PROGRESS REPORT ABOUT COOMET ACTIVITIES

(2007 – 2008)

Dr. Goryslav SydorenkoCOOMET President

for OIML meetingOctober 27 – 31, 2008

KYRGYZSTAN

LITHUANIA

MOLDOVA

ROMANIA

RUSSIA

SLOVAKIA

UKRAINE

UZBEKISTAN

ARMENIA

AZERBAIJAN

BELARUS

BULGARIA

CUBA

GERMANY

GEORGIA

KAZAKHSTAN

DPR of KOREA

COOMET member countries1

AREAS of COOPERATION: MEASUREMENT STANDARDS OF PHYSICAL UNITS;LEGAL METROLOGY;ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;INFORMATION AND TRAINING

• Memorandum of Understanding; • CONCEPTION of Cooperation; • COOMET Development Program for 2008 – 2010;• COOMET Working Program

COOMET activity is based on the following documents:

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Major fields of COOMET cooperation in the area of legal metrology

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Development of harmonized recommendations on implementation of MID; Studying of international experience in realization of the OIML Agreement on mutual recognition of results of type approval of measuring instruments (OIML V10-1) and its further adoption by NMIs of COOMET member countries; Harmonization of national legislation as regards legal metrology with international requirements (OIML D 1, etc.); Consultations on implementation of requirements of OIML documents; Exchange of experience and consultations of COOMET member countries for the purpose of developing such fields of legal metrology as prepackages control, testing of gambling machines, and testing of software for measuring instruments.

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TС 2 Structure

SC2.1 Liaisons with OIML, Regional Organisations and National Metrological Institutions SC2.2 Software Requirements and TestingSC2.3 Harmonisation of Metrological Regulations and NormsSC2.4 Assessment of Technical Competence of Verification LaboratoriesSC2.5 Control of Prepackages

Legal Metrology Technical Committee

(approved by the Committee)

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Working Groups WG 4.х.х

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COOMET EVENTS

During the period of 2007-2008 meetings of all structural bodies were held, including:

• 12th Meeting of COOMET President’s Council (4–5 December, 2007, Yaremcha, Ukraine);

• 8th Meeting of ТC 2 “Legal Metrology” (2–3 October, 2007, Lvov, Ukraine);

• 18th COOMET Committee Meeting (15–16 May, 2008, Kharkov, Ukraine);

• 6th Meeting of the Joint Committee for Measurement Standards (14 May, 2008, Kharkov, Ukraine);

• 9th Meeting of ТC 2 “Legal Metrology” (16–17 September, 2008, Minsk, Belarus).

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Workshop on the questions of further cooperation within COOMET (26–27 November, 2007, Braunshweig, Germany).

Workshop on Regional Cooperation within COOMET SC 4.5 “Support in developing the basic metrological infrastructure of COOMET Member Countries”

(17–19 June, 2008, Kharkov, Ukraine); VI International Scientific and Technical Conference “Metrology and Measurement Techniques” (Metrology 2008)

(14–16 October, 2008, Kharkov, Ukraine).

Future: Workshop within COOMET SC 2.5 “Control of prepackages”

(25–26 November, 2008, Vilnius, Lithuania) Workshop on Enhancing Participation in the CIPM MRA within COOMET SC 4.5 “Support in developing the basic metrological infrastructure of COOMET Member Countries” (1–4 December, 2008, Astana, Kazakhstan).

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

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STATUS OF COOMET PROJECTS(as is registered on 20 October, 2008)

Proposed

Agreed

Suspended

Completed

Cancelled

141

141

89

64

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437Total number

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COOMET Projects in the field“Legal Metrology”

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N Project Sub. field Name

1. 167/RU-а/98

LM The analysis of materials of the registers of means of measurements and nomenclature of devices, being a subject of trade turnover

2. 206/RU-a/00 LM The analysis of the acts on metrology and preparation of the proposals on harmonisation of the requirements, rules and norms.

3. 213/BY-a/00 LM Development of Recommendation on measuring instrument software testing

4. 297/RU/04 LM Development of recommendations on general requirements of system for assuring conformity of measuring instruments to the approved type

5. 298/RU/04 LM Development of recommendations for carrying out initial verification in the framework of Quality management system of a producer

AGREED PROJECTS

11COOMET Projects in the field

“Legal Metrology”

N Project Sub. field Name

1. 208/UA/03 LM Preparation of COOMET Recommendation concerning formal description of bilateral agreements for mutual acceptance of the test results and the initial verification of measuring instruments

2. 424/BY/08 LM Translation and analysis of new edition of VIM 3. 425/BY/08 LM Development of a template of test procedure for software of measuring

instruments 4. 426/BY/08 LM Development of recommendation regarding realization of

interlaboratory comparisons (PT schemes) for verification laboratories for assessing their technical competence

5. 427/BY/08 LM Analysis of requirements in the field of legal metrology including examples of application of these requirements to measuring instruments

6. 430/BY/08 LM Arranging and holding of the COOMET Technical Committee TC 2 “Legal metrology” meeting

7. 437/BY/08 LM Development of a program for generating ‘reference’ data sets for the purpose of software testing

PROPOSED PROJECTS

COOMET Publications in the field “Legal Metrology”

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•Recommendation "Layout, presentation, drawing up and contents of measuring instrument type specification for national register of measuring instruments" CООМЕТ R/LM/8:2002

•Recommendation "Software for measuring instruments. General technical specifications" CООМЕТ R/LM/10:2004

•Informational material "Survey of technical requirements in the field of legal metrology in COOMET member countries" CООМЕТ I/LM/3:2003

•Informational material "The analysis of the cooperation projects within the frame of APLMF and preparation of proposals for cooperation of COOMET with this RMO in the field of legal metrology" CООМЕТ I/LM/5:2005

Thank you for your attention!

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