{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1980-181/annex/chapter-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1980-181/annex/chapter-II.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1980/181",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 20 December 1979 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC (80/181/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1980-181",
  "path": "annex/chapter/II",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "LEGAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (b), PERMITTED FOR SPECIFIC USES ONLY",
  "text": "Field of application\nUnit\nName\nApproximate value\nSymbol\nRoad traffic signs, distance and speed measurement\nmile\n1 mile =\n1 609 m\nmile\nyard\n1 yd =\n0,9144 m\nyd\nfoot\n1 ft =\n0,3048 m\nft\ninch\n1 in =\n2,54 × 10 -2 m\nin\nDispense of draught beer and cider; milk in returnable containers\npint\n1 pt =\n0,5683 × 10 -3 m 3\npt\nTransaction in precious metals\ntroy ounce\n1 oz tr =\n31,10 × 10 -3 kg\noz tr\nThe units listed in this Chapter may be combined with each other or with those in Chapter I to form compound units.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1980/181/annex/chapter/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:40.868248+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}