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Directive 2009/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I BASIC PRINCIPLES

    1. Article 1.(1) This Directive shall apply to: (a) instruments as defined...

  3. CHAPTER II EC PATTERN APPROVAL

    1. Article 2.(1) Member States shall grant EC pattern approval in accordance...

    2. Article 3.When EC pattern approval is granted for ancillary equipment, the...

    3. Article 4.When an instrument has successfully completed the EC pattern approval...

    4. Article 5.(1) EC pattern approval shall be valid for 10 years....

    5. Article 6.When EC pattern approval is not required for a category...

    6. Article 7.(1) The Member State which has granted EC pattern approval...

  4. CHAPTER III INITIAL VERIFICATION

    1. Article 8.(1) EC initial verification constitutes the examination of a new...

    2. Article 9.(1) When an instrument is submitted for EC initial verification,...

    3. Article 10.When an instrument has successfully undergone EC initial verification, in...

    4. Article 11.When EC initial verification is not required for a category...

  5. CHAPTER IV PROVISIONS COMMON TO EC PATTERN APPROVAL AND EC INITIAL VERIFICATION

    1. Article 12.Member States shall take all necessary measures to prevent the...

    2. Article 13.Each Member State shall notify the other Member States and...

    3. Article 14.Member States may require that the prescribed inscriptions be drawn...

  6. CHAPTER V CONTROL OF INSTRUMENTS IN SERVICE

    1. Article 15.The separate Directives shall specify the control requirements for instruments...

  7. CHAPTER VI ADJUSTMENT OF DIRECTIVES TO TECHNICAL PROGRESS

    1. Article 16.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance...

    2. Article 16a.(1) The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on...

    3. Article 17.. . . . . . . . . ....

  8. CHAPTER VII FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 18.All decisions taken pursuant to the provisions adopted in implementation...

    2. Article 19.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of...

    3. Article 20.Directive 71/316/EEC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex...

    4. Article 21.This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day...

    5. Article 22.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

    1. ANNEX I

      EC PATTERN APPROVAL

      1. 1. Application for EC approval

        1. 1.1. The application and the correspondence relating to it shall be...

        2. 1.2. The application shall contain the following information:

        3. 1.3. The application shall be accompanied by the documents necessary for...

        4. 1.4. The application shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by documents relevant...

      2. 2. Examination for EC approval

        1. 2.1. The examination shall comprise:

        2. 2.2. The examination shall cover the entire performance of the instrument...

        3. 2.3. The nature and scope of the examination mentioned in point...

        4. 2.4. The metrological service may require the applicant to put at...

      3. 3. EC certificate and sign of approval

        1. 3.1. The certificate shall give the results of the examination of...

        2. 3.2. In the case of EC limited approval, the letter P,...

        3. 3.3. The sign mentioned in Article 6 is the same as...

        4. 3.4. The sign mentioned in Article 11 is the same as...

        5. 3.5. The signs mentioned in points 3.1 to 3.4 and affixed...

      4. 4. Depositing of a sample instrument

      5. 5. Announcement of approval

        1. 5.1. At the same time as the party concerned is notified,...

        2. 5.2. Withdrawal of EC pattern approval and other communications concerning the...

        3. 5.3. A Member State which refuses to grant EC pattern approval...

      6. 6. Signs relative to EC pattern approval

        1. 6.1. Sign of EC pattern approval

        2. 6.2. Sign of EC limited pattern approval (see point 3.2)

        3. 6.3. Sign of exemption from EC pattern approval (see point 3.3)...

        4. 6.4. Sign of EC pattern approval for instruments exempt from EC...

    2. ANNEX II

      EC INITIAL VERIFICATION

      1. 1. General points

        1. 1.1. The EC initial verification may be carried out in one...

        2. 1.2. Subject to the provisions of the separate Directives:

      2. 2. Place of the EC initial verification

        1. 2.1. If the separate Directives do not specify the place where...

        2. 2.2. Instruments which have to be verified in two or more...

        3. 2.3. In particular, when the verification takes place outside the office...

      3. 3. EC initial verification marks

        1. 3.1. Description of EC initial verification marks

          1. 3.1.1. Subject to the provisions of separate Directives, EC initial verification...

        2. 3.2. Shape and dimensions of marks

          1. 3.2.1. The attached drawings show the shape, dimensions and outline of...

          2. 3.2.2. The metrological services of Member States shall mutually exchange the...

        3. 3.3. Affixing the marks

          1. 3.3.1. The final EC verification mark shall be affixed at the...

          2. 3.3.2. The partial EC verification mark shall be affixed:

    3. ANNEX III

      1. PART A

      2. PART B

    4. ANNEX IV

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