Council Directive of 20 December 1979 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC (80/181/EEC)

[X1 CHAPTER III U.K. LEGAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (c)

QUANTITIES, NAMES OF UNITS, SYMBOLS AND APPROXIMATE VALUES
a [ F1 ]
Length
inch	1 in	= 2·54 × 10 -2 m
foot	1 ft	= 0·3048 m
[ F1 ]
mile	1 mile	= 1 609 m
yard	1 yard	= 0·9144 m
Area
square foot	1 sq ft	= 0·929 × 10 -1 m 2
acre	1 ac	= 4 047 m 2
square yard	1 sq yd	= 0·8361 m 2
Volume
fluid ounce	1 fl oz	= 28·41 × 10 -6 m 3
gill	1 gill	= 0·1421 × 10 -3 m 3
pint	1 pt	= 0·5683 × 10 -3 m 3
quart	1 qt	= 1·137 × 10 -3 m 3
gallon	1 gal	= 4·546 × 10 -3 m 3
Mass
ounce (avoirdupois)	1 oz	= 28·35 × 10 -3 kg
troy ounce	1 oz tr	= 31·10 × 10 -3 kg
pound	1 lb	= 0·4536 kg
Energy
therm	1 therm	= 105·506 × 10 6 J

Textual Amendments

F1 Deleted by Council Directive of 27 November 1989 amending Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (89/617/EEC).

Until the date to be fixed under Article 1 (c), the units listed in Chapter III may be combined with each other or with those in Chapter I to form compound units.]

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 80/181/EEC of 20 December 1979 on the aproximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 39 of 15 February 1980).