BIPM - Belgium [Member State]

General info.
CIPM MRA
BIPM services
CBKT
Senior engagement
Quality infrastructure

The Kingdom of Belgium became a Member State in 1875.

Representatives of the NMIs or designated institutes of the Kingdom of Belgium (see CIPM MRA) participate in the following Consultative Committees:

CCAUV	CCEM	CCL	CCM	CCPR	CCQM	CCRI	CCT	CCTF	CCU


Metrology institutes
	Metrology Division** (Quality and Safety Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs)
	SCK.CEN/LNK* (Nuclear Calibration Laboratory, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre)

National legal metrology authorities
	Metrology Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs

National accreditation bodies
	Belgian Accreditation Organization (BELAC)

National standards bodies
	Belgian Electrotechnical Committee (BEC)
	Bureau for Standardisation (NBN)

** Signatory of the CIPM MRA ; * Also participating in the CIPM MRA.

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: https://economie.fgov.be/fr/themes/qualite-securite/la-metrologie

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999

Signed by: Herman VOORHOF (Conseiller Général, Metrology Division)

Signatory/NMI:

Quality and Safety Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs (Metrology Division), Brussels

Designated institute(s):

For ionizing radiation: dosimetry, neutron measurements: Nuclear Calibration Laboratory, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK.CEN/LNK), Mol (from 28 January 2013)

Internationally recognized Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs)

Participation in key and supplementary comparisons

Submission of CMCs through: EURAMET.

The following institutes are authorized to use the CIPM MRA logo, for the fields of measurement supported by CMCs published in the KCDB:

SMD

from 29 November 2006

[See the full list of participants]

Over the last 15 years this State has benefited from BIPM comparison and calibration services in the following fields:

Electricity
Ionizing Radiation (for Belgium. traceability to the BIPM in the field of dosimetry is established though BIPM calibrations made for the IAEA)
Mass
Time

BIPM calibration certificates issued to the Kingdom of Belgium and/or its NMI(s)

Delegates at the meeting of the CGPM in November 2018:

Mr Hugo Pirée (Head of Delegation)

Delegates at recent meetings of NMI Directors and State Party Representatives:

Mr Hugo Pirée (17-18 October 2019)
Mr Hugo Pirée (24-25 October 2016)

Nationals having participated in/benefited from the BIPM CBKT programme:

Mr Frank Coutereel (Metrology Division)	Trainee, Effective participation in UTC
Dr Liviu-Cristian Mihailescu (SCK.CEN/LNK)	Trainee, BIPM-EURAMET TC Leadership course

National institutes having sponsored a BIPM CBKT initiative (in full or in part):

No sponsorship yet