Legal metrology
Legal metrology is the science of measurement. It is very important for trade and our everyday lives. No market can function without correct measuring and without common units of measurement. The EU’s legislation on legal metrology is one of the pillars of the single market for products. EU requirements aim to promote technological innovation, protection of health, public safety, protection of the environment and fair trade.
The European system of units of measurements stems from the international system of units (SI). The SI serves as a global standard and EU law makes the SI units the legal units of measurements to be used for expressing quantities in the EU.
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Measuring instruments harmonized by EU law range from weighing scales, measuring tapes via petrol pumps and utility meters (gas, electricity, thermal energy, water) to taximeters and weighing bridges. EU law establishes the essential requirements that measuring instruments have to satisfy to be sold or put into use in the EU. It aims to ensure the accuracy of measurements and to help the transparency and fairness of commercial transactions
The Belgian administration “FOD Economy” is committed to:
- to guarantee the quality of measurements carried out in the context of commercial transactions (retail scales, petrol pumps, water meters…)
- and for some activities affecting public health or public safety (pharmacy scales, radars or speedometers, breath testing and analysis equipment…).
The metrological checks are carried out on several levels.
- At the level of the design and production of the measuring instruments (EC type examination, initial calibration…)
- At the level of the proper functioning of the measuring instruments during their economic life (checks of the instruments in service)
Some tasks of “legal metrology” are outsourced to recognized bodies.
Trescal is one of the recognized bodies authorized by the “FOD Economy” for the calibration of non-automatic weighing instruments.
Our calibration specialists cross the country to calibrate “on site” non-automatic weighing instruments and to ensure that they continue to meet the prescribed regulations.
Would you like more information or a price offer? Contact us at: sales.benelux@trescal.com