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India to Host 61st CIML Meeting of International Organization of Legal Metrology
India hosts the 61st Meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML), organised by the Department of Consumer Affairs in association with the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML). The meeting is in the news as it relates to OIML’s international standard-setting role in legal metrology and measuring instruments.
International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML):
| Dimension | Key Details |
|---|---|
| Nature | OIML is an intergovernmental organisation and an international standard-setting body. |
| Established | OIML is established in 1955. |
| Mandate | OIML provides for promoting the global harmonisation of legal metrology procedures. |
| Headquarters | OIML headquarters is in Paris. |
| OIML Conference meeting cycle | A meeting of the OIML Conference is held every 4 years to establish general policy, vote on the budget, and confirm the decisions of the CIML. |
| Functions: documents | OIML develops international recommendations, standards, and related documents for measuring instruments used in trade, industry, healthcare, safety, and environmental protection. |
| Functions: harmonisation | OIML plays a crucial role in harmonising national laws and regulations on performance of measuring instruments. |
| Examples of instruments covered | Instruments include clinical thermometers, alcohol breath analysers, radar speed measuring instruments, ship tanks found at ports, and petrol dispensing units. |
| Model regulations | OIML develops model regulations, standards, and related documents for use by legal metrology authorities and industry. |
| Members | OIML comprises 63 Member States (voting) and 66 Corresponding Members (nonvoting). |
| India’s membership | India became a member of the OIML in 1956. |
| Metric convention | In 1956, India signs the metric convention. |
| OIML certificates: India | India can issue Internationally Accepted OIML Certificates for selling weights and measures anywhere in the world. |
| OIML certificates: issuing countries | There are 13 countries who can issue Internationally Accepted OIML Certificates. |
| International market requirement | To sell a weight or measure in the international market, an OIML Pattern Approval certificate is mandatory. |
| Administrative structure: CIML | The International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) is the principal decision-making body responsible for guiding the technical and administrative activities of the OIML. |