India becomes the 13th nation to issue OIML certificates
Science & Tech.17 Sep 2023| A-AA+
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India has become the Internationally Accepted OIML (International Organization of Legal Metrology) Certificates Issuing Authority.
Indiais the 13th country in the world that can issue the OIML approval certificates.
About OIML
It is an Intergovernmental organization established in 1955.
The International Organization of Legal Metrology is an intergovernmental treaty organization which:
Develops model regulations, standards and related documents for use by legal metrology authorities and industry.
Provides mutual recognition systems which reduce trade barriers and costs in a global market.
Promotes and facilitates the exchange of knowledge and competencies within the legal metrology community worldwide,
Cooperates with other metrology bodies to raise awareness of the contribution that a sound legal metrology infrastructure can make to a modern economy.
It is Headquartered at Paris, France.
It is international standard-setting body in the sense of the World Trade Organization's Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement.
Members - It has 63 Member States and 64 Corresponding Members. India became the member in 1956.
To sell a weight or measure in the International market an OIML Pattern Approval certificate is mandatory.
INDIA AND THE OIML
India has now become authority for issuing OIML certificate for selling weights & measures anywhere in the world and Department of Consumer Affairs can issue the certificate now.
India now joins as a 13th country to issue OIML approval certificates.
Other countries - Australia, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, and Slovakia, can also issue this certificate.
The OIML-Certificate System is a system for issuing, registering and using OIML certificates, and their associated OIML type evaluation/test reports.
