufactured by them and to affix the CE marking and the sticker (regulations 13 and 18 and Schedule 4) 10 specify the examinations and tests and regulate the places where the tests may be carried out, for the purposes of EC verification, EC unit verification and EC declaration of type conformity (regulation 14) 11 provide for the periodic surveillance by an approved body of the manufacturer’s maintenance and application of the approved quality system and for withdrawal of the approval of the quality system if its requirements are not met (regulations 15 and 17) 12 provide for the suspension of EC declarations of type conformity in certain circumstances and for a review procedure (regulations 16 and 21) 13 forbid the affixing of the CE marking to an instrument if this would indicate compliance with other binding Community provisions with which the instrument does not comply (regulation 19) 14 provide for the issue of notices to a manufacturer in cases where the CE marking has been wrongly affixed, for a review procedure and for withdrawal of the EC type-approval certificate (regulations 20 and 21) 15 give information about the validity of judicial review of decisions of the Secretary of State and of approved bodies (regulation 22) 16 provide for penalties and forfeiture in connection with the unauthorised affixing of the CE marking, inscriptions and sticker (regulation 23) 17 provide for the affixing of disqualification stickers on instruments and for powers of inspection, testing and entry (regulations 24, 25, 27 and 38) 18 provide for the withdrawal from the market, and from use, of instruments which are not satisfactory (regulation 26) 19 make provision in relation to instruments which are used for trade (regulations 28 to 37) regulation 28 prohibits use of instruments for weighing outside their weighing range solely in relation to gold and other precious metals, precious stones and pearls and drugs and other pharmaceutical products; and 20 provide penalties for obstruction of, or failure to assist, authorised persons for prosecution of offences (regulations 39 and 40 to 42). The Regulations (except regulations 28 to 37) apply with modifications to Northern Ireland (regulation 43 and Schedule 5).

Modifications of the 1992 Regulations The changes of substance from the Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1992 are as follows. The Regulations— a allow for the affixing of the EC mark of conformity in accordance with the 1992 Regulations until 1st January 1997 (regulation 1) b amend the definitions of EC verification and EC unit verification (regulation 2(1)) c amend the procedures for EC verification and EC unit verification to permit both the manufacturer or his authorised representative to apply the CE marking (regulations 11 and 12) d require the manufacturer or his authorised representative in the case of EC verification and EC unit verification to draw up a written declaration of conformity to the approved type and the Directive (regulations 11, 12 and 13) e require the approved body in the case of EC verification to supply to the manufacturer or his authorised representative a written certificate of conformity relating to the tests carried out (regulation 11); f require the Secretary of State in the case of EC unit verification to supply to the manufacturer or his authorised representative a written certificate of conformity relating to the tests carried out (regulation 12) g amend the procedure for EC declaration of type conformity to permit the manufacturer’s authorised representative (in addition to the manufacturer) to apply the CE marking (regulation 13) h provide that the CE marking is as illustrated in Schedule 4 without the addition of the last two digits of the year in which it was affixed (regulation 18(5)) i amend the provisions relating to conformity with other directives, where those directives include transitional arrangements, so that the manufacturer is now required to make a positive declaration specifying other directives which he has applied (regulation 19) and j simplify the provisions relating to the wrongful affixing of the CE marking so that they apply only to an instrument which does not meet the requirements of the Regulations (regulation 20).

Relevant national standards In the United Kingdom, the relevant national standards referred to— in regulations 7, 8(2), 10(2)(c) and 14(8) are currently British Standard Specification for Metrological aspects of non-automatic weighing instruments BS EN 45501: 1994+AC:1994; and in regulation 13(3) are currently Quality system Model for quality assurance in production and installations BS EN ISO 9002:1994. Copies of these British Standards can be obtained from any of the sales outlets operated by the British Standards Institution (BSI), by post from the BSI at Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE and at any HMSO bookshop.

International Organisation for Legal Metrology Copies of Nonautomatic weighing instruments, Part I: Metrological and technical requirements-Tests (see regulation 2(4) may be obtained from the International Organisation for Legal Metrology, 11 rue Turgot, Paris, 75009, France.

Compliance Cost Assessment A Compliance Cost Assessment of the impact that these Regulations will have on business will be available in the libraries of the Houses of Parliament once the Regulations, having been made, are laid before Parliament and from the National Weights and Measures Laboratory, Stanton Avenue, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0JZ.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1975/427.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: 1985 c. 72: section 94(1) contains a definition of “prescribed”.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1992/1579 as amended by S.I. 1995/428 and extended by section 2(1) of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51).

[^f00005]: S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10) and see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11).

[^f00006]: OJ No. L189, 20.7.90, p.1 as corrected by the corrigendum published in OJ No. L258, 22.9.90, p.35.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L220, 30.8.93, p.1.

[^f00008]: OJ No. L109, 26.4.83, p.8.

[^f00009]: 1974 c. 39.

[^f00010]: See “Nonautomatic weighing instruments Part 1: Metrological and technical requirements-Tests” OIML R 76 1, Edition 1992 (E) published by the International Organisation for Legal Metrology.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1988/186 amended by S.I. 1988/1128

[^f00012]: S.I. 1988/876 amended by S.I. 1988/2120, 1991/2019, 1992/3037, 1994/1851 and 1995/428.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1986/1685 as amended by S.I. 1991/1775 and 1994/1851.

[^f00014]: OJ No. L84, 28.3.1974, p.3.

[^f00015]: The United Kingdom has not established gravity zones within its territory.

[^f00016]: 1978 c. 23.

[^f00017]: OJ No. L84, 28.3.1974, p.3.

[^f00018]: S.I. 1988/186.

[^f00019]: See “Nonautomatic weighing instruments Part I: Metrological and technical requirements-Tests” OIML R 76-1 Edition 1992 (E) published by the International Organisation for Legal Metrology.

[^f00020]: OJ No. L39, 15.2.1980, p.40.

[^f00021]: OJ No. L2, 3.1.1985, p.11. Since its amendment by Directive 85/1/EEC, Directive 80/181/EEC has been further amended by Directive 89/617/EEC.

[^f00022]: OJ No. L39, 15.2. 1980,p.40.

[^f00023]: S.R. 1991/266 amended by S.R. 1992/537 and S.R. 1995/228.