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Service Description

You must apply to a verification authority for the verification of an individual measuring device or several 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 complies with 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

  • in trade (e.g. scales, petrol pumps at filling stations, tankers for mineral oil, fare indicators in cabs),
  • occupational, environmental and health protection (e.g. sound level meters, dosimeters) and
  • the police (e.g. breath alcohol measuring devices, radar measuring devices).

There are different statutory calibration periods for the different types of measuring devices, which are regulated in the Measurement and Calibration Ordinance.

Process flow

  • As a user of measuring devices, you must apply for the calibration of your measuring device in writing or online.
  • Calibration usually takes place at the installation site of the measuring device.
  • Depending on the type of measuring device, calibration can take place as part of a round trip.
  • 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).
  • You must submit measuring devices for electricity, gas, water or heat to a state-approved testing laboratory for verification.
  • If the measuring device complies with the requirements during the verification test, an official marking for a further verification period indicates that it is permitted for use in commercial or official transactions and for measurements in the public interest.

Who should I contact?

Please contact the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection.

Competent authority

Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection

Requirements

Measuring devices can only be calibrated if they meet the essential requirements of the Measurement and Verification Ordinance. The measuring device must fulfill at least one of the following conditions:

  • Type examination certificate or type approval from a conformity assessment body
  • General approval for calibration or type examination certificate
  • for EC type approval: type approval from a European approval authority
  • Conformity assessment in accordance with national regulations, the European Measuring Instruments Directive or the European Weighing Instruments Directive (CE marking)

Which documents are required?

none

What are the fees?

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.

Advance payment is not possible.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Application Deadline: 10 Weeks
An application for calibration must be submitted at least ten weeks before the calibration period expires. Continued use beyond the end of the verification period is only possible upon application. This only applies to measuring devices whose calibration period has not yet expired at the time the application is submitted and if the user of the measuring device has done what is necessary to carry out the calibration (obligation to cooperate).

Processing duration

The processing time for an application cannot be generalized as it depends on a number of factors. If you have any questions about the processing time, please contact your local Weights and Measures Office.

Legal basis

Applications / forms

Objection and, if necessary, subsequent administrative court action

Appeal

Forms available: Yes
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance necessary: Yes

Further Information

Author

Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Thuringian Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Labor and Family (TMSGAF)

Professionally released on

04.02.2025

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

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