1. Insert the thermometer and alcoholmeter

2. They are described as either mass alcoholometers or volume alcoholometers, depending upon what is measured

3. Alcoholometers are glass instruments which indicate:

4. Alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers are glass instruments, consisting of:

5. Alcoholometers shall have nominal scales graduated by % mass or by % volume of alcohol.

6. On alcoholometers, every 10th scale mark, counting from one end of the nominal scale, shall be a long line.

7. Those alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers which may bear EEC marks and signs are described in the Annex.

8. The wine distillate obtained after cooling trickles out via the bubble cap, where its alcohol content and the temperature are continuously monitored by means of an alcoholmeter.

9. This Directive defines the characteristics of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers used to determine the alcoholic strength of mixtures of water and ethanol

10. Read the temperature on the thermometer one minute after stirring to equilibrate the temperature of the measuring cylinder, the thermometer, the alcoholmeter and the distillate

11. This Directive defines the charcteristics of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers used to determine the alcoholic strength of mixtures of water and ethanol.

12. The maximum permissible error for alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers shall be: - for Class I, ± one half scale interval for each reading measured,

13. In order to ensure the complete solubility of all the components, the denaturant mixture must be prepared in ethyl alcohol below 96 % by volume measured on the EC alcoholmeter.

14. The alcoholic strength by volume of the alcohol shall be determined in accordance with existing national provisions or, in the event of dispute, by means of alcoholometers or hydrometers as defined in Council Directive 76/765/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers (1).

15. The alcoholic strength by volume of the alcohol shall be determined in accordance with existing national provisions or, in the event of dispute, by means of alcoholometers or hydrometers as defined in Council Directive #/EEC of # July # on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers

16. The alcoholmeter must conform to the specifications for class I or class # equipment defined in International Recommendation No #, Alcoholmeters and Alcohol Hydrometers, of the ILMO (International Legal Metrology Organization

17. On the back of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers a space must be left on the upper third of the body for the EEC initial verification mark.

18. Whereas, in its resolution of # December # on industrial policy, the Council invited the Commission to forward to it before # December # a proposal for a Directive on alcoholometry and alcoholometers

19. Alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers are glass instruments, consisting of: - a cylindrical body, the bottom of which is cone-shaped or hemispherical so that it does not entrap air bubbles,

20. The ethyl alcohol to be denatured must have a ethyl alcohol content of at least 83 % by volume and a strength measured on the EC alcoholmeter of at least 90 % by volume.

21. The alcoholic strength by volume of the alcohol shall be determined in accordance with existing national provisions or, in the event of dispute, by means of alcoholometers or hydrometers as defined in Council Directive 76/765/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers ( 11 ).

22. The alcoholic strength by volume of the alcohol shall be determined in accordance with existing national provisions or, in the event of dispute, by means of alcoholometers or hydrometers as defined in Council Directive 76/765/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers(1).

23. The ethyl alcohol to be denatured must have an ethyl alcohol content of at least 83 % by volume and a strength measured on the EC alcoholmeter of at least 90 % by volume.

24. Council Directive 76/765/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers (OJ No L 262, 27.9.1976, p.

25. COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of # July # adapting to technical progress Council Directive #/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers (#/EEC

26. 376 L 0765: Council Directive 76/765/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers (OJ No L 262, 27.

27. No Member State may refuse, prohibit or restrict the placing on the market or the use of any alcoholometer or alcohol hydrometer bearing the EEC pattern approval sign or EEC verification mark on the grounds of their metrological properties.

28. Alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers are glass instruments, consisting of:-a cylindrical body, the bottom of which is cone-shaped or hemispherical so that it does not entrap air bubbles

29. Whereas, in its resolution of 17 December 1973 ( 4 ) on industrial policy, the Council invited the Commission to forward to it before 1 December 1974 a proposal for a Directive on alcoholometry and alcoholometers,

30. Whereas, in its resolution of 17 December 1973 (4) on industrial policy, the Council invited the Commission to forward to it before 1 December 1974 a proposal for a Directive on alcoholometry and alcoholometers,

31. Council Directive of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers (76/765/EEC) (OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 143), as subsequently amended

32. Whereas, in its resolution of 17 December 1973 (3) on industrial policy, the Council invited the Commission to forward to it before 1 December 1974 a proposal for a Directive on alcoholometry and alcoholometers;

33. 376 L 0765: Council Directive 76/765/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers (OJ No L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 143), as corrected by OJ No L 60, 5.3.1977, p. 26, as amended by:

34. Whereas in the Member States the definition, design and procedures for the approval and testing of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers are the subject of mandatory provisions which differ from one Member State to another and consequently hinder the movement of and trade in these instruments within the Community

35. Whereas in the Member States the definition, design and procedures for the approval and testing of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers are the subject of mandatory provisions which differ from one Member State to another and consequently hinder the movement of and trade in these instruments within the Community; whereas it is therefore necessary to approximate these provisions;

36. Whereas harmonization of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the method for determining alcoholic strength from the results of measurements taken is essential also as a complement to the Directive on the harmonization of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers, in order to remove all risk of ambiguity or dispute,

37. Whereas in the Member States the definition, design and procedures for the approval and testing of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers are the subject of mandatory provisions which differ from one Member State to another and consequently hinder the movement of and trade in these instruments within the Community ; whereas it is therefore necessary to approximate these provisions;

38. As from # January # Member States may not question the figures for alcoholic strength derived from the alcoholometric tables drawn up on the basis of the formula shown in the Annex, and from measurements taken with alcoholometers or alcohol hydrometers bearing the EEC marks and signs or with instruments providing at least an equivalent degree of accuracy, on grounds connected with the use of these tables or instruments

39. Whereas Council Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (3) laid down the EEC pattern approval and EEC initial verification procedures ; whereas in accordance with that Directive it is necessary to lay down the technical requirements which the design and functioning of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers must satisfy in order to be freely imported, marketed and used after having undergone the requisite inspections and having been provided with the required marks and signs;

40. Whereas Council Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control ( 3 ) laid down the EEC pattern approval and EEC initial verification procedures; whereas in accordance with that Directive it is necessary to lay down the technical requirements which the design and functioning of alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers must satisfy in order to be freely imported, marketed and used after having undergone the requisite inspections and having been provided with the required marks and signs;