# Water meters — Accuracy classes and maximum permissible errors for trade measuring instruments (EU MID)

For Water meters, annex is Annex III (MI-001); condition is Q2 ≤ Q ≤ Q4, water temperature > 30 °C; maximum permissible error is ± 3 %, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Instrument type:** Water meters
- **Annex:** Annex III (MI-001)
- **Condition:** Q2 ≤ Q ≤ Q4, water temperature > 30 °C _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum permissible error:** ± 3 %

## What the source says

> 3 % for water having a temperature > 30 °C.

## Source

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

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-08-05.
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