Vikram Kumar National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K.S.

Krishnan Marg, New Delhi - 110 012

World Trade Organization

Bureau International des Poids et Measures (BIPM) The BIPM was set up in 1875 by the Convention of the Metre Headquarters near Paris, France Financed by the Member States (58) of the Convention and operates under the exclusive supervision of the CIPM India is a member Its mandate is to provide the basis for a single, coherent system of measurements throughout the world, traceable to the International System of Units (SI)

Mutual Recognition Arrangement

INTERNATIONAL Networks of Cooperating Organization

MRA Procedure
The compliance could be demonstrated through one of the following three pathways: a) Third party accreditation, or b) Certification to ISO 9001 and attestation by technical peers, or c) Attestation by a team consisting of Quality System Experts and Technical Peers,

The Organizational Structure of International Metrology System

PROGRESS in ACHIEVING MRA OBJECTIVES

NPL vis a vis MRA

On the BIPM website APPENDIX B (Key Comparison Database)

No. of entries in 2000 No. of entries in June, 2005 : 16 : 48

APPENDIX C (CMCs)
No. of entries in 2000 No. of entries in June, 2005 : NIL : 523

Traceability Chart for dc Parameters in India

Goals of the survey

The economics of central coordination of multilateral relationships between individual national metrology institutes (NMIs). it focuses on the gains in cost-efficiency for NMIs as a result of multilateral relationship (BIPM being in coordinative role) versus comparison to the costs of a system of bilateral relationships without central coordination.

Key Findings of the survey

The survey suggests: - that MRA results in a notional saving of approximately 75k Euro in the cost of establishing and maintaining mutual recognition with one other NMI compared with the cost of the same thing pre-MRA - that the total notional saving to the community of NMIs is in the order of 85 M Euro per annum. - In the absence of centrally coordinated MRA, the cost would have been exorbitantly high

the long term potential benefits of the MRA is likely to require a proactive role for BIPM and the NMIs in promoting the MRA, specifically as this relates to organisations charged with the responsibility for governing international trade BIPMs promotional role is accepted worldwide based on its credible, neutral and international voice. In order to establish, promote MRA and meterological issues more generally worldwide, BIPM has to maintain its scientific credibility over time

Social Importance of Metrology

Importance of NPL wrt WTO

Out Line of Presentation