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OIML Update. Willem KOOL BIML Assistant Director. Conference and Committee. 27 – 31 October 2008, Sydney, Australia: 13th Conference: Approved 2009-2012 budget Sanctioned new and revised OIML Recommendations 43rd CIML Meeting: Approved new and revised OIML Recommendations and Documents
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OIML Update Willem KOOL BIML Assistant Director UNECE WP6, Geneva
Conference and Committee • 27 – 31 October 2008, Sydney, Australia: • 13th Conference: • Approved 2009-2012 budget • Sanctioned new and revised OIML Recommendations • 43rd CIML Meeting: • Approved new and revised OIML Recommendations and Documents • Withdrew Recommendations on hardness testing • Associated meetings: • Regional Legal Metrology Organizations Round Table • Working Group on Conformity to Type UNECE WP6, Geneva
OIML Recommendations • Contain: • Harmonized technical and metrological requirements for measuring instruments • Test procedures • Test report format • Model regulations: OIML Member States have a moral obligation to implement • International standards: Article 2.4 of the WTO/TBT Agreement UNECE WP6, Geneva
New Recommendations • R 56:2008 Standard solutions reproducing the electrolytic conductivity • R 71:2008 Fixed storage tanks. General requirements • R 85:2008 Automatic level gauges for measuring the level of liquid in stationary storage tanks • R 99:2008 Instruments for measuring vehicle exhaust emissions (OIML-ISO joint publication) • R 141:2008 Procedure for calibration and verification of the main characteristics of thermographic instruments • R 142:2008 Automated refractometers: Methods and means of verification UNECE WP6, Geneva
New Documents • D 29:2008 Guide for the application of ISO/IEC Guide 65 to assessment of measuring instrument certification bodies in legal metrology • D 30:2008 Guide for the application of ISO/IEC 17025 to the assessment of Testing Laboratories involved in legal metrology • D 31:2008 General requirements for software controlled measuring instruments UNECE WP6, Geneva
OIML Publications • All OIML Publications may be downloaded free of charge from: www.oiml.org/publications UNECE WP6, Geneva
Membership • 59 Member States • 57 Corresponding Members • New corresponding member in 2008: Montenegro UNECE WP6, Geneva
OIML MAA • OIML Mutual Acceptance Arrangement for Measuring Instruments (Type approval evaluation) UNECE WP6, Geneva
Information www.oiml.org UNECE WP6, Geneva