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Council Directive 73/362/EEC of 19 November 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to material measures of length

Official Journal L 335 , 05/12/1973 P. 0056 - 0063

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 19 November 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to material measures of length (73/362/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;

Whereas in the Member States the construction and methods of control of material measures of length are subject to mandatory provisions which differ from one Member State to another and consequently hinder trade in such measures ; whereas it is therefore necessary to approximate these provisions;

Whereas the Council Directive of 26 July 1971 (1) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to provisions both for measuring instruments and methods of metrological control has laid down the EEC pattern approval and EEC initial verification procedures for measuring instruments ; whereas in accordance with that Directive, the technical requirements should be laid down which must be fulfilled by material measures of length in order that they may be imported, marketed and freely used after they have been subject to controls and the marks and symbols laid down have been affixed to them,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

This Directive applies to the material measures of length specified in the Annex.

Article 2

Those instruments for measuring length which may bear EEC marks and symbols are described in the Annex. They shall be subject to EEC pattern approval and shall be submitted to EEC initial verification.

Article 3

No Member State may refuse, prohibit or restrict the placing on the market or entry into service of material measures of length bearing the EEC pattern approval symbol and the EEC initial verification mark.

Article 4

• 1. 

  Member States shall put into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed in order to comply with this Directive within eighteen months of its notification, and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

• 2. 

  Member States shall ensure that the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive are communicated to the Commission.

Article 5

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 November 1973.

For the Council

The President

Ib FREDERIKSEN (1)OJ No L 202, 6.9.1971, p. 1.

ANNEX

• 1. 

  Definitions 1.1. Material measures of length hereinafter called "measures of length" are instruments comprising scale-marks whose distances are given in legal units of length.

1.2. The "nominal length" of a measure of length is the length by which that measure is designated.

1.3. The principal scale-marks are the two marks whose distance apart represents the "nominal length" of the measure.

1.4. The scale of the measure of length is formed by the principal scale-marks and the other marks.

1.5. A measure of length is described as: 1.5.1. - an end measure when the principal scale-marks are formed by two surfaces;

1.5.2. - a line measure when the principal scale-marks are formed by two lines, holes or marks;

1.5.3. - a composite measure when one of the principal scale-marks is a surface and the other a line, hole or mark.

• 2. 

  Materials

Measures...

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