CPV code 38424000 designates Measuring and control equipment in the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV 2008), the EU classification used to describe the subject of public contracts.
38424000 is a leaf code — the most specific level of its branch — so it can be used directly as the main CPV code of a contract notice. If it does not quite fit, check the neighbouring codes under 38420000 (Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases).