# Taximeters · Annex IX · calculation of the fare (minimum: the least significant digit of the indication) — Accuracy classes and maximum permissible errors for trade measuring instruments

For Taximeters, annex is Annex IX; condition is calculation of the fare (minimum: the least significant digit of the indication); maximum permissible error is ± 0,1 %, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.

- **Instrument type:** Taximeters _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Annex:** Annex IX _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Condition:** calculation of the fare (minimum: the least significant digit of the indication) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum permissible error:** ± 0,1 % _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> The MPE, excluding any errors due to application of the taximeter in a taxi, are: — | For the time elapsed: ± 0,1 % minimum value of mpe: 0,2 s; | — | For the distance travelled: ± 0,2 % minimum value of mpe: 4 m; | — | For the calculation of the fare: ± 0,1 % minimum, including rounding: corresponding to the least significant digit of the fare indication.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument type

> ANNEX IX TAXIMETERS (MI-007) The relevant requirements of Annex I, the specific requirements of this Annex and the conformity assessment procedures listed in this Annex apply to taximeters.

### Annex

> ANNEX IX TAXIMETERS (MI-007)

### Maximum permissible error

> For the calculation of the fare: ± 0,1 % minimum, including rounding: corresponding to the least significant digit of the fare indication.

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0032

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-09-01.
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