# Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 3: Optionality

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

1. Member States may prescribe the use of measuring instruments for measuring tasks, where they consider it justified for reasons of public interest, public health, public safety, public order, protection of the environment, protection of consumers, levying of taxes and duties and fair trading.
2. Where Member States do not prescribe such use, they shall communicate the reasons therefor to the Commission and the other Member States.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/32/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-32/article-3
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