ANNEX I

1.OBJECTIVES

Prepackages covered by this Directive shall be made up in such a way that the completed packages satisfy the following requirements:

  1. 1.1.

    the actual contents shall not be less, on average, than the nominal quantity;

  2. 1.2.

    the proportion of prepackages having a negative error greater than the tolerable negative error laid down in 2.4 shall be sufficiently small for batches of prepackages to satisfy the requirements of the tests specified in Annex II;

  3. 1.3.

    no prepackage having a negative error greater than twice the tolerable negative error given in the table in 2.4 may bear the EEC sign provided for in 3.3.