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The Measuring Instruments (EC Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

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These Regulations update the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/186). The 1988 Regulations implement Council Directive 71/316/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (OJ L 202, 6.9.1971, p.1; English special edition: Series I Chapter 1971(II) p.707), as amended. Directive 71/316/EEC is an umbrella measure which provides for the pattern approval and verification of various types of weighing and measuring equipment (referred to in the Directive as “instruments”), which are required to comply with standards set out in other, more specific directives in order to be traded freely within the EU single market. For new designs of certain instrument types, Directive 71/316/EEC has been superseded by the Measuring Instruments Directive (2004/22/EC), but it remains relevant for a number of older instruments which are still manufactured.