Brussels, 18/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has adopted a draft directive aimed at harmonising, on an EU scale, measuring instruments such as taximeters, petrol pump counters, breathalysers, water-, gas- and electricity meters and automatic weighing instruments used in production lines for pre-packed products. This project would allow not only to update the existing European legislation, which is now several years old, but also to simplify it by replacing 11 directives and...