{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1980-181/article-2",
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  "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": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(a) The obligations arising under Article 1 relate to measuring instruments used, measurements made and indications of quantity expressed in units of measurement.\n(b) This Directive shall not affect the use in the field of air and sea transport and rail traffic of units, other than those made compulsory by the Directive, which have been laid down in international conventions or agreements binding the Community or the Member States.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "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)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1980/181/article/2",
    "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."
}