. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/GBR/13 
5 September 2005 
 (05-3865) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED KINGDOM
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   National Weights and Measures Laboratory 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Automatic gravimetric 
filling instruments, Beltweighers, Capacity serving measures, Automatic catchweighers, 
excluding automatic checkweighing instruments, Cold-water meters to domestic premises, 
Automatic discontinuous totalisers, Measuring sy stems in the making of any continuous and 
dynamic measurement of liquid fuel in a qua ntity not exceeding 100 litres or 100kg, Meter 
measuring systems in the making of any measur ement of liquid fuel in a quantity dispensed 
from a road tanker exceeding 100 litres or 100kg,  Material measures of length intended for 
use for trade, excluding dipping and strapping tapes, Automatic rail-weighbridges 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft Regulations 
‘The Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations’ 
(32 pages), ‘The Measuring Instruments (Be ltweighers) Regulations ’ (31 pages), ‘The 
Measuring Instruments (Capacity Serving Measures) Regulations’ (27 pages), ‘The Measuring Instruments (Automatic Catchweighers) Regulations’ (32 pages), ‘Measuring Instruments (Cold-water Meters) Regulations’ (29 pages), ‘The Measuring Instruments 
(Automatic Discontinuous Tota lisers) Regulations’ (32 pages) , ‘The Measuring Instruments 
(Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations’ ( 35 pages), The Measuring Instruments (Liquid 
Fuel delivered from Road Tankers) Regulati ons’ (34 pages), ‘The Measuring Instruments 
(Material Measures of Length) Regulations ’ (27 pages), ‘The Measuring Instruments 
(Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regula tions’ (29 pages) (all in English). G/TBT/N/GBR/13 
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6. Description of content:   The proposed Regulations listed in paragraph 5 above will, in 
addition to implementing the M easuring Instruments Directive
1 in the UK (together with 
other Regulations not subject to the 98/34/EC notification), provide in Part III of each of 
them for in-service control both in relation to enforcement and subsequent verification 
activities in GB.  Each of the proposed Regulations cover: 
Part I  Application, Transitional provisions (ex cept for Capacity Serving Measures because 
type approval is not required);   
Part II  General requirements for placing on the market and putting into use including 
Placing on the market and putting into use of instruments, Compliance with the essential 
requirements, Conformity assessment procedur es, Designation of notif ied bodies, Marking 
and identification requirements, Conf ormity with other directives;   
Part III  (in-service provisions) Use for trade including Requirements for use for trade, 
Manner of erection and installation of instrume nts (except for Capacity Serving Measures, 
Cold-water Meters and Material Measures of  Length, to which this provision does not 
apply), Manner of use;   
Part IV  Enforcement including Enforcement authority, Unauthorised application of 
authorised marks, Disqualification, Re-qualifi cation, Testing (except for Capacity Serving 
Measures and Material Measures of Length, to which this provision does not apply), 
Immediate enforcement action, Compliance notice procedures, Powers of entry and 
inspection, Obstruction of enforcement author ity, Review of decisions of enforcement 
authority, Provision of information, Offen ces and Penalties, Defence of due diligence, 
Liability of persons other than the principal offender;   
Part V  Miscellaneous and supplemen tal including Adaptation for Northern Ireland, Service 
of documents etc., Duty of an enforcement au thority to inform the Secretary of State of 
action taken and Savings for certain privileges. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The objective and rationale for making the pr oposed Regulations listed in paragraph 5 
above is to provide in-service requirements to control instruments covered by the Measuring 
Instruments Directive after placing on  the market and putting into use. 
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Regulations 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 April 2006 
30 October 2006 
10. Final date for comments:   14 November 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
 
                                                      
1 Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on measuring 
instruments