25. 8. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 228/25 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 18 July 1984 adapting to technical progress Directive 76/764/EEC on the appmxifnation of the laws of the Member States relating to clinical mercury-in-glass maximum- reading thermometers (84/414/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 ('), as last amended by Directive 83/575/ EEC (3, and in particular Article 17 thereof, Whereas, since the adoption of Directive 76/764/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on clinical mercury-in-glass maximum-reading thermometers (®), as amended by  Directive 83/128/EEC (%), new techniques have been developed in this field ; whereas these techniques have made it necessary to conduct additional tests in order to estab- lish the quality of the glass employed ; whereas the Annexes to that Directive must, therefore, now be amended and modified in several points; whereas in the interests of clarity it is therefore appropriate to adopt a consolidated text for those Annexes ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in Measuring Instruments, () OJ No L 202, 6. 9. 1971, p. 1. () OJ No L 332, 28. 11. 1983, p. 43. () OJ No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 139. () OJ No L 91, 9. 4. 1983, p. 29. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Annexes I and II to Directive 76/764/EEC are hereby replaced by the Annexes to this Directive. Article 2 Member States shall bring into force laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive on 1 January 1986. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1984. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR JES Member of the Commission