Division 3 INSCRIPTIONS AND MARKINGS

All prepackages made up in accordance with this Directive shall bear on the package the following markings affixed in such a manner as to be indelible, easily legible and visible on the prepackage in normal conditions of presentation:

1. 3.1.

   F1The nominal quantity (nominal weight or nominal volume) expressed in kilograms, grams, litres, centilitres or millilitres, and marked in figures at least 6 mm high if the nominal quantity exceeds 1 000  g or 100 cl, 4 mm high if it is from 1 000  g or 100 cl inclusive down to but not including 200 g or 20 cl, 3 mm high if it is from 200 g or 20 cl down to but not including 50 g or 5 cl, 2 mm high if it is not more than 50 g or 5 cl, followed by the symbol for the unit of measurement used or where appropriate by the name of the unit in accordance with Directive 71/354/EEC, as last amended by Directive 76/770/EEC.

   Markings in imperial (UK) units shall be in letters and figures of dimensions not larger than those of the corresponding markings in SI units.

2. 3.2.

   a mark or inscription enabling the competent departments to identify the packer or the person arranging for the packing to be done or the importer established in the Community;

3. 3.3.

   a small ‘e’, at least 3 mm high, placed in the same field of vision as the indication of the nominal weight or nominal volume, constituting a guarantee by the packer or the importer that the prepackage meets the requirements of this Directive.

   This letter shall have the form shown in the drawing contained in section 3 of Annex II to Directive 71/316/EEC.

   Article 12 of this latter Directive shall apply mutatis mutandis.