NoL 252/8. Official Journal of the European Communities 27.8. 82 COMMISSION - DIRECTIVE of 1 July 1982 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/765/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholometers and alcohol hydrometers (82/624/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, - Having regard to 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 (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 17 thereof, Whereas, since the adoption of Directive 76/765/ EEC (3}, new techniques have been developed in the field of thermometers used in determining alcoholic strength; whereas that Directive-should be amended accordingly; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the Elimination of Technical Barriers to Trade in Measuring Instruments, (1) OJ No L 202, 6. 9. 1971, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 143. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The text of section 9 of the Annex to Directive 76/765/EEC is hereby replaced in accordance with the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 - Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary in order to comply with this Directive on 1 May 1983. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 July 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission