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The CIPM MRA has now been signed by the representatives of 74 institutes – from 45 Member States, 27 Associates of the CGPM, and 2 international organizations – and covers a further 120 institutes designated by the signatory bodies.

The names and acronyms of the signatory institutes are followed in italics by the names and acronyms of other institutes from that State participating in the CIPM MRA.

Albania >>Associate of the CGPM  
 
Contact:
  DPM
Rruga "Sami Frashëri", Nr. 33
Tirana
Tel.: + 355 4 2233 174
Fax: + 355 4 2233 462
Web: http://www.dpmk.gov.al/
The CIPM MRA was signed on:
10 October 2007

by: Myrvete PAZAJ (General Director, DPMK*)
* now DPM
 
 
Signatory:
  • Drejtoria e Pergjithshme e Metrologjise/General Directorate of Metrology (DPM), Tirana
  •  

    Argentina >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      INTI
    Parque Tecnológico Miguelete
    Av. Gral. Paz e/Albarellos y Constituyentes (B1650KNA)
    C.C. 157 - (B1650WAB) San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires
    Tel.: + 54 11 4724 6200/6300/6400
    Fax: + 54 11 4724 6244
    Web: http://www.inti.gov.ar/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 1999

    by: Joaquin VALDÉS (INTI)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI), San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires

    Designated institute(s):
  • National Commission of Atomic Energy (CNEA), Buenos Aires
  •  

    Australia >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      NMIA
    Bradfield Road
    P.O. Box 264
    NSW 2070 Lindfield
    Tel.: + 61 2 8467 3600
    Fax: + 61 2 8467 3610
    Web: http://www.measurement.gov.au/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 1999

    by: Barry D. INGLIS (then Director, NML CSIRO*)
    * now the NMIA
     
     
    Signatory:
  • National Measurement Institute (NMIA), Lindfield

    Designated institute(s):
  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Menai
  • Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), Yallambie
  •  

    Austria >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      BEV
    Arltgasse 35
    A-1160 Vienna
    Tel.: + 43 1 21 110
    Fax: + 43 1 21 110 6000
    Web: http://www.bev.gv.at/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 1999

    by: Arnold LEITNER (Director of the Metrology Department, BEV)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen (BEV), Vienna

    Designated institute(s):
  • For humidity: E+E Elektronik (E+E), Engerwitzdorf
  •  

    Belarus >>Associate of the CGPM  
     
    Contact:
      Gosstandart
    Starovilensky tract, 93
    220053 Minsk
    Tel.: +375 17 233 52 13
    Fax: +375 17 233 25 88
    Web: http://www.gosstandart.gov.by/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 2003

    by: Nikolai ZHAGORA (Gosstandart)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Belarus (Gosstandart), Minsk
  •  

    Belgium >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      Metrology Division
    Service Métrologie Scientifique (SMD)
    Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 16
    1000 Brussels
    Tel.: + 32 02 206 46 63
    Fax: + 32 02 206 57 41
    Web: http://mineco.fgov.be/organization_market/metrology/home_en.htm
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 1999

    by: Herman VOORHOF (Conseiller Général, Metrology Division)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Quality and Safety Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs (Metrology Division), Brussels
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    Bolivia >>Associate of the CGPM  
     
    Contact:
      IBMETRO
    Avenida Camacho N 1488
    La Paz
    Tel.: + 591 2 237 20 46
    Web: http://www.ibmetro.org/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    16 May 2008

    by: Miguel CAMPOS BOTELLO (Executive General Director, IBMETRO)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Instituto Boliviano de Metrología (IBMETRO), La Paz
  •  

    Brazil >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      INMETRO
    Santa Alexandrina St, 416
    Rio Comprido
    20261-232 Rio de Janeiro
    Tel.: + 55 21 2563 2802
    Fax: + 55 21 2293 0954
    Web: http://www.inmetro.gov.br/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 1999

    by: Marco Antonio ALBUQUERQUE de ARAUJO LIMA (then President, INMETRO)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalização e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Rio de Janeiro

    Designated institute(s):
  • Laboratório Nacional de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes, IRD (LNMRI/IRD), Rio de Janeiro
  • For time and frequency: Observatório Nacional/Serviço Nacional da Hora (ON/DSHO)
  •  

    Bulgaria >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      BIM
    52B G.M. Dimitrov Blvd
    1125 Sofia
    Tel.: + 359 2 980 84 88
    Fax: + 359 2 986 17 07
    Web: http://www.damtn.government.bg/index_en.html
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 1999

    by: Theodor ŠTRASHIMIROV (then Director, NCM*)
    * now BIM
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Bulgarian Institute of Metrology (BIM), Sofia
  •  

    Canada >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      NRC-INMS
    Building M-36
    1200 Montreal Road
    ON K1A 0R6 Ottawa, Ontario
    Web: http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 1999

    by: Janusz LUSZTYK (then Director General, NRC-INMS)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Institute for National Measurement Standards (NRC-INMS), Ottawa, Ontario

    Designated institute(s):
  • For measurement of pressurized natural gas flow: TransCanada Calibrations (TCC) (from 14 February 2006)
  •  

    CARICOM >>Associate of the CGPM  
     
    Contact:
      CARICOM
    Secretariat
    P.O. Box 10827
    Georgetown
    Tel.: + 592 222 0175
    Fax: + 592 222 0171
    Web: http://www.caricom.org/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    12 October 2005

    by: Mrs C. RHONE (CROSQ*)
    * for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Georgetown

    Designated institutes:
  • Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards (ABBS), St John's
  • Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI), St. Michael
  • Belize Bureau of Standards [no website available] (BBS), Belize City
  • Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS), Roseau
  • Grenada Bureau of Standards (GDBS), St. George's
  • Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), Georgetown
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards [no website available] (StKNBS), Basseterre
  • Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS), Castries
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bureau of Standards (SVGBS), Kingstown
  • Suriname Department of Trade and Industry [no website available] (SDTI), Paramaribo
  • Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS), Tanapuna
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    Chile >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      INN
    Matías Cousiño 64
    piso 6
    832-069 Santiago
    Tel.: + 56 24 458 800
    Fax: + 56 24 410 427
    Web: http://www.inn.cl/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    18 October 2000

    by: Raul NÚÑEZ-BRANTES (then Head of Metrology Division, INN)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN), Santiago

    Designated institute(s):
  • For flow: Calibraciones Industriales S.A. (CISA)
  • For mass and temperature: Centro de Estudios, Medición y Certificación de Calidad (CESMEC Ltda.), Macul
  • For amount of substance: Chemical Metrology Center for Water and Foodstuffs, Foundation Chile (Chemical Metrology Center)
  • For pressure: Empresa Nacional de Aeronáutica (ENAER), Santiago
  • For force: Instituto de Investigaciones y Control (IDIC), Santiago
  • For dimensional measurements: Laboratorio Custodio de Patrones Nacionales de Longitud, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (DICTUC S.A.), Santiago
  • For electricity and magnetism: Universidad de Concepción (UDEC), Santiago
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    China >>Member State  
     
    Contact:
      NIM
    No. 18, Bei San Huan Dong Rd.
    100013 Beijing
    Tel.: + 86 10 6421 8565
    Fax: + 86 10 6421 8703
    Web: http://www.nim.ac.cn/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    14 October 1999

    by: PAN Biqing (then Director, NIM)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • National Institute of Metrology (NIM), Beijing
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    Chinese Taipei >>Associate of the CGPM  
     
    Contact:
      BSMI
    No.4, Sec.1, Chinan Rd
    Taipei 100
    Tel.: +886 223 431 700
    Fax: + 886 223 932 324
    Web: http://www.bsmi.gov.tw/
    The CIPM MRA was signed on:
    4 June 2002

    by: NENG-JONG LIN (BSMI)
     
     
    Signatory:
  • Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Taipei 100

    Designated institute(s):
  • Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER), Taoyuan County
  • ITRI Center for Measurement Standards (CMS), Hsinchu
  • Telecommunication Laboratories, ChungHwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (TL), Taoyuan
  •  

    Costa Rica >>Associate of the CGPM  
     
    Contact:
      LACOMET
    Apdo Postal 1736-2050
    San Pedro Montes de Oca
    Tel.: + 506 253 2048
    Fax: + 506 283 5133
    Web: http