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Weighing Instruments
for Use in Legal Metrology:
Council Directive 90/384/EEC
“Non-automatic weighing instruments”
This Directive regulates the determination
of mass in legal metrology.
For the respective Declaration of Type
Conformity for weighing instruments that
have been verified by Sartorius for use as
legal measuring instruments and that have
an EC Type-Approval Certificate, see the
page after next.
This Directive also regulates the
performance of the EC verification by the
manufacturer, provided that an EC Type-
Approval Certificate has been issued and
the manufacturer has been accredited by
an officer of a Notified Body registered at
the Commission of the European Commu-
nity for performing such verification.
Sartorius complies with EC Directive
No. 90/384/EEC for non-automatic
weighing instruments, which has been
in effect since January 1, 1993, within
the Single European Market, as well as the
accreditation of the Quality Management
System of Sartorius by Lower Saxony’s
Regional Administrative Department
of Legal Metrology (Niedersächsisches
Landesverwaltungsamt – Eichwesen) from
February 15, 1993.
Declarations of Conformity
“EC Verification“ – A Service Offered by
Sartorius
Our service technicians authorized to
perform the verification* of your weighing
instruments that are acceptable for legal
metrological verification can inspect and
verify the metrological specifications at the
place of installation within the Member
States of the European Union and the
Signatories of the Agreement on the
European Economic Area.
Subsequent Verifications within the
European Countries
The validity of the verification will become
void in accordance with the national
regulations of the country in which the
weighing instrument is used. For informa-
tion on verification and legal regulations
currently applicable in your country, and
to obtain the names of the persons to
contact, please contact your local Sartorius
office, dealer or service center.
For more information on the verification
of weighing instruments for use in legal
metrology, contact the Sartorius Service
Center.
* = in accordance with the accreditation
certificate received by Sartorius AG
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