CELEX: 51989PC0553
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-31
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE HARMONIZATION OF THE LAWS OF MEMBER STATES RELATING TO NON-AUTOMATIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

25. 11. 89                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 297/13
                                                              II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on the harmonization of the laws of
                              Member States relating to non-automatic weighing instruments (')
                                               COM(89) 553 final - SYN 174
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on
                                                      9 November 1989)
                                                        (89/C 297/13)
 I. The following text is added to the 7th recital:                   2.    They shall be re-verified:
    'whereas it is essential to ensure that these designated          (a) after repair, modification, or re-assembly;
    bodies are of a high standard throughout the
                                                                      (b) after relocation in a geographical area with a
    Community;'                                                           gravity value that is sufficiently different to justify
                                                                          the re-verification, in particular of the error of
II. Chapter IV is modified as follows:                                    indication.
                                                                      The re-verification shall be carried out by or under
                          'CHAPTER IV                                 the responsibility of a notified body or a manufacturer
                      Instruments in service                          that is authorized to carry out the EC declaration of
                                                                      conformity (type 2) procedure.
                            Article 13
                                                                      3.    During re-verification or in-service inspection
     1.   Instruments that carry the CE mark of                       the appropriate tests as set out in the relevant
    conformity and are used for any of the applications               standards referred to in Article 5, or equivalent tests,
    referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) shall be subject to              shall be carried out.
    in-service inspection by a competent body to ensure
    that they are still in conformity with the type as                During re-verification the maximum permissible error
    described in the type approval certificate (if                    limits as specified in Annex 1 (4) (1) shall be applied.
    applicable) and satisfy the requirements of this                  In all other cases the maximum permissible error
    Directive that apply to them.                                     limits as specified in Annex 1 (4) (2) shall be applied.'
O OJ No C 55, 4. 3. 1989, p. 6. [COM(88) 780 final — SYN 174].