Trade Approved Scales (EC Approved)


  • Businesses offering goods for sale by weight are required to use trade approved scales to ensure that consumers are receiving exactly what they pay for. That includes establishments that sell food and alcohol, produce, livestock feed, firewood, liquid fuel, landscaping materials, precious metals and stones, mechanical and construction parts and prepackaged products .
    Businesses rely on our trade approved weighing scales to ensure that accurate, reliable weighing is carried out in line with EU and UK laws and regulations.
  • Trade-approved scales are EC-approved weighing scales used to determine price based on weight.
  • EC Type Approval can be granted to all electronic scales and most mechanical non-automatic weighing instruments. The instrument has to meet the essential requirements contained in the EC Directive 2014/31/EU, which is in force under UK law.
  • Identifiable by an ‘M’ logo on their label, either on the side or bottom of the scale, trade-approved scales undergo rigorous testing to ensure that their design is up to the required standard.