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Fundamental Metrology

The Danish Safety Technology Authority determines which units of measurement to be used in Denmark. On the behalf of The Danish Safety Technology Authority The Danish Accreditation and Metrology Fund appoints primary and reference laboratories in the different fields of metrology. The following laboratories are appointed:

List of the laboratories can be found in this Technical Information MM240

Those of the appointed primary and reference laboratories having the special status of being GTS-institutes have formed Center for Danish Fundamental Metrology (CDFM).

The primary and reference laboratories unite in the cooperation body Daniamet.

Action programmes for the 10 metrological fields have been made:

1. Length 1998-08-07

2. Electricity 2002-09-03

3. Acoustics 2000-11-29

4. Mass 1997-01-07

5. Flow 1999

6. Photometry 2004-07

7. Temperature 2000-01-12

8. Action Plan for reference Metrology in Cemistry in Denmark 2004-09-17

9. Time and Frequency 2000-12-14

10. Ionized Radiation and Radioactivity 2000-12-18

The 10 action programmes have been updated in the report: Strategic Action Plan for Danish Metrology 2006.

BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) has the main task to ensure a world wide consistency of measurements and traceability of the measurements to the international system for units (SI).

BIPM works on the basis of the Meterconvention a treaty between 51 nations + 23 associated.

EUROMET European Collaboration in Measurement Standards)

EUROMET is a cooperation body for the European national metrology institutes and the Commission.

The aim of EUROMET is to encourage the coordination of metrological activities.

The EUROMET Committee consists of a delegate from each member state, a delegate from EEC and an observer from EFTA if required. (Mr. Kim Carneiro, DFM, attends on the behalf of Denmark.)

On EUROMET’s homepage there are links to EUROMET General Assembly IMERA – the EEC approved project: “Implementing Metrology in the European Research Area”. EUROMET Technical Committees, each takes care of their special field within metrology. One of these committees is TC-Metchem whose homepage has a link: “Projects” where a summary is given of intercalibrations, other projects and status of these projects. EUROMET Directory is a summary showing essential documents and among them a document showing the EUROMET-members.