Council Directive of 19 December 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to bottles used as measuring containers (75/107/EEC)

1. Measuring container bottles shall be characterized by the following capacities which are always specified for a temperature of 20^oC:

1.1.

the nominal capacity V_n is the volume which is marked on the bottle; it is the volume of liquid which the latter is deemed to contain when it is filled in the conditions of use for which it is intended;

1.2.

the brim capacity of a bottle is the volume of liquid it contains when filled to the brim;

1.3.

the actual capacity of a bottle is the volume of liquid it in fact contains when it is filled exactly under the conditions corresponding theoretically to the nominal capacity;