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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]
Legal metrology, covering the regulation and statutory requirements for measuring instruments and methods of measurement In each country, a national measurement system (NMS) exists as a network of laboratories, calibration facilities and accreditation bodies which implement and maintain its metrology infrastructure.
The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 retained many provisions of the 1976 Act while introducing new features to address contemporary challenges in weights and measures regulation. It continued to emphasize the establishment and enforcement of standards, regulation of trade and commerce, and protection of consumer interests. [4]
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.
It operates under the direct control of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs. [7] [6] [8] The institute conducts 32 courses at its premises, including three specialized Basic Training Courses (BTC) for Legal Metrology Officers (LMO) of India, each with a duration of four months. [7] [9]
Ohio Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures Division [16] ... Handbook 130 Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality;
Moldova – MOLDST – Department of Standardization and Metrology; Morocco – SNIMA – Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine; Nepal – NBSM— Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology; Netherlands – NEN – Nederlandse Norm, maintained by the Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NNI) New Zealand – SNZ – Standards New Zealand
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 ...