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BULLETIN
VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 2
APRIL 2003
Quarterly Journal
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VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 2
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t e c h n i q u e
5
Calibration of electronic nonautomatic weighing instruments - Error analysis
Paschalis Tsimitras
s e m i n a r 2 0 2 0
20
Desirable legal metrology framework for the APLMF
Akira Ooiwa
e v o l u t i o n s
24
Software in legal metrology
Ulrich Grottker & Roman Schwartz
S a i n t - J e a n 2 0 0 2
32
OIML Development Council Task Group 37
th
CIML Meeting
Accounts in French
u p d a t e
54
OIML Certificate System: Certificates registered by the BIML, 2002.11 2003.01
60
Reports: OIML TC 5/SC 1 Meeting
61
4
th
EMLMF Forum Meeting
68
SADCMEL Seminar
69
9
th
APLMF Forum Meeting
72
OIML Technical Activities: 2002 Review / 2003 Forecasts
80
New CIML Members; OIML Meetings; Committee Drafts received by the BIML
THE PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL MET AT
THE BIML ON 2425 FEBRUARY 2003
OIML
BULLETIN
VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 2
APRIL 2003
Contents
t e c h n i q u e
5
talonnage des instruments de pesage lectroniques non automatiques - Analyse des erreurs
Paschalis Tsimitras
s m i n a i r e 2 0 2 0
20
Structure souhaitable de mtrologie lgale pour lAPLMF
Akira Ooiwa
v o l u t i o n s
24
Les logiciels en mtrologie lgale
Ulrich Grottker & Roman Schwartz
S a i n t - J e a n 2 0 0 2
32
Conseil de Dveloppement de lOIML Task Group 37
me
Runion du CIML
Comptes rendus en franais
i n f o r m a t i o n s
54
Systme de Certificats OIML: Certificats enregistrs par le BIML, 2002.11 2003.01
60
Rapports: Runion de OIML TC 5/SC 1
64
4
me
Runion du Forum de lEMLMF
68
Sminaire SADCMEL
69
9
me
Runion du Forum de lAPLMF
72
Activits Techniques de lOIML: Rapport pour 2002 et prvisions pour 2003
80
Nouveaux Membres du CIML; Runions OIML; Projets de Comit reus par le BIML
Sommaire
BULLETIN
OIML
VOLUME XLIV NUMRO 2
AVRIL 2003
Editoria l
Making Progress - Reaching Objectives
T
he year 2003 has started off for the BIML in the same
energetic way that 2002 ended - a busy work schedule
and tight deadlines for both the production and tech-
nical sides of our work.
Completing the remainder of 2002s work included pro-
ducing the Minutes of the 37
th
CIML and Development
Council Meetings in English and French, and producing
OIML Recommendations R 133 and R 16-2, and Document
D 18. The presentations given during the Seminar What Will
Legal Metrology Be I n The Year 2020 are also currently being
compiled into a single publication which will be distributed
on CD-ROM to all Members, Institutions in Liaison and
those who attended the event.
Preparations are also already well underway for the
2003 meetings, which will be held in Kyoto in October-
November. A tremendous amount of organizational and
coordination work has already been accomplished by our
Japanese Hosts, a web site has been produced and a color
brochure is also in production. The BIML is in regular
contact with the Organizing Committee in order to ensure
the event is a real success.
However in between now and then, there is still much to
do. A number of OIML TC or SC meetings will be held
during the year, including a WG meeting of TC 12 on the
revision of the Recommendation on electricity meters, a
TC 3 meeting to be held in June in Paris when D 1 Law on
Metrology will probably be finalized, and the Mutual
Acceptance Arrangement (MAA) will be discussed during a
TC 3/SC 5 Workshop, the aim of which is to broaden
Member State participation and obtain consensus. These
two documents are of utmost importance for the future.
Meetings are also scheduled for TC 17/SC 1, TC 13 and
TC 8/SC 3 and 4.
In Kyoto, a total of approximately ten OIML Recom-
mendations and policy papers will be submitted for appro-
val - a significant increase on previous years and this is an
excellent sign, especially in view of the Presidential Council
discussions held at the BIML during the last week in
February concerning plans to accelerate OIML technical
work. Technical Committees and Subcommittees are encou-
raged to progress in the work they have set out to accomplish,
and in case of difficulty they should not hesitate to request
assistance from other TCs or SCs, or from the BI ML said
Gerard Faber, CIML President. The Council discussed a
BIML paper drawn up on the subject, which pointed out
that only six countries held two-thirds of the total number
of Secretariats. BIML proposals were put forward that
aimed at identifying long-standing projects and specific
problems faced by Secretariats, and the BIML is in a posi-
tion to improve communication by means of the Internet
and, in certain cases, also by hiring experts for specific
tasks, a resource that many countries lacked. TC/SC work
should be prioritized, lists of Recommendations requiring
review and/or revision maintained, and the Secretariats
contacted with a view to establishing a timetable for this
work.
The BIML will continue efforts in this area and report
back in Kyoto, where the subject will again be discussed.
CHRIS PULHAM
EDITOR, B I M L
Summary
Various designs of nonautomatic electronic weighing
instruments are employed with very different numbers
of scale intervals. This paper introduces a new method-
ology which can be implemented in all designs and most
specifically in single-range, multiple-range and multi-
interval instruments.
This study is intended to serve the needs of users of
weighing instruments who require confirmation of the
accuracy of the weight values. The criteria to be satisfied
are:
Traceability to a national standard;
Statement of uncertainty for the indicated (net
weight) values without correction of systematic
deviations; confidence level at least 95 % according
to EAL-R2; and
Consideration of the environmental conditions on
the site at which the weighing is used during meas-
urements.
1 Introduction
The proposed methodology aims at calculating the total
uncertainty of the weighing instrument. More specific-
ally, the total uncertainty is a function of both the
random (precision) and the systematic (bias) uncer-
tainty.
Considering a sub-case in which the random and the
systematic uncertainties are not independent, the total
uncertainty is the algebraic sum of the above-mentioned
uncertainties.
The total uncertainty is based on the following
parameters:
1 Repeatability
2 Resolution
3 Eccentricity
4 Deviations of indication - Linearity
5 Drift of instruments
6 Effect of convection
7 Standards weights and density of air
8 Hysteresis
2 Repeatability
The instrument should be set to zero before each meas-
urement. The load should be placed on-center. A one-
piece test load should preferably be used. For single-
range instruments, the test load P, should be equal to
Max/2. For multiple-range instruments,
P =Max
i
+ (Max
i+1
Max
i
)/2.
The standard deviation, s, is calculated from the
weight values, using:
(1)
with
(2)
The standard uncertainty of the repeatability is
calculated from:
u
w
2
= s
2
(3)
3 Resolution
The standard uncertainty of the resolution error of the
indication, I , for diverse scale intervals d
i
in multiple-
range instruments is given by:
(4)
For single-range instruments, the variance of the
rounding error is:
CALIBRATION
Calibration of electronic
nonautomatic weighing
instruments - Error analysis
PASCHALIS TSIMITRAS, Kilkis, Greece
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(5)
The assumption is that the distribution is rectangular. According to the rectangular distribution, the base is dand
the height is 1/d.
4 Eccentric loading
The test load is applied at the positions shown below, which mark the center of gravity of the load for the appropriate
measurement.
Central measurement e
1
= 0
Front left measurement e
2
Back left measurement e
3
Back right measurement e
4
Front right measurement e
5
After the first measurement, tare setting may be done when the instrument is loaded. A one-piece test load should
preferably be used. For single-range instruments, the test load, P, should be equal to Max/2. For multiple-range
instruments, P =Max
i
+ (Max
i+1
Max
i
)/2.
4.1 Distribution of off-center load
An a-priori distribution is proposed, according to Figure 1.
Fig. 1 A-priori distribution for eccentricity (at the center of the pan the density of probability
is higher compared to out of center areas)
E* = the greatest positive difference between off-center and central loading indications
E* = max (e
1
, e
2
, e
3
, e
4
, e
5
) (6)
e = the smallest negative difference between off-center and central loading indications
e = min (e
1
, e
2
, e
3
, e
4
, e
5
) (7)
h
1
= h
2
(8)
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(9)
(10)
(11)
x
2
= E
ecc
2
(13)
= ( 5) + 25 (14)
(15)
For E* = e symmetric distribution
and for =1 = 1/3: rectangular A-priori distribution
and for = 1/6: triangular A-priori distribution
E
1ecc
= (1/2) (1/
2
) E
ecc
= E
ecc
/(2) (16)
With = P
e
/ Max
The variance v
ecc
is given by:
v
ecc
= (E
1ecc
/Max)
2
= [E
ecc
/(2 Max)]
2
= [E
ecc
/(2 P
e
)]
2
(17)
The standard uncertainty of eccentricity is given by:
u
ecc
2
= v
ecc
I
2
(18)
According to the assumption: I m
c
5 Deviation of indication (Linearity)
5.1 Conventional weighing indication value
For the calculation of the error of indication, a new term is introduced: the conventional weighing indication value
m
c
*, which is equal to the mass of a weight piece having a density
c
= 8000 [kg/m
3
] at air density
0
= 1,2 [kg/m
3
],
and has the same weighing indication of a mass m having a density
k
at air density
.
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E = I m
c
* (19)
E = Deviation of measurement
I = Indication of measurement
m
c
* = conventional indication value of standard weight
(20)
and m = m
c
0,99985
k
/(
k
1,2) (21)
In the case
=
0
m
c
*
= m
c
m = mass
m
c
= conventional value of mass of standard weight from calibration certificate
k
= density of standard weight from calibration certificate [kg/m
3
]
0
= 1,2 [kg/m
3
]
= 8000 [kg/m
3
]
5.2 Evaluation
Measurement I Conventional Conventional Indication [g] I
i
m
ci
* = E
I
value of mass value of indication I
i
[g]
m
ci
[g] m
ci
* [g]
1 Min m
c1
* I
1
E
1
2 m
c2
(1/N) Max m
c2
* I
2
E
2
3 m
c3
(2/N) Max m
c3
* I
3
E
3
4 m
c4
m
c4
* I
4
E
4
N m
cN
Max m
cN
* I
N
E
N
If (I
1
, E
1
), (I
N
, E
N
) are the measured pairs of values, they are described by the linear equation E = A + B I, the
values A
best
and B
best
result, which minimize the sum of the squares of the deviations.
(22)
(23)
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(24)
(25)
where
E
is the standard deviation of the straight line A
best
+ B
best
I.
Additionally, the standard uncertainty for the parameters A
best
and B
best
, are:
(26)
(27)
and the systematic uncertainty is the greatest absolute value from:
MAX | A
best
+ B
best
I
i
t
95
linie
| (28)
where t is the unilateral confidence level, which means that for a number of measurements N,
the degree of freedom is N 2.
(29)
(30)
with
1
=
2
= =
N
=
(31)
and
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
max{N
} = N for I = (I
i
)/N
(36)
with
E1
=
E2
= =
EN
=
E
(37)
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The calculation of the standard deviation
Em
of the average standard deviation
Em
gives:
(38)
This aids in the evaluation of the standard deviation of the population through the evaluation of the standard
deviation of the sample, which means that the confidence level of 99,75 % is less than:
u
E
2
= [
Em
+ t
99,75
Em
]
2
(39)
6 Uncertainty from drift of instruments
Considering:
t = t
max
t
min
+ U
t
/2
0,5
(40)
as the change in temperature during calibration and:
U
t
= the total uncertainty of the thermometer from its calibration certificate (with 2) according to the assumption
U
t
= U
t min
U
t max
TK = the effect of temperature on the mean gradient of the characteristic in ppm/K (estimate or data information
sheet),
the variance v
t
of the temperature effect, is calculated from:
v
t
= (1/12) [t TK 10
-6
/ppm]
2
(41)
The assumption is that the distribution is rectangular. According to the rectangular distribution, the base is:
[t TK 10
-6
/ppm] and the height: 1/[t TK 10
-6
/ppm]. The standard uncertainty of drift for the weighting
instrument is:
u
t
2
= v
t
I
2
(42)
7 Effect of convection
Considering:
t
air
= air temperature [C] with total uncertainty U
tair
(2)
t
weights
= standard weight temperature [C] with total uncertainty U
tweights
(2)
t
conv
= t
weights
t
air
[(U
tair
2
+ U
tweights
2
)
0.5
]/2 (43)
The relations between any of the quantities which have been referred to: t
conv
m are non-linear, and their values
are calculated according to the following equation - see [11]:
(44)
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In the case where t
conv
> 0
k
v
= 215 10
-9
k
h
= 75,4 10
-9
While for t
conv
< 0
k
v
= 119 10
-9
k
h
= 20,2 10
-9
The standard uncertainty of the convection effect is calculated from:
(45)
8 Uncertainty from standard weights and density of air
Air temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure are measured, and the greatest and smallest values
during calibration are recorded.
Thus for an air temperature between t
min
and t
max
, the standard uncertainty (1) is:
(46)
where U
t
is the total uncertainty of the thermometer from the calibration certificate (with 2) according to the
assumption U
t
= U
t min
U
t max
.
The same applies to the atmospheric pressure and the relative humidity:
(47)
(48)
Over the range of environmental conditions of 600 mbar p 1100 mbar, 20 C t + 40 C and hr 80 %, the
approximate formula, which deviates from the internationally recommended formula the value
a
/
= 210
-3
, is:
(49)
where p = (p
max
+ p
min
)/2, hr = (hr
max
+ hr
min
)/2, t = (t
max
+ t
min
)/2 (50)
The relative uncertainty of the CIPM formula for the density of the air without the uncertainty of the measuring
parameters, is u
f
/
a
= 1 10
-4
(1).
The standard uncertainty (1) of air density is:
(51)
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where:
(52)
(53)
and
(54)
In cases where
CIPM
is the calculated as a result from the CIPM formula of the density of the air, the standard
uncertainty of the density of the air can be even lower, as follows:
(55)
The standard uncertainty of the conventional indication is:
(56)
where u
k
= the standard uncertainty (1) of the density of the standard weights [kg/m
3
] from the calibration
certificate.
The variable which refers to standard weights and the air density, is calculated as follows:
(57)
u
mc*
2
= v
k
I
2
(58)
According to the assumption: I m
ci
U
i
= Uncertainty of the standard weight (2) from the calibration certificate
U
Di
=k
D
U
i
, 1 k
D
3, k
D
Drift, where k
D
is the quantitative coefficient of the drift of the standard weight
k = 2
m
C0
= conventional mass from the calibration certificate of the weight Max value of weighing instrument.
9 Hysteresis
The test loads P
i
, tare values TL
i
and indications I
i
were chosen or determined as below. Total uncertainty during
unloading of the weighing instrument is the same as during loading. The calculation of random and systematic
uncertainty is similar to that in paragraph 5.
Measurement Tare values Load Conventional Conventional Indication [g] I
i
m
ci
*
= E
I
i TL
i
value of mass value of indication I
i
[g]
m
ci
[g] m
Ci
*
[g]
1 Max (1/N)Max m
c1
m
c1
*
I
1
E1
2 Max (2/N)Max m
c2
m
c2
*
I
2
E2
Max
N1 Max [(N1)/N]Max m
cN-1
m
cN-1
*
I
N-1
EN-1
N Max Max m
cN
m
cN
*
I
N
EN
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10 Total uncertainty of measurement
The effective degrees of freedom from the Welch-Satterthwaite formula, is:
(59)
where u
c
is the combined standard uncertainty (1 ).
(60)
The coverage factor t
p
, is calculated according to the following formula:
(61)
where k
p
= 2 (62)
The uncertainty of measurement comprises type A and type B components. For multiple range instruments, the
formula is applied to each range, separately. The formula for total uncertainty (2) is:
(63)
Total uncertainty during loading ()and unloading () of the weighing instrument, is:
(64)
where stochastic parts of the systematic uncertainties are geometrically added.
11 Determination of mass
In cases where the mass m
t
must be calculated, considering an object with density
t
, standard uncertainty of density
u
t
(1) and air density
t
we have measurement on the indication W
t
(total uncertainty of weighing instrument U
wt
)
of the weighting instrument, the mass is:
(65)
while the calculated total uncertainty of the object U
t
is calculated by the formula:
(66)
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12 Examples
12.1 Single-range instrument
The instrument characteristics are: Max = 320 g, d = 0,001 g
12.2 Environmental conditions
Density of air from formula (47):
a
= 1,1502 [kg/m
3
]
Density of air from the CIPM formula:
CIPM
= 1,150175 [kg/m
3
]
(
a
/ p) = 0,0012 [kg/m
3
] / [mbar]
(
a
/ t) = 0,0042 [kg/m
3
] / [C]
(
a
/ hr) = 9,06 10
-5
[kg/m
3
] / [%]
u
a
2
= [(
a
CIPM
)
2
/12] + (1 10
-4
a
)
2
+ [(
a
/p) u
p
]
2
+ [(
a
/t) u
t
]
2
+ [(
a
/hr) u
hr
]
2
u
a
2
= 0,01 10
-9
+ 13,23 10
-9
+ 39,55 10
-9
+ 1315,07 10
-9
+ 43,60 10
-9
u
a
2
= 1,41 10
-6
u
a
= 0,0012 [kg/m
3
]
12.3 Repeatability
P = 100 g is chosen as the test load. The readings in the table at the top of page 15 were recorded.
Min Max Mean
Total uncertainty
(of instruments)
(2)
Standard
uncertainty
(1)
Air pressure
(mbar)
962,7 962,9 962,8 0,22
u
p
= 0,18
Air temperature
(C)
17,3 17,9 17,6 0,3
u
t
= 0,27
Relative
humidity (%)
40 43 41,5 3
u
hr
= 2,29
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This yields:
Standard deviation s = 0,000516 [g]
u
w
= s
2
= 26,67 10
-8
[g
2
]
12.4 Resolution
The variance of the rounding error is:
u
r
2
= [(d/2) 3
-0.5
]
2
= d
2
/12 = 8,33 10
-8
[g
2
]
12.5 Eccentricity (Off-center loading)
P = 200 g was chosen as the test load. The following readings were recorded:
200,000 g, tared 0 g
e
2
= 0,001 [g]
e
3
= 0,000 [g]
e
4
= 0,002 [g]
e
5
= 0,003 [g]
This yields:
e = 0,002 [g]
E* = 0,003 [g]
= 2
= 15
ecc
2
= 1,187 10
-6
E
ecc
= 0,003 [g]
= 0,132
v
ecc
= 7,42 10
-12
u
ecc
2
= v
ecc
I
2
Measurement i Indication [g]
1 100,000
2 100,001
3 100,000
4 100,000
5 100,000
6 100,001
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12.6 Deviation of indication (Linearity)
The test loads and indications, I
i
, were chosen or determined as follows:
Measurement Conventional Conventional Indication [g] I
i
m
ci
* = E
I
i value of mass value of indication I
i
[g]
m
ci
[g] m
Ci
* [g]
1 0,02001 0,02001 0,020 0,0000
2 39,99997 40,00022 40,000 0,0002
3 80,00012 80,00062 80,000 0,0006
4 120,00012 120,00087 120,000 0,0009
5 160,00016 160,00116 160,000 0,0012
6 200,00018 200,00143 200,000 0,0014
7 240,00020 240,00169 240,000 0,0017
8 280,00030 280,00204 280,001 0,0010
9 320,00030 320,00229 320,001 0,0013
Standards weights of class E
2
with density
ki
= 8000 [kg/m
3
] and standard uncertainty of density
u
ki
[1] = 100 [kg/m
3
], are selected.
A
best
= 0,00024 [g] B
best
= 4,3010
-6
[g/g] = 863947,44 [g
2
]
E
2
= 10,07 10
-8
[g
2
]
2
= 3,81 10
-8
[g
2
]
B
2
= 1,05 10
-12
[g
2/
g
2
]
The systematic error is the greatest absolute value from:
MAX | A
best
+ B
best
I
i
(t
95
/N
1/2
) [
A
2
+ I
2
B
2
]
0,5
| =
= 0,00024 + (4,30 10
-6
) I + (1,89/N
1/2
) [3,81 10
-8
+ (1,05 10
-12
) I
2
]
0,5
where t
95
corresponds to a unilateral confidence level of 95 % (see DIN1319-3).
Fig. 2 Relationship between N
de Slovnie, et
Dr. J eff Llewellyn, du Royaume-Uni.
J e souhaite galement la bienvenue aux participants de cette runion qui seront bientt nomms officiellement en tant que Membres du
CI ML.
Notre Organisation a de plus en plus de relations avec dautres organisations internationales, et je suis trs heureux daccueillir Mme
Liu, Secrtaire Gnral du Comit TBT de lOMC en la remerciant pour lintrt quelle continue de manifester lgard de lOI ML.
Par ailleurs, cest avec une grande tristesse et en exprimant mes profonds regrets que je dois vous informer du dcs de lun de nos
anciens Adjoints au Directeur du BI ML, M. Referowski qui nous a quitts il y a deux semaines maintenant; il sera fortement regrett et nous
prsentons nos condolances sa famille et ses amis.
Cette Runion du CI ML fait suite plusieurs vnements auxquels beaucoup dentre vous ont particip et qui montrent que notre
Organisation est en train de changer et de sadapter aux volutions sociales et conomiques: un Sminaire OI ML Que sera la Mtrologie
Lgale en 2020 ?, une runion du Conseil de Dveloppement de lOI ML et une runion dun groupe de travail sur les volutions du Conseil
de Dveloppement. Des rapports sur ces vnements seront fournis lors de la Runion du Comit.
Dans le cadre de notre Runion, nous nous devons, comme dhabitude, daborder les problmes dimportance majeure pour lavenir et
lvolution de notre Organisation.
Nous devons en particulier discuter des relations de lOI ML avec les autres organisations, du rle extrmement important des
Organisations Rgionales de Mtrologie Lgale, des volutions futures du Conseil de Dveloppement de lOI ML, et galement de
lArrangement dAcceptation mutuelle.
M. Birch nous donnera un aperu de ltude quil a mene pour lOI ML au sujet des Bnfices apports par la Mtrologie Lgale dans
lconomie et dans la Socit. Nous entendrons aussi une prsentation de lvolution de la Mtrologie Lgale en Europe par
M. Freistetter, Prsident de WELMEC.
Les mthodes de travail constituent galement un problme essentiel pour lefficacit de lOrganisation, et cela fera lobjet de
prsentations concernant lacclration des travaux techniques de lOI ML et les volutions des mthodes de travail du Bureau.
Enfin, nous examinerons la question de llection dun nouveau Prsident, qui devra avoir lieu lanne prochaine. I l sagit l dun
vnement cl dans la vie de notre Organisation.
Ce sont, mes chers Collgues, les sujets principaux que nous aurons examiner et/ou dcider lors de cette runion.
Ainsi, pour clore mon allocution, je me tourne vers le Directeur du Bureau afin quil soit procd lappel des Dlgus avant dentamer
les discussions sur les divers points de lordre du jour.
Merci pour votre attention, et tous mes encouragements pour le succs de cette runion.
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Ordre du Jour
Allocution douverture
Appel des dlgus - Quorum
Approbation de lordre du jour
1 Approbation du compte-rendu de la 36
me
Runion du CIML
2 Mise en oeuvre des Dcisions et Rsolutions de la 11
me
Confrence
et de la 36
me
Runion du CIML
3 Mise en oeuvre du Plan dAction 19992002 +20032004 et dernire
extension jusqu la fin de 2004
4 tats Membres et Membres Correspondants
4.1 Nouveaux Membres - Adhsions attendues
4.2 Situation de certains Membres
5 Questions financires
5.1 Adoption du rapport de lexpert comptable pour 2001
5.2 Examen de la situation financire pour 2002 et 2003
5.3 Analyse des cots de fonctionnement du BIML
6 Activits du Conseil de la Prsidence
7 Situation du BIML
7.1 Modifications des Statuts du Personnel
7.2 Personnel du BIML
7.3 Activits du BIML
7.4 Progrs dans lutilisation dInternet et du
courrier lectronique
8 Activits techniques
8.1 Programme de travail des TC/SC
8.2 Examen de la situation de certains TC/SC, si appropri
8.3 Acclration des travaux techniques
8.4 Approbation des projets de Documents et de Recommandations
9 Systme de Certificats OIML pour les Instruments de Mesure
9.1 Informations gnrales
9.2 Nouvelles Recommandations applicables au Systme
9.3 Plans pour les dveloppements futurs
10 volutions
10.1 Arrangement dAcceptation Mutuelle (MAA)
10.2 Documents horizontaux
10.3 Rapport sur ltude Les Bnfices apports par la Mtrologie Lgale
dans lconomie et la Socit
10.4 Examen prliminaire des rsultats du Sminaire
Que sera la Mtrologie Lgale en 2020 ?
11 Rapport sur le Conseil de Dveloppement
11.1 Prsentation des programmes de la Banque Mondiale
11.2 Activits du Conseil de Dveloppement, plan daction et volutions
possibles de ses structures
12 Liaisons avec les institutions internationales et rgionales
12.1 Organisations Rgionales de Mtrologie Lgale (RLMO)
12.2 Autres institutions (Convention du Mtre, ILAC, ISO, OMC, etc.)
12.3 Informations sur les activits de mtrologie lgale dans les Rgions
13 lection du Prsident du CIML en 2003
14 Runions futures
14.1 38
me
Runion du CIML (2003)
14.2 39
me
Runion du CIML et 12
me
Confrence (2004)
14.3 40
me
Runion du CIML (2005)
15 Autres questions
16 Adoption des dcisions
Clture de la runion
SAINT-J EAN 2002
37
me
Runion du CIML
14 octobre 2002
TRADUIT DU RAPPORT PAR J FM, AS, ID & CP (BIML)
L
e CIML sest runi du 1
er
au 4 octobre 2002 lh-
tel Hlianthal, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France. 54
Membres du CIML (sur 58) taient prsents ou
reprsents, cette participation tant lune des plus
fortes releves une Runion du Comit.
Lordre du jour (voir encadr) a t approuv ainsi
que le compte rendu de la 36
me
Runion du CIML
(sans modifications).
Concernant lapplication des Dcisions et Rsolu-
tions des runions de la 11
me
Confrence et du 36
me
CIML, M. Faber a expliqu que dans la mesure o la
plupart des points de ces documents faisaient partie de
lordre du jour de la prsente Runion du CIML, il esti-
mait quil ntait pas ncessaire de passer en revue les
dcisions individuellement.
M. Magaa a rappel aux Participants quune ver-
sion rvise du Plan dAction 19992002 + 20032004
avait t distribue peu prs une anne auparavant en
vue de son approbation par le CIML. Il a expliqu quun
certain nombre dactions cls avait dj t menes
terme, et a ensuite soulign les principaux points du
Plan: le premier projet de rvision des Directives pour
les Travaux Techniques de lOI ML; le programme de tra-
vail technique de lOIML; les activits visant aug-
menter la participation des tats Membres au travail
technique; les activits sur les Logiciels; le Systme de
Certificats OI ML pour les I nstruments de Mesure;
lArrangement de Reconnaissance Mutuelle de lOIML;
lacceptation des rsultats dessais, le MAA et laccrdi-
tation; la rvision de la R 87 Contenu net des pr-
emballages; ltude de M. John Birch Les Bnfices ap-
ports par la Mtrologie Lgale dans lEconomie et la
Socit; Amliorations Structurelles, y compris la
coopration avec les RLMO; et les thmes de Formation
et de Relations Publiques et de Promotion ainsi que les
dveloppements du site Internet de lOIML.
M. Faber a estim que lOrganisation avanait
grands pas, en largissant son domaine et dans le cadre
du Plan dAction comme prcis.
M. Magaa a inform les Participants des dvelop-
pements suivants concernant ladhsion lOIML:
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LAlbanie a rcemment accd au statut dtat Mem-
bre aprs avoir t auparavant Membre Correspon-
dant et a t chaleureusement accueilli par M. Faber;
La Libye a t radmise comme Membre Correspon-
dant;
la Nouvelle Zlande et le Vietnam dj Membres Cor-
respondants envisageaient de devenir des tats Mem-
bres. M. Faber a confirm que les portes de lOIML
taient grandes ouvertes pour accueillir ces pays en
tant qutats Membres quand ceux-ci seraient prt; et
Les Philippines avaient rcemment demand tre
radi de la liste des Membres Correspondants, en rai-
son de certaines difficults financires.
M. Magaa a ensuite pass en revue la situation fi-
nancire dun certain nombre de pays et a rappel aux
Participants qu Moscou et Londres, le Comit et la
Confrence respectivement avaient examin leurs ar-
rirs de cotisation. Depuis, la majorit avait rgl les
montants impays bien que la situation de trois pays
doive maintenant tre examine (se reporter au compte
rendu intgral de la runion pour de plus amples d-
tails).
Ensuite, le rapport de lexpert comptable pour 2001
a t adopt; aucun commentaire na t mis par les
Dlgus.
En examinant la situation financire pour 2002 et
2003, M. Magaa a indiqu que lOrganisation progres-
sait globalement comme prvu par le budget et que la
ralisation des objectifs tait en cours pour tre acheve
la fin de la priode indique. Les prvisions pour 2003
ont aussi t programmes par rapport au budget, en
dpit de la ncessit de changer le matriel de reprogra-
phie du BIML. Il a fait remarquer que le taux dinflation
en France tait aussi raisonnablement bas, et stable.
M. Magaa a poursuivi en indiquant quun nouveau
modle de comptabilit tait actuellement en cours d-
tude en vue de son application aux comptes du BIML
lavenir. Cependant, la dcision appartenait la Con-
frence et il ferait donc une proposition dtaille qui
serait examine en 2004. M. Magaa donna des exem-
ples spcifiques sur la faon dont certains cots
seraient traits dans le nouveau systme et avait aussi
prpar un rsum de la rpartition du temps du Per-
sonnel du BIML pour laccomplissement des diverses
tches. La majeure partie de ce temps tait consacre
aux Runions du Comit et de la Confrence, ldition
technique y compris les traductions, aux activits de
soutien des TC/SC, la participation aux runions des
RLMO et autres organisations en liaison, au Bulletin
OIML et aux tches administratives.
M. Faber a estim que cet expos tait trs impor-
tant dans la mesure o il permettrait dy voir plus clair
lorsquil serait ncessaire de prendre des dcisions fi-
nancires lavenir.
M. Faber fit ensuite un rapport sur les activits du
Conseil de la Prsidence pendant lanne passe, et a
souhait la bienvenue au nouveau membre du Conseil,
Mme Judith Bennett (Australie). Une runion a eu lieu
Moscou en septembre 2001 et une seconde en fvrier
2002, pendant lesquelles il a t discut des finances de
lOIML, de la structure du Conseil de Dveloppement et
du document MAA.
Passant au point 7 sur la situation du BIML,
M. Faber a expliqu quil tait ncessaire de temps en
temps de mettre jour et de moderniser les Statuts du
Personnel du BIML. M. Magaa avait discut de ce
document avec les membres du Personnel et rdig des
projets de propositions pour modifier certaines parties
du texte devenues obsoltes. Toutefois, les Annexes et
les chelles de salaires navaient pas encore t rvises.
Concernant le Personnel du Bureau lui-mme, il y
avait eu deux changements depuis la dernire Runion
du Comit: un I ngnieur Systme, M. Jean-Christophe
Esmiol, a t recrut en novembre 2001 pour assurer le
contrle et le dveloppement de lquipement informa-
tique et du rseau interne du BIML et du site Internet
de lOIML, et une Assistante de Direction, Mme Patricia
Saint-Germain a t recrute au dbut de septembre
2002, pour prendre en charge lensemble des tches ad-
ministratives du BIML et la responsabilit des deux em-
ploys administratifs (une Secrtaire et un Archiviste).
M. Magaa a expliqu quen dpit de ces deux change-
ments, leffectif du Personnel du BIML tait au mme
niveau que deux ans auparavant en raison du dpart de
deux employs.
M. Magaa a comment certaines des activits
dimportance entreprises par le BIML:
Lorganisation des runions de Saint-Jean avait t
plus complexe que dordinaire dans la mesure o le
BIML avait organis lvnement dans sa totalit;
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seulement 15 tats Membres, ce problme particulier
devant faire lobjet de discussions ultrieures.
Il a constat que la mise en application actuelle des
Recommandations et Documents OIML par les Mem-
bres de lOIML tait dune grande importance, en plus
de leur laboration et de leur rvision bien que le quart
des tats Membres naient pas fourni les informations
demandes.
Il a ensuite voqu la situation des deux organismes
techniques qui avaient t vacants pendant deux ans et
plus:
celle du TC 8/SC 2 Mesurage statique massiquentait
pas dune urgence absolue puisque la Russie avait as-
sum la responsabilit de son unique projet de tra-
vail, savoir lAnnexe la R 125: Format du rapport
dessai pour lvaluation des systmes de mesure de la
masse des liquides dans les rservoirs.
la Slovnie stait rcemment porte volontaire pour
assumer le Secrtariat du TC 5 I nstruments lectron-
iques et logiciels.
Il y avait aussi eu une proposition de lAustralie
dtablir au sein du TC 17 un nouveau Sous-comit
OIML I nstruments pour lanalyse de la qualit des pro-
duits de lagricultureainsi quun projet de travail I nstru-
ments de mesure utiliss pour la dtermination des pro-
tines dans le grain.
M. Skubic
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2003 2002
TC 11 Instruments for measuring temperature and
associated quantities
Revision R 75: Heat meters (Part 1: General requirements; R -
Part 2: Type approval and initial verification tests)
R 75-3: Heat meters. Test report format WD 1CD
TC 11/SC 1 Resistance thermometers
Revision R 84: Resistance-thermometer sensors made of platinum, Approval R
copper or nickel (for industrial and commercial use)
TC 11/SC 2 Contact thermometers
R133: Liquid-in-glass thermometers R -
TC 11/SC 3 Radiation thermometers
Revision R 48: Tungsten ribbon lamps for calibration of DR Vote/Approval
optical pyrometers
Standard black-body radiator for the temperature range WD 1 CD
from 50 C to 3000 C
TC 12 Instruments for measuring electrical quantities
Revision R 46: Active electrical energy meters for direct WD 1 CD
connection of class 2
TC 13 Measuring instruments for acoustics and vibration
Review of all TC 13 publications and projects Activity Project
(TC 13 Secretariat taken over by Germany) restarted proposals
TC 16/SC 1 Air pollution
Annex to ISO 3930/OIML R 99: Test report format for the 1 CD 2 CD
evaluation of instruments for measuring vehicle exhaust emissions
Continuous measuring instruments for NO
x
emissions - WD
Continuous measuring instruments for SO
2
emissions WD 1 CD
Continuous measuring instruments for CO emissions - WD
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2003 2002
TC 9/SC 2 Automatic weighing instruments
R134: Automatic instruments for weighing road vehicles in motion
Part A - Total vehicle weighing Approval R
Part A - Annex C: Test report format DR Approval/R
Automatic instruments for weighing road vehicles in motion 3 CD DR
Part B - Axle weighing
Part B - Annex C: Test report format 3 CD DR
Revision R 51: Automatic catchweighing instruments 3 CD DR
Revision R61: Automatic gravimetric filling instruments DR Vote/Approval
TC 9/SC 3 Weights
Revision R 111: Weights of accuracy classes (Final) CD DR/Approval
E
1
, E
2
, F
1
, F
2
, M
1
, M
2
, M
3
plus test procedures and test (CIML postal
report format (including requirements of R 47: Standard approval)
weights for testing high capacity weighing machines)
Revision R 33: Conventional value of the result of weighing in air 2 CD DR
Revision R 52: Hexagonal weights, ordinary accuracy class from 100 g to 50 kg DR Vote/Approval
TC 9/SC 4 Densities
Hierarchy scheme for density measuring instruments 2 CD DR
TC 10/SC 1 Pressure balances
Pressure transducers with uniform output signal 2 CD 3 CD
TC 10/SC 2 Pressure gauges with elastic sensing elements
Pressure transmitters with elastic sensing elements 1 CD 2 CD
Combined revision of R 101: Indicating and recording pressure gauges, 1 CD 2 CD
vacuum gauges and pressure vacuum gauges with elastic sensing elements
(ordinary instruments) and R 109: Pressure gauges and vacuum gauges
with elastic sensing elements (standard instruments)
TC 10/SC 5 Hardness standardized blocks and hardness
testing machines
Rockwell hardness testing machines 1 CD 2 CD
(combined revision R11; R12; R36 and R39)
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2003 2002 OIML TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
TC 16/SC 2 Water pollution
Revision R100: Atomic absorption spectrometers for measuring 1 CD 2 CD
metal pollutants in water
Revision R83: Gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer/data system WD 1 CD
for analysis of organic pollutants in water
Revision R116: Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometers 1 CD 2 CD
for measurement of metal pollutants in water
TC 16/SC 3 Pesticides and other pollutant toxic substances
Revision R82: Gas chromatographs for measuring pollution from 1 CD 2 CD
pesticides and other toxic substances
TC 16/SC 4 Field measurements of hazardous (toxic) pollutants
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers for measurement 1 CD 2 CD
of air pollutants
TC 17/SC 1 Humidity
Revision R59: Moisture meters for cereal grains and oilseeds WD 1 CD
TC 17/SC 2 Saccharimetry
Automatic refractometers. Methods and means of verification (Project proposal) 1 CD
TC 17/SC 4 Conductometry
Revision R56: Standard solutions reproducing the conductivity 1 CD 2 CD
of electrolytes
Methods of measurement of the conductivity of electrolytic solutions
(SC 4 proposes to combine this project with the revision of R56)
Revision R68: Calibration method for conductivity cells WD 1 CD
TC 17/SC 5 Viscometry
Reference standard liquids (newtonian viscosity standard for the WD 1 CD
calibration and verification of viscometers)
TC 17/SC 6 Gas analysis
Procedures for calibration of mine methanometers WD 1 CD
Procedures for calibration of alarms of combustible gases and vapors WD 1 CD
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TC 17/SC 7 Breath testers
Revision R126: Evidential breath analyzers WD 1 CD
TC 17/SC 8 Instruments for quality analysis of agricultural products
(New SC established in 2002)
Measuring instruments used for protein determination in grains Project proposal WD
TC 18/SC 1 Blood pressure instruments
Revision R 16: Manometers for instruments for measuring blood
pressure (sphygmomanometers) (including Test report format):
R16-1: Mechanical non-invasive sphygmomanometers R -
R16-2: Automated non-invasive sphygmomanometers R -
TC 18/SC 2 Medical thermometers
Revision R 7: Clinical thermometers, mercury-in-glass with WD 1 CD
maximum device
TC 18/SC 4 Bio-electrical measurements
Revision R 90: Electrocardiographs (BIML proposed WD
(including the Test report format) to revise R90)
Digital electrocardiographs and electrocardioscopes 1 CD 2 CD
TC 18/SC 5 Measuring instruments for medical laboratories
Spectrophotometers for medical laboratories DR Vote/Approval
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OIML Meetings
23 June 2003 - Paris, France
TC 3/ SC 5 - Conformity Assessment
Workshop on the MAA
46 June 2003 - Paris, France
TC 3 - Metrological control
Revision D 1
1819 September 2003 - Beijing, China (To be confirmed)
TC 17/ SC 1 - Humidity
Revision R59
September 2003 - Copenhagen, Denmark (To be confirmed)
TC 13 - Measuring Instruments for Acoustics and Vibration
(in conjunction with the IEC TC 29 Meeting)
69 October 2003 - Paris, France
TC 8/ SC 3 Dynamic volume measurement (liquids other than
water)
TC 8/ SC 4 Dynamic mass measurement (liquids other than water)
Revisions of R 86, R105 and R117
48 November 2003 - Kyoto, Japan
Development Council Meeting
38
th
CIML Meeting
The OIML is plea sed to w elcome
the follow ing new
CIML Members
China
Mr. Wang Qinping
Macedonia
Mr. Danco Pendovski
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Bulletin
Ca lenda r
Cer tifica tes
Events
Lia isons
Member Listings
N ew s
OIML Structures
Orders
Publica tions
TCs a nd SCs
Committee Dra fts
Received by the BIML, 2 0 0 2 . 1 1 . 0 1 2 0 0 3 . 0 1 . 3 1
Hierarchy scheme for density measuring instruments E 2 CD TC 9/ SC 4 Russian Federation
Revision R 51 E 3 CD TC 9/ SC 2 United Kingdom
Autom atic catchw eighing instrum ents
Revision R 39 E 1 CD TC 10/ SC 6 United States
Verification of hardness testing m achines (Rockw ell system s)