WELMEC

European cooperation in legal metrology

European Cooperation in Legal Metrology

WELMEC

Corinne LAGAUTERIE
WELMEC Vice Chairperson

Bureau de la Métrologie
PARIS - FRANCE
corinne.lagauterie@industrie.gouv.fr
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 General information about WELMEC and

developments since Cape Town 2006

 Update on WELMEC guides and use of

OIML recommendations as normative
documents in relation with Measuring
instrument directive (MID)

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New Membership

 Memorandum of Understanding in 1990

– Members: Legal metrology authorities 18 states (15 EU + 3 EFTA)
– Name: “Western European Legal Metrology Co-operation“

 Several enlargements since 1990

– New associate members : EU Applicant states
– New full members when they became EU states
– Name: “ WELMEC European co-operation in legal metrology”
– Situation in 2006 : 28 Members (25 EU + 3 EFTA) + 4 Associate
Members (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Croatia)

 Situation in 2007 (EU enlargement)

– 30 Members (Bulgaria and Romania new members)
– 2 Associate Members: Turkey, Croatia
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 European in legal metrology

 Aim :
– promote mutual confidence among legal metrology
services
– facilitate harmonisation of practises (especially in the
field of European directives…)
– facilitate exchanges of information
– contribute to cancellation of barriers to trade

 Publishes guides of interpretation or harmonised practises

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No change in Structure

Chairman Secretariat
Chairman´s Group

Instrument specific
Common Working Groups Committee Working Groups

MID General Aspects MID Weighing Instruments

MID Software MID

Measuring Systems
for liquids
MID
Metrological
Supervision Prepackages

MID
Information MID
Exchange Utility Meters

Measuring Instruments Contact Points Taximeter

MID
MID Directive Length Measuring Instruments

Observers and Corresponding Organisations 5

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and the European Commission

Co-operation

Measuring Instruments
Directive (MID)

NAWI-Directive

 Market Surveillance
 Conformity Assessment, Operation of Notified Bodies
 Identification of relevant OIML Documents
 Development of Guidance Documents now referenced
by the Commission
 Administrative Co-operation
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Documents

Guidance for the application of EC Directives

 useful tool for
– manufacturers of measuring instruments
– notified bodies responsible for conformity assessment
– member state for the designation of notified bodies and market surveillance

 presenting
– no additional technical requirements beyond EC Directives
– harmonised and best practise solutions

 recognised and referenced by European Commission

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Future

 Continuation of the support to the

Implementation of MID
 Co-operation with the European Commission
(on MID and NAWI directive but also concerning the simplification of
the remaining 8 old approach directives)
 A seminar on Market surveillance in 2008
 Other issues coming from the general revision
of the New approach and Service directive

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 MID came into force in 30 October 2006

 Update on WELMEC guides and use of

OIML recommendations as normative
documents in relation MID

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Documents

 48 guides
available free of charge on : www.welmec.org
 28 for implementation of MID (directly or indirectly)
 WG 2 : technical aspects on modular approach, guide on AWI’s
 WG 4 : guide on decision in legal metrology (uncertainty)
 WG 5 : market surveillance guide
 WG 7 : software guide 7.2 (7.1 only for memory)
 WG 8 : a serie of guides (see next slide)
 WG 10 : type examination of a family of meters, conversion
devices, marking of fuel dispensers
 WG 11 : utility meters

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Documents

Guides from WG 8
 8.0 general provisions of assessment and operation of NB
(applicable standards and link with other guides from the serie)
 8.1 Vocabulary : makes a link between MID and other legal
metrology document (e.g. CCR in MID and SF in OIML)
 8.2 Application of module H1
 8.3 Application of module B
 8.4 Application of module D
 8.5 Evaluation of NB for type examination (based on EN 45011)
 8.6 Presumption of conformity of quality system of
manufacturers for modules D and H1, when EN ISO 9001 is
used

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Corresponding tables

 MID opened a new EC route for presumption of

conformity by using OIML Recommendations
(instead of only European harmonised standards)
 Conditions and process :
– identification of IR’s and their req.which gives
presumption of conformity to the ess.req. of MID
– advice of MID committee
– publication of references in EU Official Journal
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Corresponding tables

Work done and practical organisation

 in 2005 : work initiated, statement from the Commission at

WELMEC Committee in May 2005, work allocated to existing
WG’s and sub-groups of WG8, preparation of work made by at
least 3 persons and industry included

 2006 : identification ready with comments and gaps identified,

agreement by the WELMEC Committee, proposition to the
Commission, Commission asked for simplified tables without the
detailed explanation, Commission Working Group and MID
Committee confirmed acceptance of WELMEC work

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Corresponding tables : News

 Publication of simplified tables in Official Journal

 The explanatory comments are detailed in

WELMEC tables of correspondence published as
WELMEC guidance documents

 The Commission has made a link with WELMEC

documents

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Corresponding tables : News

List of WELMEC guides on corresponding tables

 8.11 (water meters OIML R 49)

 8.14 (Heat meters OIML R 75)
 8.15 (measuring syst. for liquid other than water OIML R 117)
 8.16 -1 to 8.16-5 (AWI OIML R 51, R 61, R 107, R 50 et R 106)
 8.19 -1 (length measuring instruments OIML R 66)
 8.19 -2 (area measuring instruments OIML R 136)
 8.19 -3 (multidimensional measuring instruments OIML R 129)
 8.20 (gas analysers OIML R 99)

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Corresponding tables

 OIML recommendations are now used for

conformity to type
 But need identified for OIML to update and better
harmonised the requirements in the field of :
– software
– EMC levels (D 11)
– conformity to type (starting with the
documentation)

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Future

 The WELMEC Committee in May 2007 welcomed the

proposal from J.F Magana to deliver the first draft of
the corresponding tables OIML – MID requirements
to the WELMEC Chairman for further consideration in
the future
 Work started with with MI 002 and R 137 (draft
sublitted by BIML and under examination by WG 11)
 Future work for taximeters, electricity meters and also
evolution of the existing tables in parallel with the
revision of correponding OIML recommandations

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Thank you for your attention

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