Legal verification (legalization)
It is a confirmation that the accuracy of the balance is within the (quite wide) limits set by the standard.
Legalization is performed by the Office of Measures or weighing manufacturers/distributors with special authorizations.
Legalization does not answer the question: how accurate is the scale? He says that this accuracy is sufficient for the indicated applications.
Scales for determining mass are subject to mandatory verification:
- in trade*;
- weight which is the basis for calculating market fees, duties, taxes,
bonuses, discounts, penalties, salaries, compensation, or similar types of fees;
- when applying legal provisions and when issuing opinions in court proceedings by experts and experts
- patient weight in medical practice for monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment;
- in the preparation of prescription drugs in pharmacies;
- during analyzes carried out by medical and pharmaceutical laboratories;
- when packing goods.
Scales do not have to be verified for all applications not listed above:
- technological processes
- for the internal control of goods
- under quality assurance systems
- for home use
* Special legalized scales are required for direct sale.
The first legalization of the scale made before 01-01-2019 is valid for the next 3 calendar years without the last month.
The first verification made in 2019 or later is valid for the next 2 calendar years without the last month, e.g. a scale with conformity assessment made from January to December 2019 is valid until November 30, 2021.
Regulation of the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology of March 22, 2019 (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 759)
Re-verifications are valid for 25 months starting from the date of verification (the expiration date is determined by the signs affixed to the scale).
Current marking:
A - legalization feature of the Office of Measures 
or AXIS feature 
B - legalization feature of the Office of Measures or AXIS feature, securing access to adjustment (balance calibration),
C - the mark of conformity with European Union directives (CE mark, details in the declaration of conformity),
D - number of the notified body performing the conformity assessment (Office of Measures or AXIS),
E - legalization mark of the Office of Measures or AXIS mark
(partly glued on the company plate)
F - metrological designation M and the last two digits of the year of conformity assessment.
Additionally, the following applies:
- an indication of the gravitational zone in which the verification is valid, the gravitational acceleration value and tolerance are given,
- legalization feature imprinted in modeling clay, securing access to balance elements.
Old designation (used until 07/11/2016)
The current Act on Measures sets December 31, 2013 as the last possible date for re-verification of scales manufactured before 2004 (ie according to the old regulations). After this date, scales can be legalized, but compliance with the current requirements is checked (according to the Legalizator's indications).
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