Commission Directive 76/696/EEC of 27 July 1976 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 73/360/EEC of 19 November 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to non-automatic weighing machines

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE  of 27 July 1976  adapting to technical progress Council Directive 73/360/EEC of 19 November 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to non-automatic weighing machines  (76/696/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions both for measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (1), as amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Articles 17, 18 and 19 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 73/360/EEC of 19 November 1973 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to non-automatic weighing machines (3),
Whereas, since the preparation and adoption of Council Directive 73/360/EEC, new and more advanced weighing systems have been developed ; whereas new designs have appeared or are planned ; whereas the said Directive should therefore be amended to take account of technical progress;
Whereas under Article 4 (1) of Directive 73/360/EEC Ireland and the United Kingdom have five years in order to comply with it ; whereas this period should therefore be taken into account in this Directive;
Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee to Adjust to Technical Progress those Directives which Concern the Elimination of Technical Barriers to Trade in Measuring Instruments,