# 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, Division 9.3.4.6: Static electric charge

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

Static electric charge shall be minimized in the balance environment, as follows:
(a) The balance is electrically grounded;
(b) Stainless steel tweezers shall be used if PM samples shall be handled manually;
(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;
(d) A static-electricity neutralizer shall be provided that is electrically grounded in common with the balance to remove static charge from PM samples.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/654/annex/VI/division/9/division/9.3/division/9.3.4/division/9.3.4.6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-654/annex-VI/division-9/division-9.3/division-9.3.4/division-9.3.4.6
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