Chapter II LEGAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (b), PERMITTED FOR SPECIFIC USES ONLYX1 F1

United Kingdom

Field of application	Unit
	Name	Approximate value		Symbol
	Name			Symbol
Road traffic signs, distance and speed measurement	mile	1 mile =	1 609 m	mile
	yard	1 yd =	0,9144 m	yd
	foot	1 ft =	0,3048 m	ft
	inch	1 in =	2,54 × 10 ^-2 m	in
Dispense of draught beer and cider; milk in returnable containers	pint	1 pt =	0,5683 × 10 ^-3 m ³	pt
F2
Transaction in precious metals	troy ounce	1 oz tr =	31,10 × 10 ^-3 kg	oz tr

F3The units listed in this Chapter may be combined with each other or with those in Chapter I to form compound units.

Annotations

F1: Substituted by Council Directive of 27 November 1989 amending Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (89/617/EEC).
F2: Deleted by Directive 2009/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (Text with EEA relevance).
F3: Substituted by Directive 2009/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (Text with EEA relevance).

X1: Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 80/181/EEC of 20 December 1979 on the aproximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 39 of 15 February 1980).