5.7.1 General requirements

In addition to the other requirements of this Recommendation, analogue-active load cells shall comply with the following requirements. The MPE shall be determined using an apportioning factor, greater than or equal to 0.7 and less than or equal to 0.8 () substituted for the apportioning factor, , that is declared by the manufacturer and applied to the other requirements.

If a digital load cell equipped with further data processing (3.1.3.4) is configured with substantial additional electronic functions (e.g. display of indications, frequency counter) that are typical of an electronic weighing instrument, it may be considered outside the scope of this Recommendation and the load cell may need to undergo additional evaluation against requirements contained in other OIML Recommendations which are applicable to weighing instruments.