Mutual Recognition Arrrangement

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Vikram Kumar

National Physical Laboratory,

Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg,

New Delhi - 110 012


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World Trade Organization


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Bureau International des Poids et Measures(BIPM)

The BIPM was set up in 1875by theConvention of the Metre

Headquarters near Paris, France

Financed by the Member States (58) of the

Convention and operates under theexclusive supervision of the CIPM

India is a member

Its mandate is to provide the basis for asingle, coherent system of measurementsthroughout the world, traceable to theInternational System of Units (SI)


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Mutual Recognition Arrangement


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INTERNATIONAL Networks ofCooperating Organization


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MRA ProcedureThe compliance could be demonstrated

through one of the following three

pathways:

a) Third party accreditation, orb) Certification to ISO 9001 and

attestation by technical peers, or

c) Attestation by a team consisting ofQuality System Experts and Technical

Peers,


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The Organizational Structure ofInternational Metrology System


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NPL vis a vis MRAPROGRESS in ACHIEVING MRA OBJECTIVES

On the BIPM website

APPENDIX B (Key Comparison Database) No. of entries in 2000 : 16

No. of entries in June, 2005 : 48

APPENDIX C (CMCs) No. of entries in 2000 : NIL

No. of entries in June, 2005 : 523


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T bilit Ch t f d


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Traceability Chart for dcParameters in India


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G l f h


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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 bilateralrelationships without central coordination.


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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


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- the long term potential benefits of the MRA is

likely to require a proactive role for BIPM andthe NMIs in promoting the MRA, specifically asthis relates to organisations charged with theresponsibility for governing international trade

- BIPMs promotional role is accepted worldwidebased on its credible, neutral and internationalvoice. In order to establish, promote MRA andmeterological issues more generally worldwide,BIPM has to maintain its scientific credibilityover time


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Social Importance of Metrology


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Importance of NPL wrt WTO


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Importance of NPL wrt WTO


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O t Li f P t ti


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Out Line of Presentation

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