Regulations Governing Type Approval of Measuring Instruments Article 2

The categories and scope of the legal measuring instruments subject to type approval are as follows:1. Taximeters;2. The following electronic non-automatic weighing instruments, excluding those provided with an automatic packaging function：(1). Price-computing weighing instruments;(2). Non-price-computing weighing instruments: with a maximum capacity of more than 3kg and not more than 100kg, and with the number of verification scale intervals (n) all between 1000 and 10000, excluding portable suspended weighing instruments.3. Water meters：(1). Vortex water meters with a nominal diameter of not less than 50mm and not more than 100mm;(2). Volumetric meters and velocity meters (Woltmann type, single jet type, and multi jet type) with nominal diameter not less than 13mm and not more than 300mm.4. Diaphragm gas meters: with a maximum flow of not more than 16/h.Type approval of price-computing weighing instruments as mentioned in Item (1), subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph with a maximum capacity of less than 1kg or more than 100kg, or with a number of verification scale intervals less than 1000 or more than 10000 will be carried out from 1 January 2006. Type approval of diaphragm gas meters as mentioned in subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph will be carried out from 1 July 2006. Applications for type approval of these instruments may be made from 1 January 2005.The type approval on water meters mentioned in Item (2), subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph with nominal diameter not less than 150mm and not more than 300mm will be carried out from July 1, 2009.