G/TBT/GEN/327  
 
2 May 2022 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
OIML UPDATE TO THE TBT COMMITTEE  
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION  
OF LEGAL METROLOGY (OIML) 
This document contains information provided by OIML at the TBT Committee meeting of 
9-11 March  2022 under Agenda Item 5 (Update by Observers).  
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The OIML develops publications called International Recommendations, which are models for 
technical regulations on measuring instruments and measurements in the field of legal metrology. 
In this  area, these are considered as "relevant international standards " in the context of the TBT 
Agreement.  
The OIML would like to draw to Members ' attention the following aspects of the OIML 's work which 
are of interest to the Committee.  
1  16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEGAL METROLOGY AND 56TH MEETING OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF LEGAL METROLOGY (CIML)  
1.1.  The first online meeting of the OIML  Conference and the second online CIML meeting were held 
from 18 –22 October 2022. Some notable outcomes of the meetings were:  
• Approval of a new budget for the financial period 2022 -2025, as well as a new policy on the 
OIML's operating reserve fund.  
• Appro val of a new scheme for the restructuring of fees for OIML Corresponding Members, in 
order to bring them into line with the criteria used for OIML Member States.  
• A recognition that all OIML meetings can be held with in -person participation, or with solely  
online participation, or with a combination of in -person and online participation. Following 
on from this, a decision that in -person and online participation in all OIML meetings is 
considered to be equivalent. This enables online voting on all matters, a t all levels of the 
OIML's work, to be taken during online and in -person meetings, thus ensuring operational 
continuity of all functions.  
• Approval of two revised OIML publications:  
o Update of R 60 Metrological regulation for load cells ,  
o Revision of R 126 Evidential breath analysers.  
• Approval of ten new technical work projects:  
o Six projects relating to the regulation and verification of medical instruments with a 
measuring function, specifically medical thermometers (including infrared) a nd 
sphygmomanometers,  
o In view of the urgent need which has been identified by OIML Member States for 
guidance on the regulation of charging stations for electric vehicles, a new Project 
Group on this subject was established to develop an OIML Guide as soo n as possible, 
to be followed by a full OIML Recommendation (model technical regulation). This 
subject was previously covered by a proposed annex in the revision of the OIML 
Recommendation on electricity meters.  G/TBT/GEN/327  
 
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  2  DIGITALISATION  
2.1.  The OIML has established a Task Group on digitalisation in legal metrology to consider the 
implications for legal metrology of this important subject, which is currently the focus for many 
organisations. Several steering committee meetings have been held, and the inaugural meeting o f 
the Task Group was held at the end of February 2022. The digitalisation of legal metrology processes 
and procedures, as well as instrumentation, have many important considerations for future 
development, in industrialised countries and in countries and e conomies with emerging metrology 
systems.  
For further information, please contact Ian Dunmill, BIML Assistant Director ( ian.dunmill@oiml.org ) 
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