# 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), Chapter IV: LEGAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE I (d), PERMITTED IN SPECIALIZED FIELDS ONLY

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

Field of application
Unit
Name
Approximate value
Symbol
Marine navigation
fathom
1 fm =
1,829 m
fm
Beer, cider, waters, lemonades and fruit juices in returnable containers
pint
1 pt =
0,5683 × 10 -3 m 3
pt
fluid ounce
1 fl oz =
28,41 × 10 -6 m 3
fl. oz
Spirit drinks
gill
1 gill =
0,142 × 10 -3 m 3
gill
Goods sold loose in bulk
ounce
(avoir dupois)
1 oz =
28,35 × 10 -3 kg
oz
pound
1 lb =
0,4536 kg
lb
Gas supply
therm
1 therm =
105,506 × 10 6 J
therm
Until the date to be fixed under Article 1 (d), the units listed in this Chapter may be combined with each other or with those in Chapter I to form compound units.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1980/181/annex/chapter/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1980-181/annex/chapter-IV
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