Ministerial decrees determine the date and procedures for affixing meters approved by the administration (1) to distillation equipment used by professional distillers, by bouilleurs de cru or on their behalf.
The indications on the meters are authentic, until proven otherwise, for the purposes of taking charge of the quantities of alcohol produced.
The meters used by the bouilleurs de profession, by the bouilleurs de cru or on their behalf, are purchased by the interested parties or leased by the administration, the rental rate being set by ministerial order.
The reading of these meters is carried out, at the latest, fifteen days after the end of the work.
It is forbidden to knowingly falsify the indications of the meters or to interfere, by any means whatsoever, with their operation.
(1) Annex IV, art. 51 septies to 51 octies E.