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The General Conference on Weights and Measures (abbreviated CGPM from the French: Conférence générale des poids et mesures) [1]: 117 is the supreme authority of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the intergovernmental organization established in 1875 under the terms of the Metre Convention through which member states act together on matters related to measurement ...
The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), an intergovernmental organisation, was established under a diplomatic treaty signed in Paris on 12 October 1955 to promote the global harmonisation of legal metrology procedures that underpin and facilitate international trade. [4]
The International Organization for Legal Metrology was established to assist in harmonising regulations across national boundaries to ensure that legal requirements do not inhibit trade. [22] This harmonisation ensures that certification of measuring devices in one country is compatible with another country's certification process, allowing the ...
Handbook 130 Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality; Handbook 133 Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods [24] NCWM Publication 14 Administrative Policy; NCWM Publication 14 Grain Moisture Meters & Near Infrared Grain Analyzers; NCWM Publication 14 Measuring Devices; NCWM Publication 14 Weighing ...
IMEKO also works with International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), as well as the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. The way of co-operation is organising joint events, co-sponsoring events and inviting ...
WELMEC was established in 1990, at a meeting in Bern, Switzerland, [2] and was originally the acronym for the "Western European Legal Metrology Cooperation". As of February 2013 [update] WELMEC has 30 members and 7 associate members. [ 2 ]
The Measuring Instruments Directive 2014/32/EU, formerly 2004/22/EC, is a directive by the European Union, which seeks to harmonise many aspects of legal metrology across all member states of the EU. [1] Its most prominent tenet is that all kinds of meters which receive a MID approval may be used in all countries across the EU.
The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 was introduced to consolidate and amend the laws relating to weights and measures in India. [3] It aims to establish and enforce standards of weights and measures and regulate trade and commerce in weights, measures, and other goods sold or distributed by weight, measure, or number.