{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1988-revoked/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1988-revoked/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/186",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1988-revoked",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The EEC Signs",
  "text": "(1) The sign of exemption from EEC pattern approval is the same as the sign of EEC pattern approval except that–\n(a) the stylized letter ε is reversed symmetrically about a vertical axis; and\n(b) any number appearing in the lower part of that letter is the reference number (if any) for the category of instruments in question given in the relevant Directive.\n(2) The following is an example of the sign of exemption from EEC pattern approval, in the form appropriate for an instrument constructed in the United Kingdom:\n(3) In the case of an instrument constructed in the United Kingdom and not subject to EEC pattern approval, the lower part of the sign of exemption from EEC pattern approval shall be left blank if no reference number for the category of instruments in question has been given by the relevant Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked with savings (1.12.2015) by The Weights and Measures (Revocations) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/356), reg. 1(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 3 (with Sch. Pt. 2 para. 5 (as amended on IP completion day by S.I. 2019/696, reg. 1, Sch. 17 para. 1(3)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 14.3.1988, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/186/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:12:17.437867+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."
}