Transcript The face of Legal Metrology in South Africa and it’s

SADCMEL
Report on SADCMEL
activities from
November 2004 to
October 2005
PRESENTED BY:
SH Carstens Regional
Coordinator
SADCMEL
SADCMEL
SITUATIONAL OVERVIEW IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA
PRESENT STATUS
Almost no Legal Metrology Legislation or Infrastructure.
National legislation (not SADC harmonized)& regulatory control of
simple/basic instruments for mass, volume & length and of goods.
National legislation (not SADC harmonized)& regulatory control
(inspection & verification) of more sophisticated instruments for mass,
volume & length of goods.
COUNTRIES
Angola
Lesotho
Mozambique
Madagascar
Botswana
DRC
Malawi
Namibia
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zambia
Mauritius
South Africa
SADCMEL
DRIVERS FOR CHANGE
 Standards,Quality Assurance,
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Accreditation & Metrology(SQAM)
Review
SADC Protocol on Trade
WTO/TBT Agreement
Advances in Technology
New Program for African Development
(NEPAD)
SADCMEL
RESTRICTIONS/CHALLENGES
 Lack of resources in some Member
States
 Equipment
 Staff
 Language differences
 English
 French
 Portuguese
SADCMEL
November 2004 Meeting
 Workshop on OIML D1 “ Law on
Metrology” Joint venture with
SADCMET
 Discussed changes to SADCMEL
document 1
 Discussed changes to SADCMEL
document 4
SADCMEL
May 2005 Meeting
Attendees
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All member state except Zambia
Mr Dunmill of OIML
Dr Stoll- Malke –PTB
Mr Kaiser – PTB
Dr Loesener – Unido
SADC secretariat
Observers from – Egypt, Madagascar,
Nigeria, SADCSTAN, SADCA and
SACDMET
SADCMEL
Highlights from annual and
country report
 Study visit to Berlin - Chair
 ILAC/IAF meeting in Cape Town –
Chair
 D1 Workshop – Chair
 Alignment of prepacked goods
requirements – SA and Mauritius
 INMETRO assistance – Angola and
Mozambique
 Beam and Counter scale Documents
published as national standards - SA
SADCMEL
October 2005 Meeting
 Discussed changes to SADCMEL document 1
 Discussed changes to SADCMEL document 4
 Discussion on Rule of Procedure to make
provision for a vice Chair and a PMC
 Constitution of a PMC
 Donor funding and prioritisation of needs list
 Training on R76 and proof of success
indicators as agreed with PTB
SADCMEL
Workshop
 Efficient management of a Legal Metrology
System (OIML D9,D21 and D27)
 Presenters
 Dr E Petit and Mr D Hoffmann
 Overview of the economic impact of
measurement in an economy
 An overview on infrastructure and
enforcement in Germany
 Privatisation
SADCMEL
Projects
 SADCMEL doc 4 finalized and
submitted to SADCSTAN to be
adopted as Regional Standards
 OIML R35 be adopted
 Verification requirements a
national issue
 Harmonised document on liquor
dispensing measures - next
project
SADCMEL
Projects
 PTB funding project
 INMETRO to assist with
 Include training on NAWI’s (OIML R76),
Beam scales and counter scales(
SADCMEL doc’s 2 and 3) and LFD’s (
OIML R117)
 Writing of Legal metrology Act
 Translation of SADCMEL harmonised
documents
SADCMEL
Projects
 PTB funding project
 Training course on Presentation skills,
NAWI’s, beam and counter scales
(SADCMEL Documents 2&3) was
presented in Pretoria in June/ July 2005
 Train the trainer course
 Delegates to present similar course in
member states
SADCMEL
Projects
 PTB funding project
 DAM to be approached icw training
course on Liquid fuel dispensers
 Course on verification of volume
measures to be converted to
calibration courses
 Automatic weighing instruments
training- Questionnaire to be circulated
to gauge extent of training
SADCMEL
Projects
 PTB funding project
 Course on labeling and tolerance on
prepacked goods to be presented in
Mauritius in March 2006
 ISO 17020 and 17025 training to be
arranged through SANAS
 General inspection methodology –
Tanzania to look at developing a
course
SADCMEL
Meetings 2006
 Windhoek, Namibia
 3 to 7 April 2006
 13 October 2006 in Cape Town
SADCMEL
THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING!!