# 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 2: MEASURING THE CAPACITY OF THE MEASURING CONTAINER BOTTLES CONSTITUTING THE SAMPLE

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

The measuring container bottles shall be weighed empty.
They shall be filled with water at 20oC of a know density, up to the filling level appropriate to the method of checking used.
They shall then be weighed in full.
The check shall be carried out by means of a legal measuring instrument, suitable for effecting the necessary operations.
Error in measuring the capacity shall not be great er than one-fifth of the maximum permissible error corresponding to the nominal capacity of the measuring container bottle.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1975/107/annex/II/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1975-107/annex-II/division-2
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