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Test Method:
Nominal Quantities (if Applicable)
Applicable countries:
France; Italy; Germany; Spain; Netherlands; Turkey; Sweden; Poland;
Belgium
Requirement/Limits:
This Directive relates to prepackages containing products intended
for sale in constant unit nominal quantities which are:
— equal to values predetermined by the packer,
— expressed in units of weight or volume,
— not less than 5 g or 5 ml and not more than 10 kg or 10 l.
All prepackages made up in accordance with this Directive shall
bear on the package the following markings affixed in such a manner
as to be indelible, easily legible and visible on the prepackage in
normal conditions of presentation:
• To aerosol dispensers, the total capacity of the container.
Aerosol dispensers shall indicate the nominal total capacity of the
container. The indication shall be such as not to create confusion
with the nominal volume of the contents. products which are sold in
aerosol dispensers need not be marked with the nominal weight of
their contents.
• The nominal quantity (nominal weight or nominal volume) expressed
in kilograms, grams, litres, centilitres or millilitres.
• The nominal quantity marked at least with X mm high numbers:
at least 6 mm high if the nominal quantity exceeds 1 000 g or 100
cl, 4 mm high if it is from 1 000 g or 100 cl inclusive down to but
not including 200 g or 20 cl, 3 mm high if it is from 200 g or 20
cl down to but not including 50 g or 5 cl, 2 mm high if it is not
more than 50 g or 5 cl, followed by the symbol for the unit of
measurement used or where appropriate by the name of the unit in
accordance with Directive 71/354/EEC, as last amended by Directive
76/770/EEC.
• The symbol “℮” to products that the pre-package meets the
requirements of this Directive.
• Symbol ‘℮’, at least 3 mm high, placed in the same field of
vision as the indication of the nominal weight or nominal volume.
Product Scope:
This Directive lays down rules on the nominal quantities for products put up in prepackages. It shall apply to prepacked products and prepackages, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 76/211/EEC.