Regulation 35 Weights marked with EEC initial verification marks to be used

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, a person shall not use for trade a Class I or Class II instrument which is used in association with any weight or weights to determine the value of any load in terms of metric units of mass other than carat (metric) units, save in association with weights which bear the mark of EEC initial verification in accordance with—

(a)

the provisions of—

(i)

Council Directive No. 74/148/EEC on above-medium accuracy weights^f1 in the case of Class II instruments, or

(ii)

the said Directive except for those provisions relating to weights of Class F2 or Class M1 in the case of Class I instruments; and

(b)

the provisions of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements Regulations 1988^f2.

(2)

The requirements of this regulation shall not apply to any instrument for use for trade in any transaction in drugs or other pharmaceutical products before 1st January 2003.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No. L84, 28.3.1974, p.3.
f2: S.I. 1988/186.