G/TBT/N/GBR/27  
 
2 October 2015  
(15-5120)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: UNITED KINGDOM 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: National Measurement & Regulation Office (Executive Agency of the 
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
National Measurement & Regulation Office 
Stanton Avenue Teddington Middlesex TW11 0JZ 
Tel: +44(0)20 8943 7272 
Fax: +44 (0)20 8943 7270 Email: info@nmro.gov.uk   
Website: http://www.gov.uk/nmro  
and 
UK National TBT Enquiry Point 
Trade Policy Unit 
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills 1 Victoria Street  London SW1H 0ET 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): The Measuring 
Instruments Regulations 2016 applies to the following measuring instruments: 
a) water meters 
b) gas meters 
c) active electrical energy meters 
d) thermal energy meters 
e) non-water liquid measuring systems 
f) automatic weighing instruments of the following kinds: 
i. automatic catchweighers 
ii. automatic gravimetric filling instruments 
iii. discontinuous totalisers 
iv. beltweighers; and 
v. automatic rail weighbridges 
g) taximeters 
h) material measures of the following kinds: 
i. measures of length, and 
ii. capacity serving measures 
i) dimensional measuring instruments of the following kinds: 
i. (i) length measuring instruments G/TBT/N/GBR/27 
 
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  ii. (ii) area measuring instruments, and 
iii. (iii) multidimensional measuring instruments; and 
j) exhaust gas analysers 
HS: Metrology and measurement. Physical phenomena (Vocabularies) (ICS: 01.040.17) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The Measuring 
Instruments Regulations 2016 (60 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 implement the 
MI (2014/32/EU) Directives aligned under the New Legislative Framework (NLF) text of 
EU Decision 768/2008/EC and Regulation 765/2008/EC on accreditation and market 
surveillance.  
The Regulations revoke and replace The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2006 
(15 individual instrument regulations (as amended)). It introduces new obligations on 
manufacturers, importers and distributors. It also makes detailed provisions concerning the bodies which are entitled to carry out conformity assessment and the market 
surveillance regime. The scope and essential requirements are unchanged. In addition to 
the safeguard provisions of the Directive, the new legislation also includes national in-service control provisions. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The legislation not only transposes the provisions of the MI Directive but 
includes in-service national control provisions for individual instruments once they have 
been placed on the market and put into use both in relation to metrological performance and continued suitability. Disqualification and re-qualification provisions provide for the control of non-conforming instruments by appropriate persons. 
Prevention of deceptive practices and co nsumer protection; Quality requirements. 
8. Relevant documents: Draft The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 April 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 90 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
UK National TBT Enquiry Point 
Trade Policy Unit 
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills 
1 Victoria Street  London SW1H 0ET 
or 
Robert Harper 
National Measurement & Regulation Office 
Stanton Avenue 
Teddington Middlesex TW11 0JZ Email: info@nmro.gov.uk  
Website: http://www.gov.uk/nmro  
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