Scope: |
This ESSENTIAL describes the regulatory requirements for non-automated weighing instruments (NAWI) as defined in in Article 1 section for the following categories of instruments:
(a) determination of mass for commercial transactions;
(b) determination of mass for the calculation of a toll, tariff, tax, bonus, penalty, remuneration, indemnity or similar type of payment;
(c) determination of mass for the application of laws or regulations or for an expert opinion given in court proceedings;
(d) determination of mass in the practice of medicine for weighing patients for the purposes of monitoring, diagnosis and medical treatment;
(e) determination of mass for making up medicines on prescription in a pharmacy and determination of mass in analyses carried out in medical and pharmaceutical laboratories;
(f) determination of price on the basis of mass for the purposes of direct sales to the public and the making-up of prepackages;
(g) all applications other than those listed in points (a) to (f).
What is a "non-automated weighing instrument" (see 2.2 of the Directive):
‘non-automatic weighing instrument’ or ‘instrument’ means a weighing instrument requiring the intervention of an operator during weighing
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Legislation in force: |
The applicable harmonization legislation is the so-called NAWI (non-automated weighing instrument) Directive 2014/31/EU, which is mandatory since 20 April 2016 (Text with EEA relevance)
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