The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend Schedule 1 to the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/2049) which lists products which fall to be made up under the average system of quantity control without having to be marked with the EEC sign (the “e mark”).

The amendments made by the Regulations implement article 6 of Council Directive76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of Member states relating to cosmetic products (O.J. No. L 262, 27.9.76, p.169) as substituted by article 1(4) of Council Directive 88/667 (O.J. L 382, 31.12.88, p.46).

The principal changes are:

(a) to revise the list of goods included in Schedule 1 in conformity with the Directive; and

(b) for the purposes of that Schedule, to set the lower limit for the quantity in packages of such products as 5 g or 5 ml.

The Regulations also modify Schedule 1 in relation to intoxicating liquor.

A Compliance Cost Assessment of the impact that these Regulations will have on business will be available in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament once theRegulations, having been made, are laid before Parliament and from the Consumer Affairs Division of the Department of Trade and Industry, Room 407, 10-18 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0NN.