Regulations Governing Type Approval of Measuring Instruments Article 12

The original applicant or its assignee shall seal up the type-approved measuring instruments before the initial verification to ensure that they are manufactured or imported in accordance with the approved type. The dedicated weights and measures authority may seal up the instruments again, where necessary.The provision of the preceding paragraph shall not be applicable to manufacturers of measuring instruments that are permitted by the dedicated weights and measures authority to perform self-verification in accordance with the technical specifications for verification and inspection of measuring instruments and to affix verification seals to the instruments.