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Date: 2008-09-23
Title: Proposal for a Directive …/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of […] on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        COM

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                          DIRECTIVE …/…/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

                                                                      of […]

                              on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement

                                                                (Codified version)

                                                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.    In the context of a people’s Europe, the Commission attaches great importance to simplifying and clarifying Community law so as to make  it
       clearer and more accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance to make use of the  specific  rights
       it gives him.

       This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have  been  amended  several  times,  often  quite  substantially,  remain
       scattered, so that they must be sought partly in the original instrument and partly in later amending ones.  Considerable  research  work,
       comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the current rules.

       For this reason a codification of rules that have frequently been amended  is  also  essential  if  Community  law  is  to  be  clear  and
       transparent.

2.    On 1 April 1987 the Commission therefore decided[1] to instruct its staff that all legislative acts should be codified after no  more  than
       ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement and that departments should endeavour to codify at even shorter intervals the
       texts for which they are responsible, to ensure that the Community rules are clear and readily understandable.

3.    The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh  European  Council  (December 1992)  confirmed  this[2],  stressing  the  importance  of
       codification as it offers certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time.

       Codification must be undertaken in full compliance with the normal Community legislative procedure.

       Given that no changes of substance may be made to the instruments affected by codification, the European Parliament, the Council  and  the
       Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-
       track adoption of codification instruments.

4.    The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Directive 80/181/EEC of 20 December 1979  on  the  approximation  of
       the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement and on the repeal  of  Directive  71/354/EEC[3].  The  new  Directive  will
       supersede the various acts incorporated in it[4]; this proposal fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence  does  no
       more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

5.    The codification proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidation, in all official languages, of Directive 80/181/EEC  and
       the instruments amending it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications  of  the  European  Communities,  by  means  of  a  data-
       processing system. Where the Articles have been given new numbers, the correlation between the old and the new numbers is shown in a table
       contained in Annex III to the codified Directive.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC (adapted)

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                          DIRECTIVE …/…/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

                                                                      of […]

                              on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement

                                                            (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article Ö 95 Õ thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee[5],

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty[6],

Whereas:

                                            ê .

   1) Directive 80/181/EEC of the Council of 20 December 1979 on the approximation of the  laws  of  the  Member  States  relating  to  units  of
      measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC[7] has been substantially amended several times[8]. In the interests of  clarity  and
      rationality the said Directive should be codified.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 1

   2) Units of measurement are essential in the use of all measuring instruments, to express measurements or any indication of quantity. Units of
      measurement are used in most fields of human activity. It is necessary to ensure  the  greatest  possible  clarity  in  their  use.  It  is
      therefore necessary to make rules for their use within the Community for economic, public health, public safety or administrative purposes.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 2

   3) However, there exist international conventions or agreements in the field of international transport which bind the Community or the Member
      States. These conventions or agreements have to be respected.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 3

   4) The laws which regulate the use of units of measurement in the Member States differ from one to another and as a result  hinder  trade.  In
      these circumstances, it is necessary to harmonize laws, regulations and administrative provisions in order to overcome such obstacles.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 4

   5) Units of measurement are the subject of international resolutions adopted by the General Conference of Weights and Measures (CGPM)  set  up
      by the Metre Convention signed in Paris on 20 May 1875, to which all the Member States adhere. The “International System of Units” (SI) was
      drawn up as a result of these resolutions.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 7 (adapted)

   6) It is necessary, in order to avoid serious difficulties, to provide for a transitional period during which units of measurement  which  are
      not compatible with the international system can be phased out. It is nevertheless essential to allow Member States wishing  to  do  so  to
      bring into force as quickly as possible, on their territory, the provisions of Chapter I of Annex Ö I Õ. It is therefore necessary to limit
      the duration of this transitional period at Community level while, at the same time, leaving the Member States free to curtail that period.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 8

   7) During the transitional period, it is essential, particularly in order to protect the consumer, to maintain a clear position on the use  of
      units of measurement in trade between the Member States. The obligation on the Member States to allow use of supplementary  indications  on
      products and equipment imported from other Member States during this transitional period seems to serve this purpose well.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 9

   8) The systematic adoption of a solution of this kind for all measuring instruments, including medical instruments, is however not necessarily
      desirable. The Member States should therefore be able to require that, on  their  territory,  measuring  instruments  bear  indications  of
      quantity in a single legal unit of measurement.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 10

   9) This Directive does not affect the continued manufacture of products already on the market. It does, however, affect  the  placing  on  the
      market and use of products and equipment bearing indications of quantity in units of  measurement  which  are  no  longer  legal  units  of
      measurement, when such products and equipment are necessary to supplement or replace components or parts of such  products,  equipment  and
      instruments already on the market. It is therefore necessary for Member States to authorize the placing on the market and the use  of  such
      products and equipment to complete and replace components, even when they bear indications of quantity in units of measurement which are no
      longer legal units of measurement, so that products, equipment or instruments already on the market may continue to be used.

                                            ê 1999/103/EC Recital 4 (adapted)

  10) Certain third countries do not accept on to their market products marked exclusively in the legal units established by Ö this Õ Directive .
      Companies exporting their products to these countries will be disadvantaged if supplementary indications  are  disallowed  .  Supplementary
      indications in non-legal units should therefore be authorised for a further period.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Recital 11 (adapted)

  11) The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopted an international standard on the representation of SI and other units  for
      use in systems with limited sets of characters Ö applicable in its 1992 version Õ.

                                            ê 85/1/EEC Recital 2

  12) In a recommendation of 22 May 1981 the World Health Organization requested that the millimetre of mercury be retained in  addition  to  the
      kilopascal as a unit for the measurement of the pressure of blood and other body fluids. It is advisable for the Community  to  adopt  this
      solution.

                                            ê 85/1/EEC Recital 3

  13) The barn is the unit universally used to measure the effective cross-sectional area on the occasion of nuclear  reactions.  Experience  has
      shown that this specific unit could not easily be replaced by an SI unit. It is therefore necessary to authorize its  use  in  the  nuclear
      field.

                                            ê .

  14) This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating  to  the  time-limits  for  transposition  into
      national law and application of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B,

                                            ê 80/181/EEC

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

                                                                    Article 1

The legal units of measurement within the meaning of this Directive which must be used for expressing quantities shall be:

                                            ê 80/181/EEC (adapted)

(a)   those listed in Chapter I of Annex Ö I Õ;

                                            ê 89/617/EEC Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted)

(b)   those listed in Chapter II of Annex Ö I Õ only in those Member States where they were authorized on 21 April 1973 and until a  date  to  be
       fixed by those States;

                                            ê 80/181/EEC (adapted)
                                            è1 1999/103/EC Art. 1 pt. 1

                                                                    Article 2

Ö 1. Õ The obligations arising under Article 1 relate to measuring instruments used, measurements made and indications of quantity  expressed  in
units of measurement, for economic, public health, public safety or administrative purposes.

Ö 2. Õ This Directive shall not affect the use in the field of air and sea transport and rail traffic of units, other than those made  compulsory
by the Directive, which have been laid down in international conventions or agreements binding the Community or the Member States.

                                                                    Article 3

1. For the purposes of this Directive «supplementary indication» means one or more indications of quantity expressed in units of measurement  not
contained in Chapter I of Annex Ö I Õ accompanying an indication of quantity expressed in a unit contained in that Chapter.

2. The use of supplementary indications shall be authorized until è1 31 December 2009 ç.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC

3. However, Member States may require that measuring instruments bear indications of quantity in a single legal unit of measurement.

4. The indication expressed in a unit of measurement listed in Chapter I shall predominate. In particular, the indications expressed in units  of
measurement not listed in Chapter I shall be expressed in characters no larger than those of the corresponding  indication  in  units  listed  in
Chapter I.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC (adapted)
                                            è1 89/617/EEC Art. 1 pt. 3

                                                                    Article 4

The use of units of measurement which are not or are no longer legal shall be authorized for:

Ö (a) Õ     products and equipment already on the market and/or in service on Ö 20 December 1979 Õ

Ö (b) Õ     components and parts of products and of equipment necessary to supplement  or  replace  components  or  parts  of  the  products  and
       equipment Ö referred to in point (a) Õ.

However, the use of legal units of measurement may be required for the indicators of measuring instruments.

                                                                    Article 5

International standard ISO 2955 of è1 15 May 1983 ç, «Information processing — Representations of SI and other units  for  use  in  systems  with
limited character sets» shall apply in the field covered by paragraph 1 thereof.

                                                                    Article 6

                                            ê 1999/103/EC Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

Issues concerning the implementation of this Directive and, in particular, the matter of supplementary indications  shall  be  further  examined,
and if necessary the appropriate measures adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18 of Council Directive 71/316/EEC[9].

                                            ê 80/181/EEC (adapted)

                                                                    Article 7

Member States shall ensure that the Commission is informed, in sufficient time  to  enable  it  to  submit  its  comments,  of  any  draft  laws,
       regulations or administrative provisions which they intend to adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

                                            ê .

                                                                    Article 8

Directive 80/181/EEC, as amended by the Directives listed in Annex II, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations  of  the  Member
States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B.

References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read  in  accordance  with  the  correlation
table in Annex III.

                                                                    Article 9

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

                                            ê 80/181/EEC Art. 8

                                                                    Article 10

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

For the European Parliament  For the Council
The President    The President
[…]   […]

                                            ê Corrigendum 80/181/EEC (OJ L 296, 15.10.1981, p. 52)

                                                                     ANNEX I

                                                                    CHAPTER I

                                             LEGAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (a)

1.    SI UNITS AND THEIR DECIMAL MULTIPLES AND SUBMULTIPLES

1.1.  SI base units

|Quantity                                                    |Unit                                                           |
|                                                            |Name                           |Symbol                         |
|Length                                                      |Metre                          |m                              |
|Mass                                                        |Kilogram                       |kg                             |
|Time                                                        |Second                         |s                              |
|Electric current                                            |Ampere                         |A                              |
|Thermodynamic temperature                                   |Kelvin                         |K                              |
|Amount of substance                                         |Mole                           |mol                            |
|Luminous intensity                                          |Candela                        |cd                             |

       Definitions of SI base units:

                                            ê 85/1/EEC Art. 1 pt. 1

       Unit of length

       A metre is the length of the path travelled in a vacuum by light during 1/299 792 458 seconds.

       (Seventeenth CGPM (1983), Resolution 1).

                                            ê Corrigendum 80/181/EEC (OJ L 296, 15.10.1981, p. 52)

       Unit of mass

       The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram.

       (Third CGPM (1901), page 70 of the conference report).

       Unit of time

       The second is the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine  levels  of
       the ground state of the caesium-133 atom.

       (Thirteenth CGPM (1967), resolution 1).

       Unit of electric current

       The ampere is that constant current, which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length,  of  negligible  circular
       cross-section, and placed one metre apart in a vacuum, would produce between those conductors a force equal to 2 × 10−7 newton  per  metre
       of length.

       (CIPM (1946), resolution 2, approved by the ninth CGPM (1948)).

       Unit of thermodynamic temperature

       The kelvin, unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction 1/273·16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.

       (Thirteenth CGPM (1967), resolution 4).

       Unit of amount of substance

       (1)  The mole is the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in  0·012  kilogram  of
           carbon 12.

       (2)  When the mole is used, the elementary entities must be specified and may be atoms, molecules, ions, electrons,  other  particles,  or
           specified groups of such particles.

       (Fourteenth CGPM (1971), resolution 3).

       Unit of luminous intensity

       The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency  of  540  ×  1012
       hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of (1/683) watt per steradian.

       (Sixteenth CGPM (1979), resolution 3).

1.1.1.      Special name and symbol of the SI unit of temperature for expressing Celsius temperature

|Quantity                                         |Unit                                                                   |
|                                                 |Name                               |Symbol                             |
|Celsius temperature                              |degree Celsius                     |°C                                 |

                                            ê 1999/103/EC Art. 1 pt. 3(a)
                                            è1 Corrigendum 1999/103/EC (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 50)

       Celsius temperature è1 t ç is defined as the difference è1 t = T - T0 ç between the two  thermodynamic  temperatures  è1 T ç  and  è1 T0 ç
       where è1 T0 ç = 273,15 K. An interval or difference of temperature may be expressed either in kelvins or  in  degrees  Celsius.  The  unit
       «degree Celsius» is equal to the unit «kelvin».

                                            ê Corrigendum 80/181/EEC (OJ L 296, 15.10.1981, p. 52)

1.2.  Other SI units

1.2.1.      SI supplementary units

|Quantity                                          |Unit                                                                   |
|                                                  |Name                               |Symbol                             |
|Plane angle                                       |radian                             |rad                                |
|Solid angle                                       |steradian                          |sr                                 |

       (Eleventh CGPM, 1960, resolution 12).

       Definitions of SI supplementary units:

                                            ê 1999/103/EC Art. 1 pt. 3(b)

       Unit of plane angle

       The radian is the angle between two radii of a circle which cut off on the circumference an arc equal in length to the radius.

       (International standard ISO 31 — 1: 1992)

       Unit of solid angle

       The steradian is the solid angle of a cone which, having its vertex in the centre of a sphere, cuts off on the surface of  the  sphere  an
       area equal to that of a square with sides of length equal to the radius of the sphere.

       (International standard ISO 31 — 1: 1992)

                                            ê Corrigendum 80/181/EEC (OJ L 296, 15.10.1981, p. 52)

1.2.2.      SI derived units

       Units derived coherently from SI base units and SI supplementary units are given as algebraic expressions  in  the  form  of  products  of
       powers of the SI base units and/or SI supplementary units with a numerical factor equal to 1.

1.2.3.      SI derived units having names and symbols

|Quantity                             |Unit                                |Expression                                     |
|                                     |Name              |Symbol           |In other SI     |In terms of SI base or         |
|                                     |                  |                 |units           |supplementary units            |
|Frequency                            |hertz             |Hz               |                |s−1                            |
|Force                                |newton            |N                |                |m · kg · s−2                   |
|Pressure, stress                     |pascal            |Pa               |N · m−2         |m−1 · kg · s−2                 |
|Energy, work; quantity of heat       |joule             |J                |N · m           |m2 · kg · s−2                  |
|Power(1), radiant flux               |watt              |W                |J · s−1         |m2 · kg · s−3                  |
|Quantity of electricity, electric    |coulomb           |C                |                |s · A                          |
|charge                               |                  |                 |                |                               |
|Electric potential, potential        |volt              |V                |W · A−1         |m2 · kg · s−3 · A−1            |
|difference, electromotive force      |                  |                 |                |                               |
|Electric resistance                  |ohm               |Ω                |V · A−1         |m2 · kg · s−3 · A−2            |
|Conductance                          |siemens           |S                |A · V−1         |m−2 · kg−1 · s3 · A2           |
|Capacitance                          |farad             |F                |C · V−1         |m−2 · kg−1 · s4 · A2           |
|Magnetic flux                        |weber             |Wb               |V · s           |m2 · kg · s−2 · A−1            |
|Magnetic flux density                |tesla             |T                |Wb · m−2        |kg · s−2 · A−1                 |
|Inductance                           |henry             |H                |Wb · A−1        |m2 · kg · s−2 · A−2            |
|Luminous flux                        |lumen             |lm               |                |cd · sr                        |
|Illuminance                          |lux               |lx               |Lm · m−2        |m−2 · cd · sr                  |
|Activity (of a radionuclide)         |becquerel         |Bq               |                |s−1                            |
|Absorbed dose, specific energy       |gray              |Gy               |J · kg−1        |m2 · s−2                       |
|imparted, kerma, absorbed dose index |                  |                 |                |                               |
|Dose equivalent                      |sievert           |Sv               |J · kg−1        |m2 · s−2                       |
|(1) Special names for the unit of power: the name volt−ampere (symbol «VA») when it is used to express the apparent power  |
|of alternating electric current, and var (symbol «var») when it is used to express reactive electric power. The «var» is   |
|not included in CGPM resolutions.                                                                                          |

       Units derived from SI base units or supplementary units may be expressed in terms of the units listed in Chapter 1.

       In particular, SI derived units may be expressed by the special names and symbols given in the above table; for example, the  SI  unit  of
       dynamic viscosity may be expressed as m−1 · kg · s−1 or N · s · m−2 or Pa · s.

1.3.  Prefixes and their symbols used to designate certain decimal multiples and submultiples

                                            ê 1999/103/EC Art. 1 pt. 3(c)
                                            è1 Corrigendum, 1999/103/EC (OJ L 104, 29.4.2000, p. 89)

|Factor                                  |Prefix                                  |Symbol                                  |
|1024                                    |yotta                                   |Y                                       |
|1021                                    |zetta                                   |Z                                       |
|1018                                    |exa                                     |E                                       |
|1015                                    |peta                                    |P                                       |
|1012                                    |tera                                    |T                                       |
|109                                     |giga                                    |G                                       |
|106                                     |mega                                    |M                                       |
|103                                     |kilo                                    |è1 k ç                                  |
|102                                     |hecto                                   |è1 h ç                                  |
|101                                     |deca                                    |da                                      |
|10-1                                    |deci                                    |d                                       |
|10-2                                    |centi                                   |c                                       |
|10-3                                    |milli                                   |m                                       |
|10-6                                    |micro                                   |μ                                       |
|10-9                                    |nano                                    |n                                       |
|10-12                                   |pico                                    |p                                       |
|10-15                                   |femto                                   |f                                       |
|10-18                                   |atto                                    |a                                       |
|10-21                                   |zepto                                   |z                                       |
|10-24                                   |yocto                                   |y                                       |

                                            ê Corrigendum 80/181/EEC (OJ L 296, 15.10.1981, p. 52)

       The names and symbols of the decimal multiples and submultiples of the unit of mass are formed by attaching prefixes to  the  word  «gram»
       and their symbols to the symbol «g».

       Where a derived unit is expressed as a fraction, its decimal multiples and submultiples may be designated by attaching a prefix  to  units
       in the numerator or the denominator, or in both these parts.

       Compound prefixes, that is to say prefixes formed by the juxtaposition of several of the above prefixes, may not be used.

1.4.  Special authorized names and symbols of decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units

|Quantity                           |Unit                                                                                  |
|                                   |Name          |Symbol          |Value                                                 |
|Volume                             |litre         |1 or L (1)      |1 l = 1 dm3 = 10−3 m3                                 |
|Mass                               |tonne         |t               |1 t = 1 Mg = 103 kg                                   |
|Pressure, stress                   |bar           |bar(2)          |1 bar = 105 Pa                                        |
|1 The two symbols «l» and «L» may be used for the litre unit.                                                             |
|(Sixteenth CGPM (1979), resolution 6).                                                                                    |
|2 Unit listed in the International Bureau of Weights and Measures booklet as among the units to be permitted temporarily. |
|Note:       |The prefixes and their symbols listed in 1.3 may be used in conjunction with the units and symbols contained |
|            |in Table 1.4.                                                                                                |

2.    UNITS WHICH ARE DEFINED ON THE BASIS OF SI UNITS BUT ARE NOT DECIMAL MULTIPLES OR SUBMULTIPLES THEREOF

|Quantity                |Unit                                                                                             |
|                        |Name                        |Symbol           |Value                                             |
|Plane angle             |revolution*(1) (a)          |                 |1 revolution = 2 π rad                            |
|                        |grade* or gon*              |gon*             |1 gon = (π/200) rad                               |
|                        |degree                      |°                |1° = (π/180) rad                                  |
|                        |minute of angle             |′                |1′ = (π/10 800)rad                                |
|                        |second of angle             |″                |1″ = (π/648 000)rad                               |
|Time                    |minute                      |min              |1 min = 60 s                                      |
|                        |hour                        |h                |1 h = 3 600 s                                     |
|                        |day                         |d                |1 d = 86 400 s                                    |
|(1) The character (*) after a unit name or symbol indicates that it does not appear in the lists drawn up by the CGPM,    |
|CIPM or BIPM. This applies to the whole of this Annex.                                                                    |
|(a) No international symbol exists.                                                                                       |
|Note:       |The prefixes listed in 1.3 may only be used in conjunction with the names «grade» or «gon» and the symbol    |
|            |«gon».                                                                                                       |

                                            ê 1999/103/EC Art. 1 pt. 3(d)

3.    UNITS USED WITH THE SI, WHOSE VALUES IN SI ARE OBTAINED EXPERIMENTALLY

|Quantity                  |Unit                                                                                            |
|                          |Name                           |Symbol                         |Definition                     |
|Energy                    |Electronvolt                   |eV                             |The electron volt is the       |
|                          |                               |                               |kinetic energy acquired by an  |
|                          |                               |                               |electron in passing through a  |
|                          |                               |                               |potential difference of 1 volt |
|                          |                               |                               |in vacuum                      |
|Mass                      |Unified atomic mass unit       |u                              |The unified atomic mass units  |
|                          |                               |                               |is equal to 1/12 of the mass of|
|                          |                               |                               |an atom of the nuclide 12C.    |
|Note:       |The prefixes and their symbols listed in 1.3 may be used in conjunction with these two units and with their   |
|            |symbols.                                                                                                      |

                                            ê Corrigendum 80/181/EEC (OJ L 296, 15.10.1981, p. 52)

4.    UNITS AND NAMES OF UNITS PERMITTED IN SPECIALIZED FIELDS ONLY

|Quantity                               |Unit                                                                               |
|                                       |Name                       |Symbol                |Value                           |
|Vergency of optical systems            |dioptre*                   |                      |1 dioptre = 1 m−1               |
|Mass of precious stones                |metric carat               |                      |1 metric carat = 2 × 10−4kg     |
|Area of farmland and building land     |are                        |a                     |1 a = 102 m2                    |
|Mass per unit length of textile yarns  |tex*                       |tex*                  |1 tex = 10−6 kg · m−1           |
|and threads                            |                           |                      |                                |

                                            ê 85/1/EEC Art. 1 pt. 2(a)

|Blood pressure and pressure of other   |Millimetre of mercury      |mm Hg(*)                   |1 mm Hg = 133,322 Pa       |
|body fluids                            |                           |                           |                           |
|Effective cross-sectional area         |Barn                       |b                          |1 b = 10−28 m2             |

                                            ê Corrigendum 80/181/EEC (OJ L 296, 15.10.1981, p. 52)
                                            è1 85/1/EEC Art. 1 pt. 2(b)

|Note:       |è1 The prefixes and their symbols listed in 1.3 may be used in conjunction with the above units and symbols,  |
|            |with the exception of the millimetre of mercury and its symbol. The multiple of 102a is, however, called a    |
|            |«hectare». ç                                                                                                  |

5.    COMPOUND UNITS

       Combinations of the units listed in Chapter I form compound units.

                                            ê 89/617/EEC Art. 1 pt. 5(a)

                                                                    CHAPTER II

                            LEGAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (b), PERMITTED FOR SPECIFIC USES ONLY

|Field of application                                        |Unit                                                                         |
|                                                            |Name                    |Approximate value                |Symbol           |
|Road traffic signs, distance and speed measurement          |mile                    |1 mile =        |1 609 m         |mile             |
|                                                            |yard                    |1 yd =          |0,9144 m        |yd               |
|                                                            |foot                    |1 ft =          |0,3048 m        |ft               |
|                                                            |inch                    |1 in =          |2,54 × 10−2m    |in               |
|Dispense of draught beer and cider; milk in returnable      |pint                    |1 pt =          |0,5683 × 10−3m3 |pt               |
|containers                                                  |                        |                |                |                 |
|Land registration                                           |acre                    |1 ac =          |4 047 m2        |ac               |
|Transaction in precious metals                              |troy ounce              |1 oz tr =       |31,10 × 10−3 kg |oz tr            |

Until the date to be fixed under Article 1 (b), the units listed in this Chapter may be combined with each other or with those in  Chapter  I  to
form compound units.

                                            ê Corrigendum 80/181/EEC (OJ L 296, 15.10.1981, p. 52) (adapted)

                                            ê 89/617/EEC Art. 1 pt. 5(c) (adapted)

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                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                                      Part A

                                                Repealed Directive with its successive amendments
                                                            (referred to in Article 8)

|Council Directive 80/181/EEC                                                  |(OJ L 39, 15.2.1980, p. 40)                          |
|Council Directive 85/1/EEC                                                     |(OJ L 2, 3.1.1985, p. 11)                            |
|Council Directive 89/617/EEC                                                   |(OJ L 357, 7.12.1989, p. 28)                         |
|Directive 1999/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council            |(OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 17)                           |

                                                                      Part B

                                     List of time-limits for transposition into national law and application
                                                            (referred to in Article 8)

|Directive                                     |Time-limit for transposition                  |Date of application                           |
|80/181/EEC                                    |30 June 1981                                  |1 October 1981                                |
|85/1/EEC                                      |1 July 1985                                   |-                                             |
|89/617/EEC                                    |30 November 1991                              |-                                             |
|1999/103/EC                                   |8 February 2001                               |-                                             |

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                                                                    ANNEX III

                                                                Correlation Table

|Directive 80/181/EEC                                                 |This Directive                                                           |
|Article 1(a) and (b)                                                 |Article 1(a) and (b)                                                     |
|Article 1 (c) and (d)                                                |-                                                                        |
|Article 2 (a)                                                        |Article 2 (1)                                                            |
|Article 2 (b)                                                        |Article 2 (2)                                                            |
|Article 3                                                            |Article 3                                                                |
|Article 4 first paragraph introductory sentence                      |Article 4 first paragraph introductory sentence                          |
|Article 4 first paragraph first indent                               |Article 4 first paragraph point (a)                                      |
|Article 4 first paragraph second indent                              |Article 4 first paragraph point (b)                                      |
|Article 4 second paragraph                                           |Article 4 second paragraph                                               |
|Article 5                                                            |Article 5                                                                |
|Article 6                                                            |-                                                                        |
|Article 6a                                                           |Article 6                                                                |
|Article 7 (a)                                                        |-                                                                        |
|Article 7 (b)                                                        |Article 7                                                                |
|-                                                                    |Articles 8 and 9                                                         |
|Article 8                                                            |Article 10                                                               |
|Annex                                                                |Annex I                                                                  |
|Chapter I                                                            |Chapter I                                                                |
|Chapter II                                                           |Chapter II                                                               |
|Chapter III                                                          |-                                                                        |
|Chapter IV                                                           |-                                                                        |
|-                                                                    |Annex II                                                                 |
|-                                                                    |Annex III                                                                |

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[1]   COM(87) 868 PV.
[2]   See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions.
[3]   Carried out pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the  Council  –  Codification  of  the  Acquis
      communautaire, COM(2001) 645 final.
[4]   See Annex II, Part A of this proposal.
[5]   OJ C […].
[6]   OJ C […].
[7]   OJ L 39, 15.2.1980, p. 40 Directive as last amended by Directive 1999/103/EC of the European Parliament  and  of  the  Council  (OJ  L  34,
      9.2.2000, p. 17).
[8]   See Annex II, Part A.
[9]   OJ L 202, 6.9.1971, p. 1.