Apply for calibration
Description
You must apply to a verification authority for the verification of an individual measuring device or a sample of measuring devices for compliance with statutory requirements.
Measuring instruments can only be calibrated if they meet the essential legal requirements of the Measurement and Verification Ordinance in terms of measurement technology and their properties.
If the measuring device meets the requirements during the verification test, an official marking for a further verification period indicates that the device may be used for commercial or official purposes and for measurements in the public interest.
The verification authorities test measuring instruments
- of trade: e.g. scales, petrol pumps at filling stations, tankers for mineral oil, fare indicators in cabs,
- occupational safety and environmental protection: e.g. audiometers, exhaust gas measuring devices and
- the police: e.g. breath alcohol measuring devices, radar measuring devices
There are different legally prescribed calibration validity periods for the various types of measuring devices, which are regulated in the Measurement and Calibration Ordinance.
Can be calibrated can only measuring instruments, if they meet theessential requirements of the Measurement and Verification Ordinancerequirements. The measuring instrument must fulfill at least one of the following conditions fulfill:
- Type approval from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
- General approval for calibration or type examination certificate
- with EC type approval: Type approval of a European approval authority
- Conformity assessment according to national regulations, European Measuring Instruments Directive or according to European Weighing Instruments Directive (CE marking)
The for the calibration of measuring instruments charged fees are regulated nationwide by the Ordinance on Fees on Metrology and Verification ( Ordinance on Metrology and calibration fees ordinance - MessEGebV) regulated.
An application for calibration must be submitted at least ten weeks before thethe calibration period. Further use beyond the end of the calibration periodbeyond is then only possible on applicationpossible. This only applies tomeasuring devices whose calibration period has not yet ended at the time of has not yet ended and if the measuring device user thenecessary to carry out the calibration.
When sending repair notifications, a period of 7 days is considered to be immediate. However, in the case of measuring devices for determining speed and distance, the repair notification must be received by the local competent verification authority within 2 working days to the locally competent verification authority.
Administrative court action
Forms available: Yes
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance necessary: Yes
As user of measuring instruments must the calibration of your measuring device in writing or online. The calibration is usually carried out at the installation site of the meter. Depending on the type of measuring device the calibration can be carried out as part of a round trip. This means that the verification officer will visit you for verification without prior notification (e.g. for store scales) or an appointment will be arranged with you (e.g. for truck scales). truck scales). Measuring instruments for Electricity, gas, water or heat must be inspected by an officially recognized testing laboratory for verification. If the measuring device during the verification verification meetsthe requirements, an official marking for a further calibration period admissibility the use in commercial or official or official use as well as for measurements in public in the public interest.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
