{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Legal-for-Trade Weighing Systems","description":"When a shipper presents a weight record to customs or a trading partner, that record only holds legal standing if the measuring device is formally certified for trade use. Legal-for-trade weighing systems are installations approved under national weights-and-measures legislation or international metrology standards (OIML) and subject to periodic official verification. They must conform to prescribed accuracy classes, which qualifies them as the legally recognised instruments for commercial trans","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/legal-for-trade-weighing-systems","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-25T14:45:11.446021","citation":"https://www.oiml.org","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/legal-for-trade-weighing-systems","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Legal-for-Trade Weighing Systems · When a shipper presents a weight record to customs or a trading partner, that record only holds legal standing if the measuring device is formally certified for trade use. · Quelle: https://www.oiml.org"}