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)
Modified by
Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 June 2019adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R1243, July 25, 2019
Directive 2009/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 23 April 2009relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control(Recast)(Text with EEA relevance)CHAPTER IBASIC PRINCIPLESArticle 11.This Directive shall apply to:(a)instruments as defined in paragraph 2;(b)units of measurement, the harmonisation of methods of measurement and metrological control and, where appropriate, the means required for application of such methods;(c)the prescription, methods of measurement, metrological control and marking of quantities of pre-packaged products.2.For the purpose of this Directive, "instruments" shall mean measuring instruments, components of measuring instruments, additional devices and measurement equipment.3.No Member State may, on the basis of this Directive and the separate Directives relating to it, prevent, prohibit, or restrict the placing on the market and/or entry into service of an instrument or of a product described in paragraph 1 if that instrument or product bears EC marks and/or signs in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Directive and in the separate Directives relating to the instrument or product in question.4.Member States shall attach the same value to EC pattern approval and initial verification as to the corresponding national measures.5.The separate Directives concerning the matters referred to in paragraph 1 shall specify:in particular, the measurement procedures and characteristics of, and the technical requirements for, their design and functioning, as regards the instruments referred to in paragraph 1(a),the requirements concerning points (b) and (c) of paragraph 1.6.The separate Directives may fix the date on which the existing national provisions are to be replaced by Community provisions.