18.3.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 71/1 | (Legislative acts) DIRECTIVES DIRECTIVE 2011/17/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 March 2011 repealing Council Directives 71/317[EEC, 71/347[EEC, 71/349/EEC, 74[148[EEC, 75/33[EEC, 76/765[EEC, 76/766[EEC and 86/217/EEC regarding metrology (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3), Whereas: Union policies on better regulation stress the importance of simplification of national and Union legislation as a crucial element in improving the competitiveness of enterprises and achieving the objectives of the Lisbon Agenda. A number of measuring instruments are covered by specific Directives adopted on the basis of Council Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approxi- mation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments () O] € 277, 17.11.2009, p. 49. (3) Position of the European Parliament of 15 December 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 21 February 2011. A,.\ o —— oo oI s v N s ol xS \eReReReReReReRoke and methods of metrological control (}), which was recast by Directive 2009/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (. Council Directives 71/317[EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to 5 to 50 kilogramme medium accuracy rectangular bar weights and 1 to 10 kilogramme medium accuracy cylin- drical weights (°), 71/347/EEC of 12 October 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measuring of the standard mass per storage volume of grain (°), 71/349/EEC of 12 October 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the calibration of the tanks of vessels (), 74/148/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approxi- mation of the laws of the Member States relating to weights of from 1mg to 50kg of above-medium accuracy (%), 75/33/EEC of 17 December 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cold-water meters (°), 76/765/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to  alcoholometers and  alcohol hydrometers (1), 86/217/EEC of 26 May 1986 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to tyre pressure gauges for motor vehicles ('), adopted on the basis of Directive 71/316/EEC, are technically outdated, do not reflect the state of the art in measurement technology or concern instruments which are not subject to technological development and which are increasingly less in use. Furthermore, national provisions are allowed to exist alongside Union provisions. 202, 6.9.1971, p. 1. 106, 28.4.2009, p. 7. 202, 6.9.1971, p. 14. 239, 25.10.1971, p. 1. 239, 25.10.1971, p. 15. 84, 28.3.1974, p. 3. 14, 20.1.1975, p. 1. 262, 27.9.1976, p. 143. 152, 6.6.1986, p. 48. | il ol ol ol el ol ol ol o