1. Units of mass

Directive 2014/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of non-automatic weighing instruments (recast) Text with EEA relevance · European Union

The units of mass used shall be the legal units within the meaning 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 OJ L 39, 15.2.1980, p. 40. . Subject to compliance with this condition, the following units are permitted: SI units: kilogram, microgram, milligram, gram, tonne; imperial unit: troy ounce, if weighing precious metals; other non-SI unit: metric carat, if weighing precious stones. For instruments that make use of the imperial unit of mass referred to above, the relevant essential requirements specified below shall be converted to that unit, using simple interpolation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.