Article 2

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply: ‘weighing instrument’ means a measuring instrument serving to determine the mass of a body by using the action of gravity on that body. A weighing instrument may also serve to determine other mass-related magnitudes, quantities, parameters or characteristics; ‘non-automatic weighing instrument’ or ‘instrument’ means a weighing instrument requiring the intervention of an operator during weighing; ‘making available on the market’ means any supply of an instrument for distribution or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge; ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of an instrument on the Union market; ‘manufacturer’ means any natural or legal person who manufactures an instrument or has an instrument designed or manufactured, and markets that instrument under his name or trade mark; ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks; ‘importer’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places an instrument from a third country on the Union market; ‘distributor’ means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes an instrument available on the market; ‘economic operators’ means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor; ‘technical specification’ means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by an instrument; ‘harmonised standard’ means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; ‘accreditation’ means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; ‘national accreditation body’ means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; ‘conformity assessment’ means the process demonstrating whether the essential requirements of this Directive relating to an instrument have been fulfilled; ‘conformity assessment body’ means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection; ‘recall’ means any measure aimed at achieving the return of an instrument that has already been made available to the end-user; ‘withdrawal’ means any measure aimed at preventing an instrument in the supply chain from being made available on the market; ‘Union harmonisation legislation’ means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products; ‘CE marking’ means a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the instrument is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing.

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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.