The question I keep bumping up against in this whole business, which is why I'm such a strong supporter of a renewal of the act, is that we're in an age now where electronic commerce, electronic management of information, and that whole interface and flow of information that takes place in government, between government and the private sector, and between governments is developing very rapidly with very little political oversight.

(g) pumps incorporating measuring devices, of heading No ; weight-operated counting and checking machinery, or separately presented weights for balances (heading No ); lifting or handling machinery (heading Nos to ); paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds (heading No ); fittings for adjusting work or tools on machine-tools, of heading No , including fittings with optical devices for reading the scale (for example, "optical" dividing heads) but not those which are in themselves essentially optical instruments (for example, alignment telescopes); calculating machines (heading No ); valves and other appliances (heading No ) ...[+++];

(f) Pumps incorporating measuring devices, of heading No 84.13 ; weight-operated counting and checking machinery, or separately presented weights for balances (heading No 84.23) ; lifting or handling machinery (heading Nos 84.25 to 84.28) ; paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds (heading No 84.41) ; fittings for adjusting work or tools on machine-tools, of heading No 84.66, including fittings with optical devices for reading the scale (for example, "optical" dividing heads) but not those which are in themselves essentially optical instruments (for example, alignment telescopes) ; calculating machines (heading No 84.70) ; ...[+++] valves and other appliances (heading No 84.81);

This Directive shall apply to cold-water meters, which are integrating measuring instruments for continuously determining the volume of water (and no other liquid) passing through them, and which comprise a measuring device linked to an indicating device.