MUST ONLY BE POSSIBLE BY A CLEARLY APPARENT SPECIAL OPERATION .
. COUNTING MACHINES
COUNTING MACHINES WITHOUT A WEIGHING SCALE ARE ONLY PERMITTED WITH COUNTING RATIOS OF 1/10 OR 1/100 .
11.5.2 . MACHINES WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF AT MOST 30 KG
. VISIBILITY OF THE WEIGHING RESULTS
INDICATING DEVICES AND ANY ACCESSORIES , PARTICULARLY THE ZERO INDICATING DEVICE REFERRED TO IN 10.7.5 , MUST BE SUCH THAT THE WEIGHING RESULTS APPEAR ON THE TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE MACHINE .
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE INDICATION OF UNIT PRICE , AND OF THE PRICE-TO-PAY WHEN THE MACHINES ARE FITTED WITH AN AUTOMATIC PRICE INDICATING DEVICE . THESE INDICATIONS MUST REMAIN AS LONG AS THE LOAD BEING WEIGHED REMAINS ON THE LOAD RECEPTOR .
ON MACHINES TO BE USED WITH WEIGHTS IT MUST BE POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH THEIR VALUES .
. SECURITY OF WEIGHING
.1 . PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF DEVICES
ADJUSTABLE DEVICES FOR SETTING THE ZERO WITHOUT TOOLS ARE PROHIBITED .
.2 . HYDRAULIC DASHPOTS
HYDRAULIC DASHPOTS MUST BE CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE FLUID THEY CONTAIN MUST NORMALLY NOT SPILL EVEN IF THE MACHINE IS INCLINED AT 45
.3 . TARE DEVICES
TARE DEVICES ON MACHINES WITH TWO PLATFORMS ARE PROHIBITED .
TARE DEVICES ARE ALLOWED ON MACHINES WITH A SINGLE PLATFORM ON THE CONDITION THAT :
FOR NON-AUTOMATIC DEVICES
_ THE VALUE OF THEIR MAXIMUM EFFECT DOES NOT EXCEED 5 % OF THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY ,
_ THEY ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SEE :
_ WHETHER THEY ARE IN USE OR NOT ,
_ WHETHER THEIR POSITION IS ALTERED DURING THE COURSE OF THE WEIGHING
_ THE PROGRESSIVE EFFECT DOES NOT EXCEED :
_ TWO SCALE INTERVALS PER TURN IF FITTED WITH A ROTATING CONTROL ,
_ ONE HALF OF A SCALE INTERVAL OF THE MACHINE IF FITTED WITH A DISCONTINUOUS ( DIGITAL ) CONTROL .
FOR AUTOMATIC DEVICES
_ THE INDICATION OF THE VALUE OF THE TARE APPEARS ON THE TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE MACHINE ,
_ THIS INDICATION REMAINS FOR THE DURATION OF THE WEIGHING .
.4 . SECURITY OF OPERATION
IT MUST BE IMPOSSIBLE TO WEIGH OR TO GUIDE THE INDICATING ELEMENT DURING THE NORMAL LOCKING OPERATION OR DURING THE NORMAL OPERATION OF ADDING OR SUBTRACTING WEIGHTS .
11.5.3 . MACHINES WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY GREATER THAN 30 KG
. TARE DEVICES
INDICATION OF THE TARE VALUE OR OF THE SIGNAL T REFERRED TO IN 12.6.3 MUST BE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN TARE DEVICE IS IN USE .
11.5.4 . EXEMPTIONS FOR MACHINES OF SPECIAL AND HIGH ACCURACY
THE PROVISIONS IN 11.5.1 , 11.5.2 AND 11.5.3 SHALL NOT APPLY TO MACHINES OF SPECIAL AND HIGH ACCURACY .
11.6 . MACHINES REQUIRED TO BE MARKED : " NOT TO BE USED FOR DIRECT SELLING TO THE PUBLIC "
MACHINES IDENTICAL TO THOSE WHICH ARE NORMALLY USED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PUBLIC BUT WHICH DO NOT SATISFY THE PROVISIONS IN 11.5 . MUST BE MARKED :
" NOT