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Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on measuring instruments (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.Scope

  3. Article 2.. . . . . . . . . ....

  4. Article 3.Object

  5. Article 4.Definitions

  6. Article 5.Applicability to sub-assemblies

  7. Article 6.Essential requirements and assessment of conformity

  8. Article 7.Conformity marking

  9. Article 8.Placing on the market and putting into use

  10. Article 9.Conformity assessment

  11. Article 10.Technical Documentation

  12. Article 11.Notification

  13. Article 12.Criteria to be satisfied by designated bodies

  14. Article 13.Harmonised standards and normative documents

  15. Article 14.Standing Committee

  16. Article 15.Measuring Instruments Committee

  17. Article 16.Functions of the Measuring Instruments Committee

  18. Article 17.Markings

  19. Article 18.Market surveillance and administrative cooperation

  20. Article 19.Safeguard clause

  21. Article 20.Unduly fixed markings

  22. Article 21.Decisions entailing refusal or restriction

  23. Article 22.Repeals

  24. Article 23.Transitional provisions

  25. Article 24.Transposition

  26. Article 25.Revision clause

  27. Article 26.Entry into force

  28. Article 27.Addressees

    1. ANNEX I

      ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. DEFINITIONS

      5. REQUIREMENTS

        1. 1. Allowable Errors

          1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 1.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            1. 1.3.1. Climatic environments

            2. 1.3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 1.3.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            4. 1.3.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 1.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

            1. 1.4.1. Basic rules for testing and the determination of errors

            2. 1.4.2. Ambient humidity

        2. 2. Reproducibility

        3. 3. Repeatability

        4. 4. Discrimination and Sensitivity

        5. 5. Durability

        6. 6. Reliability

        7. 7. Suitability

          1. 7.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 7.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 7.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 7.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 7.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

          6. 7.6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        8. 8. Protection against corruption

          1. 8.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 8.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 8.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 8.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 8.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        9. 9. Information to be borne by and to accompany the instrument...

          1. 9.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 9.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 9.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 9.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 9.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

          6. 9.6. . . . . . . . . . ....

          7. 9.7. . . . . . . . . . ....

          8. 9.8. . . . . . . . . . ....

        10. 10. Indication of result

          1. 10.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 10.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 10.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 10.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 10.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        11. 11. Further processing of data to conclude the trading transaction

          1. 11.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 11.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        12. 12. Conformity evaluation

    2. ANNEX A

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BASED ON INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Technical documentation

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Manufacturing

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Authorised representative

        1. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

    3. ANNEX A1

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BASED ON INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL PLUS PRODUCT TESTING BY A NOTIFIED BODY

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Technical documentation

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Manufacturing

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Product checks

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Authorised representative

        1. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

    4. ANNEX B

      TYPE EXAMINATION

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      9. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      10. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

      11. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

    5. ANNEX C

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Manufacturing

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Authorised representative

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

    6. ANNEX C1

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL PLUS PRODUCT TESTING BY A NOTIFIED BODY

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Manufacturing

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Product checks

        1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Authorised representative

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

    7. ANNEX D

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Manufacturing

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Quality system

        1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 3.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 3.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body

        1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 4.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Authorised representative

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    8. ANNEX D1

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BASED ON QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Technical documentation

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Manufacturing

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Quality system

        1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 5.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body

        1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 6.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 6.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 7.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 7.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. Authorised representative

        1. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

    9. ANNEX E

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON QUALITY ASSURANCE OF FINAL PRODUCT INSPECTION AND TESTING

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Manufacturing

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Quality system

        1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 3.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 3.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body

        1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 4.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Authorised representative

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    10. ANNEX E1

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BASED ON QUALITY ASSURANCE OF FINAL PRODUCT INSPECTION AND TESTING

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Technical documentation

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Manufacturing

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Quality system

        1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 5.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body

        1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 6.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 6.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 7.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 7.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. Authorised representative

        1. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

    11. ANNEX F

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY TO TYPE BASED ON PRODUCT VERIFICATION

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Manufacturing

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Verification

        1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4. Verification of conformity with the metrological requirements by examination and...

          1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 5. Statistical verification of conformity with the metrological requirements.

          1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 5.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 5.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Authorised representative

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    12. ANNEX F1

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BASED ON PRODUCT VERIFICATION

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Technical documentation

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Manufacturing

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Verification

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. Verification of conformity with the metrological requirements by examination and...

          1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. Statistical verification of conformity with the metrological requirements.

          1. 7.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 7.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 7.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 7.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 7.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 8.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 8.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Authorised representative

        1. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

    13. ANNEX G

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BASED ON UNIT VERIFICATION

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Technical documentation

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Manufacturing

        1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Verification

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Authorised representative

        1. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

    14. ANNEX H

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BASED ON FULL QUALITY ASSURANCE

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Manufacturing

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Quality system

        1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 3.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 3.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body

        1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 4.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Authorised representative

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    15. ANNEX H1

      DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BASED ON FULL QUALITY ASSURANCE PLUS DESIGN EXAMINATION

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Manufacturing

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Quality system

        1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 3.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 3.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 3.6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Design examination

        1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 4.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          1. 4.3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 4.3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 4.3.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 4.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 4.6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body

        1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 5.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Written declaration of conformity

        1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. Authorised representative

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    16. ANNEX MI-001

      WATER METERS

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

      3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

        1. Rated Operating Conditions

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. MPE

          1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 6a. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. Permissible Effect of Disturbances

          1. 7.1. Electromagnetic immunity

            1. 7.1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 7.1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 7.1.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 7.2. Durability

            1. 7.2.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 7.2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. Suitability

          1. 8.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 8.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. Units of Measurement

          1. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. Putting into Use

          1. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

    17. ANNEX MI-002

      GAS METERS AND VOLUME CONVERSION DEVICES

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

      3. PART I — SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS — GAS METERS

        1. 1. Rated operating conditions

          1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 1.3. The fuel/gas related conditions

          4. 1.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 1.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. Maximum permissible error (MPEs)

          1. 2.1. Gas meter indicating the volume at metering conditions or mass...

          2. 2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. Permissible effect of disturbances

          1. 3.1. Electromagnetic immunity

            1. 3.1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3.1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 3.1.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 3.2. Effect of upstream-downstream flow disturbances

        4. 4. Durability

          1. 4.1. Class 1,5 meters

            1. 4.1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 4.1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 4.2. Class 1,0 meters

            1. 4.2.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 4.2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. Suitability

          1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 5.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 5.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

          6. 5.6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 6. Units

      4. PART II — SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS — VOLUME CONVERSION DEVICES

        1. 7. Base conditions for converted quantities

        2. 8. MPE

        3. 9. Suitability

          1. 9.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 9.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. PART III — PUTTING INTO USE AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

        1. Putting into use

          1. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

    18. ANNEX MI-003

      ACTIVE ELECTRICAL ENERGY METERS

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

      3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

        1. 1. Accuracy

        2. 2. Rated operating conditions

        3. 3. MPEs

        4. 4. Permissible effect of disturbances

          1. 4.1. General

          2. 4.2. Effect of disturbances of long duration

          3. 4.3. Permissible effect of transient electromagnetic phenomena

            1. 4.3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 4.3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. Suitability

          1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 5.4. Running with no load

          5. 5.5. Starting

        6. 6. Units

        7. 7. Putting into use

      4. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

    19. ANNEX MI-004

      HEAT METERS

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

      3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

        1. 1. Rated operating conditions

          1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 1.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 1.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. Accuracy classes

        3. 3. MPEs applicable to complete heat meters

        4. 4. Permissible influences of electromagnetic disturbances

          1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 4.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. Durability

          1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 6. Inscriptions on a heat meter

        7. 7. Sub-assemblies

          1. 7.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 7.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 7.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 7.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 7.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. PUTTING INTO USE

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

    20. ANNEX MI-005

      MEASURING SYSTEMS FOR THE CONTINUOUS AND DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT OF QUANTITIES OF LIQUIDS OTHER THAN WATER

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

      3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

        1. 1. Rated operating conditions

          1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 1.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 1.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. Accuracy classification and maximum permissible errors (MPEs)

          1. 2.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 2.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 2.4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 2.4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          6. 2.5. Converted indication

          7. 2.6. Conversion devices

          8. 2.7. . . . . . . . . . ....

          9. 2.8. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. Maximum permissible effect of disturbances

          1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. Durability

        5. 5. Suitability

          1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 5.4. Instruments for direct sales

            1. 5.4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 5.4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 5.4.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            4. 5.4.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 5.5. Fuel Dispensers

            1. 5.5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 5.5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 5.5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 6. Power supply failure

        7. 7. Putting into use

        8. 8. Units of measurement

      4. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

    21. ANNEX MI-006

      AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

      3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

        1. CHAPTER I — Requirements common to all types of automatic weighing instruments

          1. 1. Rated Operating Conditions

            1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 1.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            4. 1.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. Permissible effect of disturbances - Electromagnetic environment

          3. 3. Suitability

            1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 3.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            4. 3.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

            5. 3.5. . . . . . . . . . ....

            6. 3.6. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 4. Conformity assessment

        2. CHAPTER II — Automatic Catchweighers

          1. 1. Accuracy Classes

            1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. Category X Instruments

            1. 2.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 3. Category Y Instruments

          4. 4. MPE

            1. 4.1. Mean error Category X / MPE Category Y instruments

            2. 4.2. Standard deviation

            3. 4.3. Verification scale interval — single interval instruments

            4. 4.4. Verification scale interval — multi-interval instruments

          5. 5. Measurement Range

          6. 6. Dynamic Setting

            1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          7. 7. Performance Under Influence Factors And Electromagnetic Disturbances

            1. 7.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

              1. 7.1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

              2. 7.1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 7.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 7.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. CHAPTER III — Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments

          1. 1. Accuracy classes

            1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 1.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            4. 1.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. MPE

            1. 2.1. Static weighing error

              1. 2.1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

              2. 2.1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 2.2. Deviation from average fill

            3. 2.3. Error relative to pre-set value (setting error)

          3. 3. Performance Under Influence Factor And Electromagnetic Disturbance

            1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 3.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. CHAPTER IV — Discontinuous Totalisers

          1. 1. Accuracy Classes

          2. 2. MPEs

          3. 3. Totalisation scale interval

          4. 4. Minimum Totalised Load (Σmin)

          5. 5. Zero Setting

          6. 6. Operator Interface

          7. 7. Printout

          8. 8. Performance under influence factors and electromagnetic disturbances

            1. 8.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 8.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. CHAPTER V — Continuous Totalisers

          1. 1. Accuracy classes

          2. 2. Measurement Range

            1. 2.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 3. MPE

          4. 4. Speed of the belt

          5. 5. General Totalisation Device

          6. 6. Performance under influence factors and electromagnetic disturbances

            1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. CHAPTER VI — Automatic Rail Weighbridges

          1. 1. Accuracy classes

          2. 2. MPE

            1. 2.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 2.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            4. 2.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 3. Scale interval (d)

          4. 4. Measurement range

            1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 5. Performance under influence factor and electromagnetic disturbance

            1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

    22. ANNEX MI-007

      TAXIMETERS

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

        1. Taximeter

        2. Fare

        3. Cross-over speed

        4. Normal calculation mode S (single application of tariff)

        5. Normal calculation mode D (double application of tariff)

        6. Operating position

      3. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. RATED OPERATING CONDITIONS

        1. 6.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE ERRORS (MPEs)

        1. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. PERMISSIBLE EFFECT OF DISTURBANCES

        1. 8. Electromagnetic immunity

          1. 8.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 8.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. POWER SUPPLY FAILURE

        1. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. OTHER REQUIREMENTS

        1. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 11. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 12. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 13. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 14.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 14.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        7. 14.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        8. 15.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        9. 15.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        10. 15.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        11. 16. . . . . . . . . . ....

        12. 17. . . . . . . . . . ....

        13. 18. . . . . . . . . . ....

        14. 19. . . . . . . . . . ....

        15. 20. . . . . . . . . . ....

        16. 21. . . . . . . . . . ....

        17. 22. . . . . . . . . . ....

        18. 23. . . . . . . . . . ....

      9. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

    23. ANNEX MI-008

      MATERIAL MEASURES

      1. CHAPTER I — Material measures of length

        1. DEFINITIONS

        2. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

          1. Reference Conditions

            1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. MPEs

            1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. Materials

            1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. Markings

            1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

      2. CHAPTER II — Capacity serving measures

        1. DEFINITIONS

        2. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

          1. 1. Reference Conditions

            1. 1.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. MPEs

          3. 3. Materials

          4. 4. Shape

            1. 4.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 4.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 5. Marking

            1. 5.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 5.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 5.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

    24. ANNEX MI-009

      DIMENSIONAL MEASURING INSTRUMENTS

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

      3. CHAPTER I — Equirements common to all dimensional measuring instruments

        1. Electromagnetic immunity

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

      5. CHAPTER II — Length measuring instruments

        1. Characteristics of the product to be measured

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. Operating conditions

          1. 2.1. Range

          2. 2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 2.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. MPEs

          1. 3. Instrument

        4. Other requirements

          1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. CHAPTER III — Area measuring instruments

        1. Operating conditions

          1. 1.1. Range

          2. 1.2. Condition of the product

        2. MPEs

          1. 2. Instrument

        3. Other requirements

          1. 3. Presentation of the product

          2. 4. Scale interval

      7. CHAPTER IV — Multidimensional measuring instruments

        1. Operating conditions

          1. 1.1. Range

          2. 1.2. Minimum dimension

          3. 1.3. Speed of the product

        2. MPE

          1. 2. Instrument:

    25. ANNEX MI-010

      EXHAUST GAS ANALYSERS

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. DEFINITIONS

      3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

        1. Instrument Classes

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. Rated operating conditions

          1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            1. 2.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 2.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. Maximum permissible errors (MPEs)

          1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            1. 3.1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. Permissible effect of disturbances

          1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. Other requirements

          1. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

          6. 11. . . . . . . . . . ....

          7. 12. . . . . . . . . . ....

          8. 13. . . . . . . . . . ....

          9. 14. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

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