Council Directive of 20 January 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain prepackaged products (76/211/EEC) (c. 211)

[F1 ANNEX II U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive of 28 September 1978 adapting to technical progress the Annexes to Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 76/211/EEC on prepackaging (78/891/EEC).

2. REQUIREMENTS FOR CHECKING BATCHES OF PREPACKAGES U.K.

2.2. Checking of the actual contents of a prepackage U.K.

The minimum acceptable contents shall be calculated by subtracting the tolerable negative error for the contents concerned from the nominal quantity of the prepackage.

Prepackages in the batch whose actual contents are less than the minimum acceptable contents shall be considered defective.

2.2.1. Non-destructive testing U.K.

Non-destructive testing shall be carried out in accordance with a double sampling plan as shown in the table below:

The first number of prepackages checked shall be equal to the number of units in the first sample, as indicated in the plan:

• if the number of defective units found in the first sample is less than or equal to the first acceptance criterion, the batch shall be considered acceptable for the purpose of this check,

• if the number of defective units found in the first sample is equal to or greater than the first rejection criterion, thebatch shall be rejected,

• if the number of defective units found in the first sample lies between the first acceptance criterion and the first rejection criterion, a second sample shall be checked, the number of units in which is indicated in the plan.

The defective units found in the first and second samples shall be added together and:

• if the aggregate number of defective units is less than or equal to the second acceptance criterion, the batch shall be considered acceptable for the purpose of this check,

• if the aggregate number of defective units is greater than or equal to the second rejection criterion, the batch shall be rejected.

Number in batch	Samples			Number of defective units
	Order	Number	Aggregate number	Acceptance criterion	Rejection criterion
100 to 500	1st	30	30	1	3
	2nd	30	60	4	5
501 to 3 200	1st	50	50	2	5
	2nd	50	100	6	7
3 201 and over	1st	80	80	3	7
	2nd	80	160	8	9

2.2.2. Destructive testing U.K.

Destructive testing shall be carried out in accordance with the single sampling plan below and shall be used only for batches of 100 or more.

The number of prepackages checked shall be equal to 20.

• If the number of defective units found in the sample is less than or equal to the acceptance criterion, the batch of prepackages shall be considered as acceptable.

• If the number of defective units found in the sample is equal to or greater than the rejection criterion, the batch of prepackages shall be rejected.

Number in batch	Number in sample	Number of defective units
		Acceptance criterion	Rejection criterion
Whatever the number (≥ 100)	20	1	2]