Directive 2014/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2014/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of non-automatic weighing instruments (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

4. Accuracy U.K.

4.1.On implementation of the procedures laid down in Article 13, the error of indication shall not exceed the maximum permissible error of indication as shown in Table 3. In the case of digital indication the error of indication shall be corrected for the rounding error.U.K.

The maximum permissible errors apply to the net value and tare value for all possible loads, excluding preset tare values.

Table 3
Maximum permissible errors
LoadMaximum permissible error
Class IClass IIClass IIIClass IIII
0 ≤ m ≤ 50 000 e0 ≤ m ≤ 5 000 e0 ≤ m ≤ 500 e0 ≤ m ≤ 50 e± 0,5 e
50 000 e < m ≤ 200 000 e5 000 e < m ≤ 20 000 e500 e < m ≤ 2 000 e50 e < m ≤ 200 e± 1,0 e
200 000 e < m20 000 e < m ≤ 100 000 e2 000 e < m ≤ 10 000 e200 e < m ≤ 1 000 e± 1,5 e
4.2.The maximum permissible errors in service are twice the maximum permissible errors fixed in Section 4.1.U.K.