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The Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in France prssents its compliments to the lnternational.Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), and has'the honour to refer to the

Note Verbale dated, 19 January 2021, addressed to the French Ministry for Europe and

ForeignAffairs(DirectionduProtocole)noti$'ing,pursuanttoArticlellloftheMetre

Convention, the accession of the Republic of Estonia to the said Convention, includiíg deposition of the instrument of accession adopted in accordance with national constitutional requirements.

the 27. Jantary 2005 became the Republic of Estonia an Associate State of

International Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM). 23 March 2005 Central Office of Metrology, also functioning-as National Metrology lnstitute, AS Metrosert signed "Mutual

Weights and Measures (CIPM)Recognition Arrangement of the International Committee þr of naTional *noru**"nt standards and of calibration and measurement certificates issued by iational metrology institutes (CIPM MRA)" dated 14 October 1999. The Embassy confirms that AS Metrosert will continue to represent the Republic of Estonia in all related matters and the Republic of Estonia will avail itself of the various advantages and prerogatives offered by the BIPM to a Member State.

The Erírbassy.would be grateful to the BIPM to send an invoice to Ministry of Economic

Affairs and Communicaiions (Suur-Ameerika 1, Tallinn, 10122 ESTONIA, phone: +372 625 6342, e-mall: info@mkm.ee) to organize payment of the first annual contribution 57 783 euros and entratrõe fee of 0 euros totalling 57 783 euros by bank transfer or by cheque.

The Embassy of the Republic of Estonia avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the BIPM the assurances of its'highest consideration.

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Paris, 19 January202l

Dr Martin Milton

Director

International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM)

Pavillon de Breteuil

F-92312 Sèvres Cedex

France

Attached:

Copy of the Note Verbale, including deposition of the instrument of accession sent to the Þrench Ministry for.Europe and Foreign Affairs (Direction du Protocole) on 19"0t.202r

12, rue [e fa cBaume 25008 &øris - tét (33-1) 56 62 22 00 -fa4(33-1) 49 52 05 65 - www'est-em6'fr
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20 JAN. 2021

Eesti Vabariigi Suursaatkond

Ambassade de la République d'Estonie en France

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N° 10.1-13/17

The Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in France presents its compliments to the

French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to hereby notify the accession of the Republic of Estonia to the Metre Convention, and hereby deposits the instrument of accession adopted in accordance with its national constitutional requirements.

Pursuant to Article III of the Metre Convention, the Republic of Estonia thus becomes a State Party (Member State) to the Metre Convention. The Embassy of the Republic of

Estonia has therefore the honour to request the Ministry to kindly acknowledge receipt of the present Note Verbale, and to notify all Member States, the President of the International

Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) and the Director of the International Bureau of

Weights and Measures (BIPM) of the said accession.

The Embassy of the Republic of Estonia avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs the assurances of its highest consideration.

Paris, 19 January 2021

French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Attached: Instrument of accession

CC:

Dr Martin Milton

Director

International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM)

Pavillon de Breteuil

F-92312 Sèvres Cedex

France

17, rue de la Baume 75008 Paris - tél (33-1) 56 62 22 00 - fax (33-1) 49 52 05 65 - www.est-emb.fr
VABARIIGI PRESIDENT

figrNnvusxrRr INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION

ARVESTADES, et meetrikonventsioon koostati WHEREAS, the Metre Convention, was done at tuhande kaheksasaja seitsmekümnenda viienda Paris, on the twentieth day of May, eighteen aasta maikuu kahekümnendal plieval Pariisis seventy-five and amended in years 1907 and l92l;

ning seda muudeti aastatel 1907 ia l92l;

WHEREAS, on the sixteenth day of JA ARVESTADES, et kahe tuhande AND thousand and twenty, the Riigikogu kahekümnenda aasta detsembrikuu December, two kuueteistkümnendal ptieval kohustus Eesti of the Republic of Estonia undertook to comply with

Vabariigi Riigikogu jåirgima tilalnimetatud the Articles of the abovementioned Convention;

konventsiooni sätteid;

NING ARVESTADES, et meetrikonventsiooni AND WHEREAS, the instrument of accession of the hoiulevõtja on Prantsusmaa valitsus; Metre Convention shall be deposited with the French

Government;

ANNAN MINA, KERSTI KALruLAID, ECSti THEREFORE I, KERSTI KALruLAID, Fresident

Vabariigi Fresident, minule Eesti Vabariigi of the Republic of Estonia, pursuant to the powers põhiseadusega antud volituste põhjal oma vested in me by the Constitution of the Republic of allkirj a meetrikonventsiooni ühinemiskirjale ja Estonia, have signed the instrument of accession of and have hereunto affxed the kinnitan oma allkirja Eesti Vabariigi the Metre Convention riigipitsatiga, tõotades seeläbi, et Eesti Vabariik state seal of the Republic of Estonia, by which I täidab ülalnimetatud konventsiooni sätteid oma confirm that the Republic of Estonia shall comply jurisdiktsiooni alla kuuluval territooriumil. with the Articles of the abovementioned Convention in the territory under her jurisdiction.

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