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Appendix A 

Report of the Activities of the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) 

and Regional Legal Metrology Organizations 

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) 

INTRODUCTION 

The NIST, OWM is responsible for coordinating U.S. participation in OIML and other international legal metrology 

organizations. Learn more about OIML at www.oiml.org and about NIST, OWM at www.nist.gov/owm. 

Dr. Charles Ehrlich, Program Leader of the International Legal Metrology Program, can be contacted at 

(301) 975-4834, by fax at (301) 975-8091, or charles.ehrlich@nist.gov. 

Note: OIML publications are available without cost at www.oiml.org.

Table A 

Table of Contents 

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

TC 3/SC 5 Conformity Assessment (United States) ........................................................................................... 3

TC 5/SC 1 Environmental Conditions (Netherlands) ......................................................................................... 3

TC 5/SC 2 Software (Germany and BIML) ........................................................................................................ 4

TC 6 Prepackaged Products (South Africa) ........................................................................................................ 4

TC 8 Measurement of Quantities of Fluids (Japan) ............................................................................................ 4

TC 8/SC 1 Static Volume and Mass Measurement (Germany) .......................................................................... 5

TC 8/SC 3 Dynamic Volume and Mass Measurement for Liquids Other Than Water (United States and 

Germany) ................................................................................................................................... 5

TC 8/SC 5 Water Meters (United Kingdom) ..................................................................................................... 5

TC 8/SC 6 Measurement of Cryogenic Liquids (United States) ......................................................................... 5

TC 8/SC 7 Gas Metering (Netherlands) .............................................................................................................. 5

TC 9 Instruments for Measuring Mass (United States) ....................................................................................... 6

TC 9/SC 2 Automatic Weighing Instruments (United Kingdom) ....................................................................... 6

TC 17/SC 1 Humidity (China and United States) ............................................................................................... 6

TC 17/SC 8 Quality Analysis of Agricultural Products (Australia) .................................................................... 6

OIML Mutual Acceptance Arrangement (MAA) ............................................................................................... 7
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Table B 

Glossary of Acronyms and Terms 

Acronym Term Acronym Term 

ANSI American National Standards Institute ISO International Standardization 

Organization 

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation IWG International Work Group 

APLMF Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum LMWG Legal Metrology Work Group 

APMP Asia-Pacific Metrology Program MAA Mutual Acceptance Agreement 

B Basic Publication MTL Manufacturers’ Testing Laboratory 

BIML International Bureau of Legal Metrology NIST National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

BIPM International Bureau of Weights and 

Measures NTEP National Type Evaluation Program 

CD Committee Draft1 OIML International Organization of Legal 

Metrology 

CIML International Committee of Legal 

Metrology OWM Office of Weights and Measures 

CTT Conformity to Type PG Project Group 

D Document R Recommendation 

DD Draft Document2 SC Technical Subcommittee 

DoMC Declaration of Mutual Confidence SIM Inter-American Metrology System 

DR Draft Recommendation2 TC Technical Committee 

DV Draft Vocabulary3 USNWG U.S. National Work Group 

GA General Assembly VIM International Vocabulary of Metrology 

IEC International Electrotechnical 

Commission VIML International Vocabulary of Legal Metrology 

IQ Mark International Quantity Mark WD Working Draft3

1

 CD: a draft at the stage of development within a technical committee or subcommittee; in this document, 

successive drafts are numbered 1 CD, 2 CD, etc. 

2

 DD, DR, and DV: a draft document approved at the level of the technical committee or subcommittee concerned 

and sent to BIML for approval by CIML. 

3

WD: precedes the development of a CD; in this document, successive drafts are number 1 WD, 2 WD, etc. 

 
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Details of All Items 

(In order by Reference Key) 

I. REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OIML TECHNICAL COMMITTEES 

This section reports on recent activities and the status of work in the OIML Technical Committees (TCs), Technical 

Subcommittees (SCs), and Project Groups (PGs) of specific interest to members of the National Conference on 

Weights and Measures (NCWM). Schedules of future activities of the TC/SC Secretariats, PG Conveners, the U.S. 

National Work Groups (USNWGs), and the International Work Groups (IWGs) and Project Groups of the TCs and 

SCs are also included. 

TC 3/SC 5 Conformity Assessment (United States) 

The OIML Basic Publications B 3:2011, Certificate System, and B 10:2012, Mutual Acceptance Arrangement 

(MAA), are the core documents underpinning the OIML Certificate System. An amendment to B 10 was approved 

by the CIML that allows for the voluntary use of test data from manufacturer’s test laboratories (MTLs) under 

specially supervised conditions (NCWM has adopted the position that it will not accept test data under the MAA 

that was obtained from MTLs). An MAA workshop was held in conjunction with the 2013 CIML Meeting (in 

Vietnam) to gather experiences of the various MAA stakeholders in the MAA. Based on the outcome of this 

workshop and MAA discussions at the 2013 CIML Meeting, OIML has established an Ad-Hoc Working Group 

(WG) consisting of interested CIML members, Committee on Participation Review (CPR) members, and 

representatives of manufacturers’ associations. This WG is tasked with reviewing the structure, rules, and 

procedures governing the operation of the MAA (and the role of Utilizing Participants), with a view to increasing 

the efficiency of the operation of the MAA, and, if necessary, amending their internal (MAA) documents and 

suggesting to TC 3/SC 5 appropriate amendments to OIML Publication B 10. This Ad-Hoc WG is chaired by the 

CIML first Vice-President Dr. Roman Schwartz of Physikalish-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) (Germany), and 

held its first meeting on March 20 - 21, 2014, at NIST. Mr. Darrell Flocken from NCWM attended, as did Mr. Rob 

Upright, President of the U.S. Scale Manufacturer’s Association (SMA), and Mr. Dmitri Karimov, President of the 

U.S. Meter Manufacturer’s Association (MMA). Three Task Groups (TGs) were established that are looking into 

1) improving the international awareness and use of the OIML MAA, 2) developing a more robust model for 

operation of the CPR, and 3) evaluating the impact that termination of the Basic System for categories already 

covered by the MAA (load cells, NAWIs, and water meters) would have on all stakeholders. Reports from these 

three TGs will be presented at the 2014 CIML Meeting in November 2014, in Auckland, New Zealand. 

The 2CD of a new OIML document entitled The Role of Measurement Uncertainty in Conformity Assessment 

Decisions in Legal Metrology has been developed by the Secretariat (Dr. Charles Ehrlich). For a copy of this 

document, please contact Dr. Ehrlich at (301) 975-4834 or charles.ehrlich@nist.gov. Comments were submitted to 

the Secretariat by June 30, 2014. Please see the MAA section in the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) 

Committee Report of this publication for more details on the activities of TC 3/SC 5. Please contact Dr. Ehrlich for 

more information on the activities of this Subcommittee. 

TC 5/SC 1 Environmental Conditions (Netherlands) 

OIML D 11 General requirements for measuring instruments - Environmental conditions was approved by the 

CIML in October 2013, and was published in December 2013. This is a very important document in the OIML 

system and is used by all of the OIML TCs as a general reference for technical and testing requirements on all 

measuring instruments. Highlights of this recent revision cycle include: expanding the terminology section, 

updating several testing sections to reflect the latest International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) reference 

standards, and including a new environmental class (E3) for a non-mains local source of electrical power supply. 

Please contact Mr. Ralph Richter at (301) 975-3997 or ralph.richter@nist.gov, if you would like further information 

on TC 5/SC 1 or OIML D 11. 
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TC 5/SC 2 Software (Germany and BIML) 

The OIML D 31, General Requirements for Software-controlled Measuring Instruments, has been published, and it 

will serve as guidance for software requirements in International Recommendations by OIML TCs. The United 

States participated in the technical work on this document and submitted votes and comments on several drafts of 

the document. A new project on software verification was approved by CIML, and the United States is waiting for 

the first draft of this document. Please contact Dr. Ambler Thompson at (301) 975-2333 or ambler@nist.gov if you 

would like to discuss OIML software efforts. 

TC 6 Prepackaged Products (South Africa) 

After an online CIML vote was conducted, it was decided that the TC 6 project to develop an OIML International 

Quantity Mark (IQ Mark) would be terminated. The United States had already voted in favor of terminating this 

project, on the grounds that the effort to manage and certify quality control systems would have added unnecessary 

extra costs, with no value added, to all participating suppliers. At the same time, another CIML vote was conducted 

on a proposal for a new TC 6 project, Guidance for defining the system requirements for a certification system for 

prepackages. The United States voted against this proposal, on the grounds that even such an OIML guidance 

document could be construed as endorsing an OIML IQ Mark program. At the CIML meeting in October 2013, it 

was decided to move forward with the drafting of this publication. 

Besides the IQ Mark project, two other important projects are under discussion in TC 6: a revision of OIML 

Recommendation (R) 87 Quantity of Product in Prepackages (the OIML equivalent to NIST Handbook 133,

Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods) and a revision of OIML R 79 Labeling Requirements for 

Prepackaged Products. The NIST Statistical Engineering Division has been participating in a small ad-hoc WG to 

improve the statistics in R 87. A 1CD of R 87 has been developed and circulated for comment by the Secretariat. 

The draft contained proposed revisions that NIST OWM believes is unnecessarily complex and, therefore, subject to 

easy misinterpretation, and another that appeared to go beyond the scope of package labeling requirements. After 

consulting with the Chairman of the NCWM Packaging and Labeling Subcommittee about the proposed revisions to 

both R 87 and R 79, the United States voted “no” on R 79 (votes are not taken on 1 CDs, so only comments were 

submitted on R 87). The main reason for opposing both drafts is they include proposed definitions for prepackage, 

packaging material, and product that are likely to result in confusion for consumers and packers alike. A meeting of 

TC 6 was held in Switzerland in September 2013. 

The Secretariat has now distributed a 4CD of R 79; it was revised to eliminate one of the definitions, which 

contained language, that we and other TC 6 members believed were confusing. The United States voted “yes” on 

the 4th CD and submitted some additional suggestions to clarify the language regarding references to CODEX 

labeling requirements for drained weight. The next meeting of TC 6 will be in September 2014 in South Korea. 

For more information on the activities of this Committee, and to participate in the U.S. review of these CDs, please 

contact Mr. Ken Butcher at (301) 975-4859 or kbutcher@nist.gov. 

TC 8 Measurement of Quantities of Fluids (Japan) 

The CIML has approved projects to revise the following TC 8 documents: R 63, Petroleum Measurement Tables 

(1994), and R 119, Pipe Provers for Testing of Measuring Systems for Liquids Other Than Water (1996). Both of 

these documents are important for other OIML recommendations involving liquid measurement. Please contact 

Mr. Ralph Richter at (301) 975-3997 or ralph.richter@nist.gov, if you would like copies of the documents or to 

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TC 8/SC 1 Static Volume and Mass Measurement (Germany) 

The United States chairs the Project Group that is drafting new sections of OIML R 71, Fixed Storage Tanks, and 

R 85, Automatic Level Gages for Measuring the Level of Liquid in Fixed Storage Tanks, to add specific 

requirements for specialized tanks. OIML R 80-2, Road and Rail Tankers, Test Methods, is being developed by 

Germany. A meeting of TC 8/SC 1 has been proposed for December 2014 in Germany. Please contact Mr. Ralph 

Richter at (301) 975-3997 or ralph.richter@nist.gov, if you would like copies of the documents or to participate in 

any of these projects. 

TC 8/SC 3 Dynamic Volume and Mass Measurement for Liquids Other Than Water (United States 

and Germany) 

New annexes for measuring systems for foaming potable liquids, for pipelines, and for aircraft refueling have been 

added to OIML R 117-2, Dynamic Measuring Systems for Liquids Other Than Water, Part 2, Test Methods. A 

meeting of the R 117 International Project Group was held in October 2013 in Teddington (London), United 

Kingdom and was hosted by the UK National Measurement Office. Representatives of major manufacturers of 

these systems and liaison organizations actively participated in the meeting. These technical experts provided a 

depth of experience and technical expertise that proved highly valuable during the meeting. The 2 CD of R 117-2 

was distributed late in December 2013; it was approved by the Project Group with over 300 comments. The 1 CD 

of R 117-3 Part 3, Test Report Format was distributed in March 2014. A meeting of the R 117 International Project 

Group was held in April 2014 in Chicago to discuss international comments on the 2 CD of R 117-2 and the 1 CD of 

R 117-3. If you have any questions or would like to participate in the next phases of this project, please contact 

Mr. Ralph Richter at (301) 975-3997 or ralph.richter@nist.gov. 

TC 8/SC 5 Water Meters (United Kingdom) 

OIML, the International Standardization Organization (ISO), and the European Committee for Standardization 

(CEN) have worked together to harmonize requirements for water meters using OIML R 49 Water Meters Intended 

for the Metering of Cold Potable Water and Hot Water Parts 1, 2, and 3 as the base document. The United States 

submitted comments on the 3 CD of the harmonized document in September 2012 and participated in a meeting of 

the Joint Working Group of these three organizations in London, England, in October 2012. The American Water 

Works Association Committee on Water Meters is assisting in these efforts. The DR of R 49 passed its CIML 

preliminary ballot in May 2013, and R 49 received final CIML approval in October 2013. R 49 published in early 

2014. Please contact Mr. Ralph Richter at (301) 975-3997 or ralph.richter@nist.gov, if you would like additional 

information on this effort. 

TC 8/SC 6 Measurement of Cryogenic Liquids (United States) 

In May 2013, the Secretariat for R 81, Dynamic Measuring Devices and Systems for Cryogenic Liquids distributed a 

first working draft (1 WD) of R 81 to TC 8/SC 6 and the USNWG for their review and comment. Nine members of 

the R 81 project group submitted comments on Parts 1 and 2 of R 81 by the September 2013 deadline. To obtain 

more information or to participate in this project, please contact Ms. Juana Williams at (301) 975-3989 or 

juana.williams@nist.gov. 

TC 8/SC 7 Gas Metering (Netherlands) 

OIML R 137-1 and R 137-2, Gas Meters; Part 1: Metrological and Technical Requirements and Part 2: 

Metrological Controls and Performance Tests were published in 2012. Extensive U.S. comments on the 1 CD, the 

2 CD, and the DR were developed in cooperation with the measurement committees of the American Gas 

Association. CIML voting on the preliminary ballot of R 137-3 Part 3: Report Format for Type Evaluation closed 

in March 2014 and is expected to have final approval in November 2014. The OIML R 137 document is especially 

important to the U.S. interests because the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) B 109 committee on gas 

measurement is using the published R 137 to create a new performance-based standard for gas meters in the United 
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States. Please contact Mr. Ralph Richter at (301) 975-3997 or ralph.richter@nist.gov, if you would like to 

participate in these efforts of if you would like to obtain a copy of any of these gas measurement documents. 

The CIML preliminary ballot on OIML R 139, Compressed gaseous fuel measuring systems for vehicles, closed in 

March 2014. This standard is important to U.S. stakeholders, especially in the effort to maximize harmonization 

between domestic and international legal metrology requirements used for the delivery of alternative fuels such as 

hydrogen gas and compressed natural gas (CNG). The United States voted “yes” and submitted comments on the 

preliminary ballot of R 139, and final approval is expected in November 2014. To obtain more information or to 

participate in this project, please contact Ms. Juana Williams at (301) 975-3989 or juana.williams@nist.gov. 

TC 9 Instruments for Measuring Mass (United States) 

The revision of OIML R 60 Metrological Regulation for Load Cells is planned to cover everything from the basic 

principles of R 60 (e.g., tolerances and accuracy classes) to exploring the addition of new requirements. The United 

States distributed the 2 CD of R 60 Parts 1 and 2 (Metrological and technical requirements and Metrological 

controls and performance tests) in June 2013. International Project Group (PG) members were asked to review this 

2 CD for vote and comment. The majority of voting responses were negative indicating that the draft needed to be 

further developed by the Project Group. A meeting of TC 9/P 1 was held at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on 

March 17 - 18, 2014 to discuss unresolved issues regarding the R 60 revision. This meeting was one of three OIML 

meetings held that week, meetings of the CPR and MAA Ad Hoc WG (see section on TC 3/SC 5) were also 

convened. Input from the TC 9/P 1 meeting and comments received pertaining to the 2 CD of R 60 will be 

incorporated into a 3 CD that is expected to be circulated in July 2014. For more information on TC 9 activities, 

please contact Mr. John Barton at (301) 975-4002 or john.barton@nist.gov. 

TC 9/SC 2 Automatic Weighing Instruments (United Kingdom) 

The DR of OIML R 106, Part 1, Automatic Rail Weighbridges, was published in 2012. The DR of R 106-2 was 

approved by the CIML in 2012 and subsequently published in 2013. 

All three parts of OIML R 50, Continuous Totalizing Automatic Weighing Instruments (Belt Weighers), have been 

forwarded to the BIML, and it is expected that they will receive final CIML approval in November 2014. Parts 1 

and 2 (technical/metrological requirements and test procedures) were approved in the 2013 CIML preliminary ballot 

and the FDRs (Final Draft Recommendation) are currently under preparation. The 2 CD of R 50-3 was approved in 

the TC 9/SC 2 ballot in September 2013 and was sent to the BIML in March 2014. To receive copies of these 

documents or to obtain more information on the work of this Subcommittee, please contact Mr. John Barton at 

(301) 975-4002 or john.barton@nist.gov. 

TC 17/SC 1 Humidity (China and United States) 

The 6CD of OIML R 59, Moisture Meters for Cereal Grains and Oilseeds, was distributed in March 2013, and it 

was requested that comments be returned in June 2013. Meetings of TC 17/SC 1 and TC 17/SC 8 were held at NIST 

in Gaithersburg in July 2013 to discuss these returned comments and to develop the next draft. The 7 CD will be 

distributed for a vote later this year. Please contact Ms. G. Diane Lee at (301) 975-4405 or diane.lee@nist.gov if 

you would like to participate in this IWG. 

TC 17/SC 8 Quality Analysis of Agricultural Products (Australia) 

Meetings of TC 17/SC 1 and TC 17/SC 8 were held at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in July 2013 to discuss 

international comments received on the 4 CD of a draft document Measuring Instruments for Protein Determination 

in Grains. Australia plans to soon distribute a 5 CD of this draft document for a vote. Please contact Ms. G. Diane 

Lee at (301) 975-4405 or diane.lee@nist.gov, if you would like to participate in this IWG. 
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OIML Mutual Acceptance Arrangement (MAA) 

The report on the OIML MAA can be found in the NTEP section of this document. For further information on the 

MAA and its implementation, please contact Dr. Charles Ehrlich at (301) 975-4834 or e-mail 

charles.ehrlich@nist.gov. 

II. REPORT ON THE 48th CIML MEETING IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM IN 

OCTOBER 2013 

Mr. Peter Mason, CIML member from the United Kingdom and President of the CIML, opened the meeting and 

gave the President’s Report. 

Mr. Stephen Patoray, who has been serving as BIML Director since January 2011 provided several reports on 

financial and administrative matters at the BIML, including improvements that have been implemented since his 

arrival at the BIML. After consideration of an external auditor’s review, the CIML approved the 2012 accounts and 

instructed its President to present them to the 15th OIML Conference. 

The CIML elected Dr. Yukinobu Miki, the CIML Member for Japan, as second Vice-President for a six-year term; 

the Committee also decided to renew the contract of Mr. Ian Dunmill, BIML Assistant Director, for a five-year term 

starting in March 2014. 

The CIML welcomed Colombia as a new Member State and Zambia as a re-instated Member State. The CIML also 

welcomed Iraq, Uganda, and Yemen as new Corresponding Members – and Guinea, Korea (DPR), and Rwanda as 

re-instated Corresponding Members. 

The Committee, noting the report given by the BIML on its activities pertaining to developing country matters, 

recognized the importance of coordinating the various projects and initiatives promoted by the OIML, individual 

Member States and Corresponding Members, and other bodies with an interest in promoting the economic 

development of countries and economies with emerging metrology systems. The CIML decided to set up an 

advisory group to help carry out wide consultation, to seek additional suggestions, and to build up links with other 

bodies which have a contribution to make in the area of developing countries. 

The BIML reported on the implementation of OIML B 6-1:2012 Directives for OIML technical work. The CIML 

approved a fairly minor revision to B 6-1, but decided to postpone further work on B 6 until sometime in the future. 

The CIML approved the following draft publications: 

 OIML V 1, International vocabulary of terms in legal metrology (VIML); 

 OIML R 46-3, Active electrical energy meters – Part 3: Test report format; 

 OIML R 49, Water meters for cold potable water and hot water – Part 1: Metrological and technical 

requirements, Part 2: Test methods, and Part 3: Test report format; 

 New OIML Recommendation Instruments for continuous measuring CO and NOx in stationary source 

emissions; 

 OIML D 11, General requirements for measuring instruments – Environmental conditions; and 

 OIML B 14, Procedure for the election of the CIML President and Vice-Presidents. 

The CIML confirmed its decision to start as a new project in TC 4, Measurement standards and calibration and 

verification devices, the revision of OIML D 8:2004, Measurement standards. Choice, recognition, use, 

conservation, and documentation. 

The CIML also confirmed its decision to start as a new project in TC 6, Prepackaged products, the drafting of a new 

publication Guidance for defining the system requirements for a certification system for prepackages, noting the 

reservations about this effort expressed by several of the Member States (including theUnited States). 
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Noting the oral report on the outcome of the seminar to review the operation of the OIML Mutual Acceptance 

Arrangement (MAA) that was given by the CIML first Vice-President, Dr. Roman Schwartz of PTB (Germany), the 

CIML decided that there is a need to raise awareness of the MAA system among those not currently using it, in 

particular among potential Utilizing Participants. The CIML urged its Members, the participants in the MAA, and 

the BIML to actively promote the MAA among legal metrology authorities and measuring instrument manufacturers 

worldwide. The CIML encouraged its Members to draw to the attention of trade negotiators within their countries 

the opportunities which OIML Recommendations and the MAA structures offer as means of reducing barriers to 

trade and the possibility they provide to enhance both bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations. 

The CIML instructed the BIML, in its capacity as secretariat of the MAA Committees on Participation Review 

(CPR), to set up an ad-hoc WG consisting of interested CIML and/or CPR members and representatives of 

manufacturers’ associations to consider how this awareness can be raised, and to provide secretarial support to this 

WG. The ad-hoc WG was also tasked with reviewing the CPRs and their structure, the rules and procedures 

governing the operation of the MAA, and the role of Utilizing Participants, with a view to increasing the efficiency 

of the operation of the MAA. Dr. Roman Schwartz will chair this ad-hoc WG and report on its activities to the 49th

CIML Meeting. (See also the TC 3/SC 5 section of this OIML report.) 

III. FUTURE OIML MEETINGS 

The CIML accepted the invitation of New Zealand to host the 49th CIML Meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, in 

November 2014. 

The next OIML Conference will be held in 2016; the venue and dates for this Conference will be decided by the 

CIML at a future date. 

V. REGIONAL LEGAL METROLOGY ORGANIZATIONS 

A meeting of the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM) General Assembly is organized annually and is the event 

where delegates from National Metrology Institutes of the Americas meet to discuss important issues. This past 

year, the SIM General Assembly was held in Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico, in October 2013. Mr. Jose Dajes 

Castro, from INDECOPI in Lima, Peru, serves as the SIM President. The Legal Metrology Working Group is 

chaired by Mr. Emilio Löbbe from INTI/Argentina. The organization is working to build capacity in legal 

metrology for SIM member countries. Please contact Mr. Ralph Richter at (301) 975-3997 or 

ralph.richter@nist.gov for more information on SIM. 

The 20th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF) was held November 5 - 8, 2013, in 

Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Sixteen APLMF Member Economies participated in this meeting. The People’s Republic 

of China holds the Presidency and Secretariat of APLMF. Mr. Changcheng, APLMF President and Vice Minister of 

AQSIQ, chaired the meeting. APLMF activities are facilitated through its seven work groups. 

The main objectives of APLMF are to coordinate regional training courses in legal metrology and to provide a 

forum for exchange of information among legal metrology authorities. Changes in APEC priorities are making it 

more difficult to achieve funding. While feedback from the previously-held training courses has been positive, it is 

becoming clear that in order to continue to receive funding for the training, APLMF needs to do a more thorough job 

of assessing and documenting the impact of the training courses on the economies that receive the training. 

The most active WG is on Training Coordination, chaired by Australia. Training on “Smart Electricity Meters” was 

held in June 2013 in Bandung, Indonesia. Eighty students from APLMF member economies participated in this 

training. In November 2013, a course on “Traceability in Rice Moisture Measurement” was held in Chiang Mai, 

Thailand. 

The WG on Training Coordination reported on the results of a 2013 survey of APLMF member economies that 

requested information on the benefits of APLMF training that was conducted in the period 2005 to 2013. Clearly, 

the results indicated that the more than 20 courses conducted by APLMF in that 8-year time period were highly 
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valued by the member economies, promoted harmonization in the Asia-Pacific region, and frequently led to 

revised/improved legislation and regulations in the member economies. 

Also discussed at the APLMF meeting was a planned PTB project to work with APLMF and APMP to 

promote/improve the metrological systems of developing economies in Asia. This project is still in the earlydevelopment stages, so much of the discussion at the APLMF meeting focused on selecting and prioritizing possible 

objectives of this project. If the project is approved and funded by the German ministry, it is possible that some of 

these funds could be used by APLMF to conduct future training. 

The United States was represented at the APLMF meeting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, by Mr. Ralph Richter, who 

served as acting-chair (for Dr. Charles Ehrlich) of the APLMF WG on MRAs. Mr. Richter gave a report and update 

on the OIML MAA (including the MAA seminar that was held in October 2013 in Vietnam) and presented the 

United States Country Report. 

The 2014 APLMF meeting will be held in November 2014 in Wellington, New Zealand. Please contact Mr. Ralph 

Richter at (301) 975-3997 or ralph.richter@nist.gov for more information on APLMF.
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