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Article 1

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

The legal units of measurement within the meaning of this Directive which must be used for expressing quantities shall be:

  1. (a)

    those listed in Chapter I of the Annex;

  2. (b)

    F1those listed in Chapter II of the Annex only in those Member States where they were authorised on 21 April 1973 ;

  3. (c)

    F2those listed in Chapter III of the Annex only in those Member States where they were authorized on 21 April 1973 and until a date to be fixed by those States. This date may not be later than 31 December 1994;

  4. (d)

    those listed in Chapter IV of the Annex only in those Member States where they were authorized on 21 April 1973 and until a date to be fixed by those States. This date may not be later than 31 December 1999.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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).

F2

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).