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The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee GSE/25, Gas meters, which has the responsibility to: — aid enquirers to understand the text; — present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; — monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Engineering Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 22 May 2002 Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages to 52, an inside back cover and a back cover The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued $PHQGPHQWVLVVXHGVLQFHSXEOLFDWLRQ $PG1R 'DWH &RPPHQWV 'HFHPEHU &RUUHFWLRQVWR&ODXVH $QQH[ (E DQG $QQH[ (E September 2006 See national foreword &RUULJHQGXP1R © BSI September 2006 16458 ISBN 580 39744 1,"* -/ , ", 1,"* EN 12261 April 2002 +A1 1,"*- ", May 2006 - £Ç°£Ĩä°£ä ,QFRUSRUDWLQJ FRUULJHQGXP 6HSWHPEHU }à ÊÛiÀà >ÃÊiÌiÀÃÊ /ÕÀLi }>ấièi ôèiếấ`i }>õấ ôèiếấ`i }>õấDấèếLi >õBiấ /ếLi>`}>õBi /ấ ếôi> -è>`>`ấĩ>ấ>ôôi` Lịấ ấểấ-iôèiLiấểọọÊ iLiấ>i Lế` è Vôịấĩè èi ẫ èi> ,i}ế>èấĩV ÃÌ«Õ>Ìi Ì i V`Ìà vÀ }Û} Ì Ã ÕÀ«i> -Ì>`>À`ÊÌ iÊÃÌ>ÌÕÃÊv > >Ì>ÊÃÌ>`>À` ĩèếèấ>ịấ>èi>è 1ôè`>èi èấ>` LL}>ôV> iviiVi VVi} ếV >è> è>`>`ấ>ịấLi Lè>i` >ôôV>è èấèi >>}iiè ièi ấè >ịấ iLi / ếôi> -Ì>`>À` iÝÃÌÃ Ì Àii vvV>ÊÛiÀÃÃÊ }à ] ÀiV ] iÀ>®° ÛiÀà >ịấèiấ>}ế>}i >`i Lịấè>>è ế`iấèi iôLèịấv > iLiấè èấĩ >}ế>}i >` Ìvi`ÊÌÊÌ i >>}iiÌÊ iÌÀi >ÃÊÌ i Ã>iÊÃÌ>ÌÕà >ÃÊÌ i vvV> ÛiÀÃð iLiÀÃÊ>ÀiÊÌ i >Ì>ÊÃÌ>`>À`ÃÊL`iÃÊv ÕÃÌÀ>] i}Õ] âiV ,i«ÕLV] ! 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