At the time of writing this we are still waiting for the final Regulations that will bring the MID into effect on 30th October this year. The Regulations will not only set out the technical requirements that automatic weighing instruments will have to meet (non-automatic instruments are not affected) they will also put the mechanism in place for appointing the Notified Bodies for Type Approval and Verification.
We can be certain that NWML will be notified for Type Approval, but it is by no means clear which Trading Standards Departments will want to take on the role of verifiers. Not all TSDs are notified as verifiers under the NAWI Directive and that causes problems for Members and their customers in some areas. It is likely that even fewer TSDs will want to be notified under the MID, we will have to wait and see. But don't be surprised if you find yourself going down the road of becoming a "self-verifier" simply in order to be able to give your customers the service they need. | 
