OIML Certificate System for Measuring Instruments
The OIML Certificate System for Measuring Instruments
was introduced in 1991 to facilitate administrative procedures and lower
costs associated with the international trade of measuring instruments
subject to legal requirements.
The System provides the possibility for a manufacturer to obtain an
OIML Certificate and a Test Report indicating that a given instrument
type (pattern) complies with the requirements of the relevant OIML International
Recommendation.
Certificates are issued by those OIML Member States that have established
one or several Issuing Authorities responsible for processing applications
by manufacturers wishing to have their instrument types (patterns) certified.
OIML Certificates are accepted by national metrology services on a voluntary
basis, and as the climate for mutual confidence and recognition of test
results develops between OIML Members, the OIML Certificate System serves
to simplify the type (pattern) approval process for manufacturers and
metrology authorities by eliminating costly duplication of application
and test procedures.
The OIML web site database lists OIML
Certificates registered by the BIML, categories
of instruments covered by the System, addresses of Issuing
Authorities in OIML Member States, and also the recipients
of certificates (i.e. applicants and manufacturers).
The list of categories of instruments covered by the System gives the
references of the applicable Recommendations within the OIML Certificate
System, and specifies the Member States (indicated by their ISO country
codes) which have established an Issuing Authority for the relevant
instrument category.
In any given OIML Member State, there may be several Issuing Authorities
for the various categories of measuring instruments covered by the System.
For a given category, however, only one Issuing Authority may exist.
Other information on the System, particularly concerning the rules and
conditions for the application, issue, and use of OIML Certificates,
may be found in OIML Publication B 3 OIML Certificate System for
Measuring Instruments (Edition 2003, ex. P 1) which may be downloaded
in English and French from the Publications
page of the site.
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OIML Certificates: Registration procedure
The fee for registering an OIML Basic Certificate (i.e.
issued outside of the scope of the OIML MAA) is currently
159 EUR (2008) and 530 EUR (2008) for an OIML MAA Certificate.
The registration procedure is straightforward: the Issuing Authority
sends a PDF file of the Certificate to be registered to the BIML (e-mail
Mrs Patricia Saint-Germain). On receipt, the BIML checks that a
Certificate may indeed be issued for the instrument in question, enters
it in the BIML Certificates database and publishes the PDF file on the
OIML web site.
The Applicant is invoiced, or, in certain cases where a special arrangement
exists, the Issuing Authority receives a periodic global invoice. If
payment is not received within six months of the invoice being issued,
the PDF file of the Certificate is withdrawn from the site.
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