29/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament has approved, on second reading, the directive on "measuring instruments", adopting the report by the British Conservative, Giles Bryan Chichester (PPE, G.B). This "new approach" directive specifies the essential performance requirements for the approval of measuring instruments subjected to a legal metrological inspection. The EP has ratified the changes introduced by the common position of the Council, which exclude from the remit of the...