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) (c. 181)

[X1 ANNEX] U.K.

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).

[F1 CHAPTER IV U.K. LEGAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE I (d), PERMITTED IN SPECIALIZED FIELDS ONLY

Field of application	Unit
	Name	Approximate value		Symbol
Marine navigation	fathom	1 fm =	1,829 m	fm
Beer, cider, waters, lemonades and fruit juices in returnable containers	pint	1 pt =	0,5683 × 10 -3 m 3	pt
	fluid ounce	1 fl oz =	28,41 × 10 -6 m 3	fl. oz
Spirit drinks	gill	1 gill =	0,142 × 10 -3 m 3	gill
Goods sold loose in bulk	ounce (avoir dupois)	1 oz =	28,35 × 10 -3  kg	oz
	pound	1 lb =	0,4536 kg	lb
Gas supply	therm	1 therm =	105,506 × 10 6 J	therm

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

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted 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).