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Report on the BIPM/CIPM/CGPM
Robert Kaarls
Secretary CIPM
October 2008
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BIPM Membership
51 Member States
27 Associates representing 37 States and
Economies
New Member States expected
Increasing number of Associates
Associates to become Member States
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BIPM activities
Review of activities due to budget limitations as a
consequence of decisions made by the 2007 CGPM
Mass and Watt balance; mass calibrations
Electricity (JE and QHE) and calculable capacitor
zener, resistance, capacitance calibrations
Time/frequency/gravimetry (TAI and UTC) and gravimetry
comparisons (2009 ICAG series)
Chemistry (ozone, green house gases, organic purity
analysis and bio chemistry investigation); comparisons
Ionizing radiation (dosimetry, SIR) calibrations,
comparisons
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BIPM activities
Meetings of Consultative Committees
CIPM MRA, KCDB and JCRB
JCGM (VIM, GUM, SI, physiological quantities)
JCTLM (secretariat and JCTLM meetings)
Outreach to developing economies (very limited
program)
Many contacts with Member States, Associates and
new Member States and Associates
JCDCMAS (secretariat)
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CIPM MRA
New signatories:
- F Y R O Macedonia
- Moldova
- Sri Lanka
- Tunisia
- Bolivia
- Georgia
82 Member States and Associate States and Economies and
2 international organisations (IAEA, JRC IRMM)
~200 NMIs and other Designated institutes
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THE CIPM MRA
82 Member States
and Associates of the CGPM
2 international organizations
(~200 NMIs + DIs)
>96% of the 2006 World GDP
Member of the BIPM
Associate of the CGPM
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CIPM MRA
KCDB: 20500 CMCs of which
- 13000 in general physics
- 3500 in ionizing radiation
- 4000 in chemistry
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650 KCs and 200 supplementary
comparisons
Database 24 hours/day intensively visited
Common CMC definition for CIPM MRA and ILAC
Arrangement
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CIPM MRA
Joint BIPM-ILAC WG a.o. on:
- implementation of new CMC definition
- harmonization of CMCs
- accreditation of NMIs (ILAC Guidance doc.)
AFRIMETS with 5 sub-regions (successor of
SADCMET)
New RMO in development: Gulfmet (?)
New criteria for (new) RMOs
New criteria for “Economies” to be decided by the 2011
CGPM
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REGIONAL METROLOGY ORGANIZATIONS
• The JCRB
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CIPM MRA
New JCRB Guidance documents
- Procedure for approval of the entry of a new RMO to
the JCRB
- Guide to the implementation of the CIPM MRA
- Calibration and Measurement Capabilities in the
context of the CIPM MRA
- Rules of procedure for the JCRB
- Guidelines on Traceability
As a consequence of CGPM Resolution in preparation
“Criteria for an Associate to become Member State”
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CIPM MRA Guidelines for Traceability
 Traceability to the SI
- through own primary methods
- or obtained from the BIPM
- or obtained from another CIPM MRA recognized NMI or
DI with adequate CMCs published in the KCDB
- or by applying commercial CRMs after own purity
assessment on the basis of own CMCs recognized under
the CIPM MRA
- in all cases an own uncertainty evaluation has to be carried
out
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CIPM MRA Guidelines for Traceability
 Traceability to the SI
- may be obtained from an under the ILAC Arrangement
accredited calibration laboratory or CRM producer,
provided that the uncertainty contribution has only a
minor influence on the total combined uncertainty of the
claimed CMC
 Never traceability to:
- PTB through DKD, etc.
- UKAS, NAMAS, DKD, etc.
- GUM + Fluke Europe, etc.
- CCPR K1 (a Key Comparison) or - NRC array KJ-90, etc.
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Outreach to developing States and Economies
 2008 BIPM Summer School
 BIPM/JCRB workshop on preparing for the CIPM MRA,
May 2007, Pretoria, South Africa
 APMP/BIPM workshop, May 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh
 Visits and contributions to workshops in several countries
in Africa, Asia, eastern Europe and Euro-Asian area and
Middle and South America (in cooperation with SIM)
(with support of PTB/German development aid)
 Forum on Metrology Programs for States and Economies in
development, 18-19 March 2009 at the BIPM
 JCDCMAS and possible UNIDO support (Africa)
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Events
 2008 World Metrology Day on Measurement in Sport
 2009 World Metrology Day on International Equivalence of
Measurements, celebrating 10 years of CIPM MRA
 Special session on CIPM MRA on 24 June 2009 during the
14th Internatl. Congres of Metrology, 22-25 June 2009, Paris
 Directors meeting, 7 October 2009 at the BIPM
10th Year CIPM MRA Anniversary Symposium at the BIPM
on 8-9 October 2009
 Spring 2010: BIPM – WMO symposium on Metrology and
Climate Change at WMO in Geneva, Switserland
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BIPM Staff
Elected BIPM Director Dr. Michael Kühne start in April
2009 as Deputy Director
on secondment at the BIPM
Pedro Espina (USA), international liaison/outreach activities
Luis Mussio (Uruguay), Executive Secretary JCRB
Michael Streak (South Africa), Secretary JCDCMAS and
Quality Manager BIPM
Scientists from Albania, China, Japan, Mexico, Poland in
BIPM science sections; others welcome!
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CCQM Pharmacopoeia Workshop
4-5 december 2008 at the BIPM, organized in
cooperation with the US Pharmacopoeia
JCTLM
Executive Committee and members meeting on
11-12 December 2008 at the BIPM
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CCQM and JCTLM
 JCTLM database on Reference Materials and Methods/
Procedures of Higher Order
- list I: CRMs and reference measurement
methods/procedures traceable to the SI
- list II: non-SI traceable CRMs; traceability to
internationally agreed upon protocol
 JCTLM database on approved Laboratory Reference
Measurement Services (now listing available services in
Canada, Europe (BE, DE, IT, NL, UK) and Japan)
 CCQM, NMIs and Designated Institutes encouraged to
develop activities in support of JCTLM and WHO
programmes
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 Database accessible via BIPM and IFCC web site
Also on the 2007 – 2008 CIPM Agenda
BIPM organisation, finances and activities
Consequences of 2007 CGPM dotation decisions
- increased inflation, near 4% instead of 2%
- adaptation of BIPM workplan
- countries in arrears
BIPM science strategy
Increasing demands for metrology in chemistry
- new areas, like
- bio fuels
- bio chemistry
- materials metrology
- nano- and surface metrology
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On the 2007 – 2008 CIPM Agenda
Cooperation and MoUs with other international
organizations and bodies, like
- OIML
- ILAC
- WMO
- Codex Alimentarius Commission
- IFCC, JCTLM, WHO/NIBSC
- IAEA (MoU in preparation)
- UNIDO
- ISO, IEC
- VAMAS (MoU signed)
- WADA, Forensics, etc.
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