un-ece wp.6 meeting 22 – 24 november 2004

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Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale

International Organization of Legal MetrologyOIML

UN-ECE WP.6 meeting

22 – 24 November 2004

Update on OIML activities

A Szilvássy, BIML Assistant Director

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OIML Certificate System

The System started in 1991 and the first Certificate was issued in 1992

OIML Certificate certifies the conformity of the measuring instrument type with the requirements of the relevant OIML Recommendation and its acceptance by national legal metrology authorities is voluntary

There are currently 38 measuring instrument categories applicable in the OIML Certificate System

28 Issuing Authorities participate in the System

More than 330 applicants/manufacturers have OIML Certificates

The total number of OIML Certificates is now over 1280

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OIML Mutual Acceptance Arrangement

Framework document adopted at the 38th CIML Meeting in 2003

Each category of measuring instruments applicable in the OIML Certificate System may be the object of a Declaration of Mutual Confidence (DoMC)

Participants in a DoMC may be: OIML Issuing Authorities National Type Approval Authorities

Participants accept to utilize OIML Test Reports issued by participating OIML Issuing Authorities, and additional test reports related to certain specific national additional requirements.

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Participants who issue OIML Test Reports under a DoMC shall declare their testing capabilities and their compliance with ISO 17025, using checklists.

Confidence is established: either by accreditation (by a signatory of the ILAC's MRA), or by peer assessment

Accreditation and peer assessment will be based on ISO 17025.

For each DoMC, a Committee on Participation Review (CPR) will be established, review the accreditations and monitor the peer assessments, and report to Participants.

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The BIML will participate in the CPRs to ensure consistency in implementation of the MAA, record the capabilities of Participants, keep and publish a record of the Test Reports issued under each DoMC and try to solve any disputes.

An additional BIML staff member will be recruited from 1st January 2005, to take care of the MAA implementation.

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Issuing Authorities will pay fees to the BIML for balancing the costs resulting from its new tasks:

a fixed entry fee (1500 €) for each participation in a DoMC, plus a registration fee (500 €) for each OIML Certificate issued

under the DoMCs

When a DoMC is signed: participating Issuing Authorities will issue all their OIML

Certificates for this category according to the rules of the DOMC, after a transition period, non participating Issuing Authorities will

be delisted for the category concerned.

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Declarations of Mutual Confidence will start with the two following categories:

R 60 : Load Cells R 76 : Non Automatic Weighing Instruments

Bodies willing to be Participants (especially Issuing Authorities) have been invited to prepare their application and send it by 2005.01.15,

A meeting will be organized in 2005 to set up the Committees on Participation Review and to prepare these DoMCs for their signing.

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Developing Countries - JCDCMAS

The Joint Committee for the coordination of technical assistance to Developing Countries in Metrology, Accreditation and Standardization groups the OIML, the Metre Convention, ILAC, IAF, ISO, IEC, ITU-T, IMEKO, ITC and UNIDO.

It aims at promoting the consistency of technical assistance in the fields of Metrology, Accreditation and Standardization and raising the awareness on these issues.

Various awareness raising documents are being developed.

A database on the needs for and offers of technical assistance is being set up.

The JCDCMAS Secretariat is held by the IEC in 2004 and will be held by the BIML in 2005.

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Developing Countries - PWGDC

A Permanent Working Group on Developing Countries (PWGDC) has been set up following the decisions of the 38th CIML Meeting.

This OIML Working Group is chaired by Dr. Seiler (PTB) on behalf ofPr. Kochsiek, the CIML Acting President.

This Working Group will address all OIML issues related to Developing Countries, with special emphasis on launching very practical actions.

This WG will advise the OIML President and the CIML.

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Developing Countries - Forum in Berlin

A Forum on Developing Countries was organized in Berlin on Monday 25 October in conjunction with the other OIML Meetings.

This Forum gave an opportunity for the presentation and discussion on the needs and offers of technical assistance in legal metrology.

OIML Member States and Corresponding Members had been asked to send the BIML a description of their needs and offers.

This information was displayed on posters and will be maintained updated on the OIML web site.

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Developing Countries - Expert reports

A report on the “Verification of Commercial Weights (by Dr. S. V. Gupta, India) has been finalized and is available on the OIML web site(publication E 3).

The Bureau will send an inquiry to Member States and Corresponding Members about the need for similar technical papers which experts may be asked to produce.

The Bureau will then hire recommended experts to undertake the development of such papers, which will be published by the Bureau.

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Implementation of OIML Recommendations

The BIML has sent an inquiry to Members and Corresponding Members about the state of implementation of OIML Recommendations and Documents.

On this occasion, the Bureau collects information on existing translations of OIML publications in different national languages, and will make this information available to all Members.

This information together with the inquiries will be converted into a permanent interactive facility on the OIML web site.

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Results of key OIML technical work areas

Revised or new Recommendations (being) published in 2004

R 49 Cold water metersR 52 Hexagonal weightsR 61 Automatic gravimetric filling instruments R 87 Net content in prepackages R 111 Weights

Revised or new Documents approved and being published in 2004

D 1 Elements of a Law on Metrology (Revision conducted in liaison with the Metre Convention and ILAC)

D 11 General requirements for electronic measuring instruments

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Key OIML technical work areas

Ongoing revisions of widely implemented Recommendations

R 6 + R 31 Gas metersR 46 Electricity meters R 76 Nonautomatic Weighing Instruments R 126 Breath Analyzers Electronic taximeters (as revision R 21)

Development of new horizontal International Documents

General requirements for software controlled measuring instruments Expression of uncertainty of measurement in legal metrology applications

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General developments

In order to better promote the use of OIML publications the CIML has decided to make all OIML publications (except joint publications with other organizations) available for download free of charge on the OIML web site from November 2004.

No paper versions of OIML International Recommendations and International Documents and other publications – with the exception of the OIML Bulletin - will be produced from this date.

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General developments (cont.)

The OIML web site has been provided with on-line facilities for consulting databases of OIML Members, OIML publications and was extended to include consultation of TC/SC data (membership, projects, etc.), and consultation of several aspects of OIML Certificate System and other issues.

The web site will shortly include interactive (restricted) web pages which can be used as forums for TCs/SCs, working groups, etc.

These pages will allow to upload working documents, comments and contributions and to consult them on line.

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Some key issues for 2005 after the 12th OIML Conference and 39th CIML Meeting

• Preparations for the 50th OIML Anniversary and 40th CIML Meeting in Lyon in June 2005 together with an International Metrology Conference

• Measures for increasing the efficiency of OIML technical work

• Encouragement of certain countries to become Corresponding Members (especially developing ones) and others to become Member States

• A revision of the OIML Long Term Policy and the Action Plan under the supervision of the new CIML President

• Initiative for contacts with EU Commission and/or CEN/CENELEC on issues of the MID implementation to promote that technical standards are based on OIML Recommendations

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OIML web site:www.oiml.org/

OIML MAA web sitewww.oiml.org/maa/

JCDCMAS web site:www.jcdcmas.org/