S.L. 454.1 Art. 12Submission of instrumentforEEC initial verification.

(1) When an instrument is submitted to the Authority for

EEC initial verification, the Authority shall determine whether:

(a) the instrument belongs to a category exempt from EEC pattern approval and, if so, whether it satisfies the technical construction and functioning requirements laid down by the separate regulations relating to that instrument;

(b) the instrument has received EEC pattern approval and, if so, whether it conforms to the approved pattern, and to the separate regulations relating to that instrument. in force on the date of issue of the EEC pattern approval,

(c) the examination carried out in the course of EEC initial verification relates in particular to and in accordance with the separate regulations:

(i) the metrological characteristics;

(ii) the maximum permissible errors:

(iii) the construction, in so far as this guarantees that the measurement characteristics are not likely to deteriorate to any great extent under normal conditions of use;

(iv) the presence of prescribed inscriptions and stamp plates or provisions for Authority verification marking.