Council Directive 71/347/EEC of 12 October 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measuring of the standard mass per storage volume of grain

• Celex Number: 31971L0347
• Coming into Force: 15 October 1971
• End of Effective Date: 01 December 2015
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1971/347/oj
• Published date: 25 October 1971
• Date: 12 October 1971
• Official Gazette Publication: Journal officiel des Communautés européennes, L 239, 25 octobre 1971

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Council Directive 71/347/EEC of 12 October 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measuring of the standard mass per storage volume of grain

Official Journal L 239 , 25/10/1971 P. 0001 - 0008
Finnish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 2 P. 0075
Danish special edition: Series I Chapter 1971(III) P. 0757
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 12 October 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measuring of the standard mass per storage volume of grain (71/347/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament 1;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee 2;

Whereas the instruments and methods used in the Member States to measure the standard mass per storage volume of grain are different and directly affect the functioning of the common market ; whereas approximation of the laws in this field will facilitate trade not only in grain but also in measuring instruments;

Whereas for this purpose it is advisable to define a particular characteristic, designated the "EEC standard mass per storage volume", and to lay down the technical requirements which must be satisfied by the standard instruments used to determine this reference value;

Whereas measuring instruments whose accuracy is defined in relation to that of standard instruments and which have been subjected to the controls provided for in the Council Directive of 26 July 1971 3 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control give sufficient guarantees to justify their legal use in all the Member States ; whereas these measuring instruments can consequently be marketed throughout the Community;

Whereas it is necessary, with respect to trade between Member States, to prohibit measurement of the standard mass per storage volume of grain according to the various provisions and practices at present applicable in the Community ; whereas the exclusive and compulsory use of the EEC standard mass per storage volume in all Member States will prevent disputes in intra-Community trade about this method of measurement;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

This Directive concerns: (a) the definition of the characteristic of grain designated "masse à l'hectolitre CEE", "EEG natuurgewicht", "EWG-Schüttdichte", "peso ettolitrico CEE" (EEC standard mass per storage volume);

(b) the requirements for the technical construction and utilisation of the reference standard instrument used to determine the EEC standard mass per storage volume;

(c) the conditions which must be fulfilled by the working instruments used to measure the EEC standard mass per storage volume.

Article 2

1. The EEC standard mass per storage volume is the ratio of the mass expressed in kilogrammes to the volume expressed in hectolitres, as determined for any kind of grain by measurement with an 1OJ No C 63, 28.5.1969, p. 27. 2OJ No C 4, 14.1.1969, p. 4. 3OJ No L 202, 6.9.1971, p. 1.

instrument and according to a method which are in conformity with the provisions of this Directive.

2. The "reference" EEC standard mass per storage volume is the EEC standard mass per storage volume as...