Uniform test procedures and test report formats for aspirant notified bodies under the measuring instruments directive (MID-PROCEDURES)

This proposal for a Thematic Network responds to the Growth-Dedicated Call – 10/00 – Topic IV: Implementation of measuring instruments directives according to the New Approach. The type of Network is a support group to Research Infrastructure under the generic activity Measurement and Testing in the Growth Work Programme. The proposal is based on the experience with the implementation of the Non-automatic weighing instruments (NAWI) Directive. The Notified Bodies of this Directive needed guidance documents to ensure uniform interpretation of the regulations and uniform certification practice. This work has been performed under WELMEC. The Measurement Instruments Directive, another New Approach Directive, will be implemented within 2 to 3 years. Far more instruments will be subject to this Directive than to the NAWI Directive. Therefore, the need for guidance documents is far more as well.

Total cost: 598 900 EUR

Coordinator: NMI B.V., INSTITUTE FOR METROLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, Netherlands

Partners:

• BROOKS INSTRUMENT B.V., Netherlands
• BUNDESAMT FUER EICH- UND VERMESSUNGSWESEN, Austria
• BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, Germany
• CENTRO ESPANOL DE METROLOGIA, Spain
• INTERFACOM S.A., Spain
• LABORATOIRE NATIONAL D’ESSAIS, France
• LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE, Lithuania
• MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ECONOMIQUES, Belgium
• NATIONAL CENTER OF METROLOGY AT THE STATE AGENCY FOR METROLOGY AND STANDARDIZATION, Bulgaria
• NATIONAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LABORATORY, United Kingdom
• SP SWEDISH NATIONAL TESTING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Sweden