Organizaci

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Organización Internacional de Metrología Legal
International Organization of Legal Metrology
Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale
REGIONAL WORKSHOP FOR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ON
THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

Panama City, 20-22 July 2004
René Fernández Infante Standardization
Director Cuban National Bureau of Standards
(NC/Cuba)
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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THE OIML

• Intergovernmental Treaty signed in 1955 by 24
  countries
• Currently 59 Member States
• and 50 Corresponding Members

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OIML MEMBER STATES
Albania Cuba Indonesia Morocco Slovenia
Algeria Cyprus Iran Netherlands South Africa
Australia Czech Republic Ireland New Zealand Spain
Austria Denmark Israel Norway Sri Lanka
Belarus Egypt Italy Pakistan Sweden
Belgium Ethiopia Japan Poland Switzerland
Brazil Finland Kazakhstan Portugal Tanzania
Bulgaria France Kenya Romania Tunisia
Cameroon Germany Korea, Dem. P. Rep. of Russian Federation United Kingdom
Canada Greece Korea, Rep. of Saudi Arabia United States
China Hungary Macedonia Serbia and Montenegro Viet Nam
Croatia India Monaco Slovakia 59 STATES
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OIML CORRESPONDING MEMBERS
Argentina Comoros Kuwait Moldova Rwanda
Bahrain Costa Rica Latvia Mongolia Seychelles
Bangladesh Estonia Libya Mozambique Singapore
Barbados Fiji Lithuania Nepal Syria
Benin Gabon Luxembourg Nicaragua Thailand
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ghana Madagascar Oman Trinidad and Tobago
Botswana Guatemala Malaysia Panama Turkey
Burkina Faso Hong Kong Malta P. New Guinea Ukraine
Cambodia Iceland Mauritania Paraguay Uruguay
Chinese Taipei Jordan Mexico Peru Uzbekistan
50 STATES
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Latin American Presencein the OIML
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Legal Metrology

• Legal metrology is the branch of metrology
  concerned with the implementation of regulations
  to ensure an appropriate level of credibility for
  measurement results whenever conflicts of
  interest exist or when incorrect measurement
  results may adversely affect individuals or
  society.

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Definition of Legal Metrology
Legal metrology encompasses the full range of
legislative, administrative and technical
procedures established by or by reference to
public authorities and implemented on their
behalf in order to specify and ensure, on a
regulatory or contractual basis, the appropriate
quality and credibility of measurements related
to official controls, trade, health, safety and
the environment.
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Impact of Measurements on Society

• Everyday life
• Industry
• Agriculture
• Trade
• Safety
• Health

• Environmental protection
• Research
• Quality assurance
• Accreditation

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Legal Metrology

• Legal metrology is concerned with
• Measurements for trade,
• Measurements for health and safety,
• Environmental protection,
• Measurements for law enforcement.

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Objectives of the OIML

• Information-sharing on aspects of legal metrology
  
• Exchange of information on laws and regulations
• Exchange of experience with technologies
• Exchange of best-practice experience

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Objectives of the OIML

• Elimination of trade barriers through legal
  metrology
• Harmonization of laws and regulations on
  measurements
• Harmonization of laws and regulations on
  pre-packaged product content
• Harmonization of laws and regulations on
  measuring instruments
• Mutual recognition of measurement results for
  conformity assessment

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Objectives of the OIML

• Promotion and development of legal metrology
• Evaluating the benefits of legal metrology for
  economic and social development
• Making decision-makers aware of the need for
  legal metrology
• Promoting consistency with scientific metrology,
  accreditation, standardization and certification.

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THE OIML
OIML Conference
OIML Conference
CIML President Vice-Presidents
Presidential Council
BIML
CIML
Development Council
Technical Committee
Technical Committee
Technical Committee
Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Subcommittee
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Primary Functions of Governments in Relation to
Metrology

• Compatible units
• Measurement standards
• Traceability
• Legal metrology
• Accreditation systems
• Research
• Training
• Information

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International Conference of Legal Metrology

• The Conference is made up of
• Delegates from OIML Member States
• Observers from Corresponding Members
• Representatives of liaison institutions
• It meets every four years to
• Define general policy
• Establish budget lines
• Promote national implementation of OIML guidelines

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International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML)

• CIML The OIML Steering Committee,composed of
  appointed representativesof OIML Member States.
• The CIML meets annually to review
  theOrganizations technical progress and
  administrative operations.

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Presidential Council

• CIML President
• CIML Vice-Presidents
• Limited number of CIML Members appointed by the
  President
• BIML Director
• The Council acts as an advisory body to the CIML
  President.

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International Bureau of Legal Metrology (BIML)

• The BIML is the Secretariat and headquarters
  of the OIML and is responsible for both the
  day-to-day running of its activities and the
  planning of longer-term actions. The BIML
  transmits information to CIML Members,
  coordinates the technical work undertaken by the
  OIML Technical Committees (currently 18 in
  number), organizes OIML Conference and Committee
  meetings, and manages the budget of the
  Organization.

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International Bureau of Legal Metrology (BIML)

• Maintains links with regional, international and
  national bodies these increasingly close links
  serve to promote legal metrology in a wider
  context.
• Another key aspect of BIML work is the issuing of
  OIML publications (recommendations, documents,
  glossaries and the quarterly Bulletin) and
  maintenance of the Web site.

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Technical Committees and Subcommittees

• Composition
• Representatives of Member States
• Observers from standardization and technical
  organizations
• Manufacturers associations
• Regional regulatory bodies

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Technical Committees

• TC 1 Terminology
• TC 2 Units of measurement
• TC 3 Metrological control
• TC 4 Measurement standards and calibration and
  verification devices
• TC 5 Electronic instruments
• TC 6 Pre-packaged products
• TC 7 Measuring instruments for length and
  associated quantities
• TC 8 Measurement of quantities of fluids
• TC 9 Instruments for measuring mass and density

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Technical Committees

• TC 10 Instruments for measuring pressure, force
  and associated quantities
• TC 11 Instruments for measuring temperature and
  associated quantities
• TC 12 Instruments for measuring electrical
  quantities
• TC 13 Measuring instruments for acoustics and
  vibration
• TC 14 Measuring instruments used for optics
• TC 15 Measuring instruments for ionizing
  radiations
• TC 16 Instruments for measuring pollutants
• TC 17 Instruments for physico-chemical
  measurements
• TC 18 Medical measuring instruments

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OIML Development Council

• Composed of representatives from industrial and
  developing countries, the Council coordinates
  activities to assist developing countries with
• Metrology structures
• Training
• Laboratories
• Equipment

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Other priorities of the OIML Action Plan

• Study on the benefits of legal metrology for the
  economy and society
• Promotion of awareness of legal metrology
• Revision of OIML D1 Law on Metrology
• OIML conformity mark for pre-packaged products
• OIML conformity mark for individual instruments

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THE OIML AND TRADE

• The work of the OIML has a positive impact in the
  following four areas
• Domestic trade and national economies
• International trade in measuring instruments
• International trade in products
• International trade in pre-packaged products

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OIML CERTIFICATE SYSTEM FOR MEASURING INSTRUMENTS

• The OIML Certificate System for Measuring
  Instruments was introduced in 1991 to facilitate,
  and reduce the costs of, administrative
  procedures related to international trade in
  measuring instruments subject to legal
  requirements. It operates on a voluntary basis.

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OIML Certificates

• The System affords manufacturers the possibility
  of obtaining an OIML Certificate and a Test
  Report indicating that a given instrument type
  (pattern) complies with the requirements of the
  relevant OIML International Recommendations.
• OIML certificates are issued by authorities
  appointed by CIML Members and registered by the
  BIML.

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OIML certificates issued
A total of 1,238 OIML certificates had been
issued as at 17 June 2004.
Note The fee for registering an OIML certificate
is currently EUR 50.
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International Bureau of Legal Metrology (BIML)

• 11 rue Turgot - 75009 Paris - France
• Tel. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail biml_at_oiml.org
• Internet http//www.oiml.org

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NATIONAL METROLOGY SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF
CUBASENAMET
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METROLOGYRole of SENAMET

• International System of Units (SI)
• Development and maintenance of the database of
  measuring instrument designs
• Traceability Chain and Hierarchical System
• Preparation and implementation of regulations
• Metrological control activities

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METROLOGY
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SENAMET activity levels

• - At the end of the first half of 2004,
  SENAMET had increased its volume of activity by
  36.5 compared with the same period of the
  previous year.
• - For example, systematic metrological
  control has been achieved for bulk sugar exports
  and key imports, as well as other economic
  objectives.