# Council Directive of 19 December 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to bottles used as measuring containers (75/107/EEC), Division 1: Measuring container bottles shall be characterized by the following capacities which are always specified for a temperature of 20oC:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1.1. the nominal capacity Vn is the volume which is marked on the bottle; it is the volume of liquid which the latter is deemed to contain when it is filled in the conditions of use for which it is intended;
1.2. the brim capacity of a bottle is the volume of liquid it contains when filled to the brim;
1.3. the actual capacity of a bottle is the volume of liquid it in fact contains when it is filled exactly under the conditions corresponding theoretically to the nominal capacity;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1975/107/annex/I/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1975-107/annex-I/division-1
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