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Council Directive of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to weights of from 1 mg to 50 kg of above-medium accuracy (74/148/EEC) (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.This Directive concerns weights of above-medium accuracy the nominal value...

  3. Article 2.Weights which may receive the EEC marks and signs are...

  4. Article 3.No Member State may prevent, prohibit or restrict the placing...

  5. Article 4.(1) Member States shall put into force the laws, regulations...

  6. Article 5.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

  7. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      1. 1. Definitions

        1. 1.1. Weight

        2. 1.2. Sets of weights

        3. 1.3. Standard weights

      2. 2. Nominal values of the weights

      3. 3. Conventional mass

        1. 3.1. For a weight taken at 20o C, the conventional mass...

        2. 3.2 The maximum permissible errors, mentioned in point 4, relate to...

      4. 4. Maximum permissible errors for EEC initial verification

        1. 4.1. The maximum permissible error, plus or minus, for each individual...

      5. 5. General shape of weights

        1. 5.1. Weights of one gramme and multiple gramme weights.

        2. 5.1.1. Grade M1 weights should have the shape of weights of...

        3. 5.1.2. Weights of the other accuracy classes may have the external...

        4. 5.1.2.1. The height of the body shall be roughly equal to...

        5. 5.1.2.2. On all weights the height of the knob should lie...

        6. 5.1.3. Class E1, E2 and F1 weights do not have to...

        7. 5.1.4. Class E1 and E2 weights must be cast in one...

        8. 5.2. Weights of one gramme and sub-multiple weights of the gramme....

        9. 5.3. Weights of 20 and 50 kg, other than those in...

      6. 6. Constituents of the weights

        1. 6.1. Weights shall be made of metal or metal alloy. Such...

        2. 6.1.1. The density of the weight shall be such that a...

        3. 6.1.2. The metal or alloy of class E1 E2 and F1...

        4. 6.2. The resistance to corrosion and flaking of the constituent metal...

        5. 6.3. Class M1 weights of cylindrical, shape having nominal values less...

        6. 6.4. The qualities set out in points 6.2. and 6.3 may...

      7. 7. Surface state

        1. 7.1. The surface of the weights, including their bases and edges,...

        2. 7.2. The surface of class E1 E2, F1 and F2 weights...

        3. 7.3. The surface of class M1 weights of one gramme and...

      8. 8. Adjustment material

      9. 9. Inscriptions

        1. 9.1. Laminated strip or wire weights having nominal values less than...

        2. 9.2. Weights having nominal values equal to or more than one...

        3. 9.2.1. The nominal values of the weights shall be indicated in:...

        4. 9.2.2. Weights appearing two or three times in the sequences shall...

      10. 10. EEC final verification mark

      11. 11. Presentation

        1. 11.1. Individual weights and series of weights of classes E1, E2,...

        2. 11.2. For class M1

        3. 11.3. The lids of the boxes shall indicate the class of...

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