Operation of a public scale: display

Anyone who uses a public scale has:

• mark the public weighing instrument with an externally affixed plate with the clearly legible inscription:
  • 'Public scales, weighing range of ... kg to ... kg";
  • the word "weighing instrument" may be accompanied by references to the nature of the instrument, its intended use or its holder;
• notify the competent authority immediately of the commencement and cessation of operation of a public weighing instrument.

When weighing, anyone using a public weighing instrument must ensure that:

• these are carried out conscientiously and impartially, and
• they are refused if the user of the public scale, the operating personnel carrying out the weighing or one of their relatives within the meaning of Section 383(1)(1) to (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) have a direct interest in the weighing result.

Anyone who uses a public weighing instrument must ensure that the weighing result is certified by the signature of the person who determined it himself.

The following information must appear on the certificate:

• an indication that it is a public consideration,
• the place and date of weighing,
• the person responsible for the weighing,
• the type of material to be weighed,
• in the case of the weighing of motor vehicles or trailers, the registration plate,
• in the case of an automatic weighing instrument equipped with a counter,
  • the status of the counter before and after public weighing, and
  • the determined weighing result.

Any person using a public weighing instrument must keep the records of certified public weighing for a period of two years from the date of termination of the weighing.