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 AG by Lower Saxony’s
Regional Administrative Department 
of Legal Metrology (Niedersächsisches 
Landesverwaltungsamt – Eichwesen) from
February 15, 1993.
For additional information on the C mark
on Sartorius equipment, see Sartorius 
Publication No. W--0052-e93081.
“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 con-
tact, 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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Declarations of Conformity