{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-654/annex-VI/division-9/division-9.3/division-9.3.4/division-9.3.4.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-654/annex-VI/division-9/division-9.3/division-9.3.4/division-9.3.4.6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/654",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/654 of 19 December 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to technical and general requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-654",
  "path": "annex/VI/division/9/division/9.3/division/9.3.4/division/9.3.4.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "9.3.4.6",
  "heading": "Static electric charge",
  "text": "Static electric charge shall be minimized in the balance environment, as follows:\n(a) The balance is electrically grounded;\n(b) Stainless steel tweezers shall be used if PM samples shall be handled manually;\n(c) Tweezers shall be grounded with a grounding strap, or a grounding strap shall be provided for the operator such that the grounding strap shares a common ground with the balance;\n(d) A static-electricity neutralizer shall be provided that is electrically grounded in common with the balance to remove static charge from PM samples.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/654/annex/VI/division/9/division/9.3/division/9.3.4/division/9.3.4.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:01.864924+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."
}