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CIPM MRA participants

 

The CIPM MRA is open to the NMIs of Member States, to the NMIs of Associate States and Economies, and to certain international organizations invited by the CIPM.

There are 250 institutes participating in the CIPM MRA, comprising 97 NMIs, 4 international organizations and 149 designated institutes.

CIPM MRA State List

Albania

Signatory/NMI

General Directorate of Metrology and Calibration

DPM

Tirana

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 November 2007
Signed by: Myrvete PAZAJ (then General Director, DPMK*)
* now DPM

Argentina

Signatory/NMI

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial

INTI

San Martín, Prov. Buenos Aires

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Joaquin VALDÉS (INTI)

Designated institute(s)

Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica

For ionizing radiation

CNEA

Buenos Aires

Australia

Signatory/NMI

National Measurement Institute, Australia

NMIA

Lindfield

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Barry D. INGLIS (then Director, NML-CSIRO*)
* now the NMIA

Designated institute(s)

Australian Nuclear Science &Technology Organisation

For ionizing radiation: activity of radionuclides

ANSTO

Menai

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

For ionizing radiation: exposure to ionizing radiation, absorbed dose of ionizing radiation

ARPANSA

Yallambie

Austria

Signatory/NMI

Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen

BEV

Vienna

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Arnold LEITNER (then Director of the Metrology Department)

Designated institute(s)

E+E ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.

For humidity and air velocity; Carbon dioxide measurements in matrix gas (N2)

E+E

Engerwitzdorf

Umweltbundesamt GmbH

For concentration in ambient air of ozone (since 2 October 2009), carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen monoxide (since 17 April 2013)

EAA

Vienna

Azerbaijan

Signatory/NMI

Azerbaijan Institute of Metrology

AzMI

Baku

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 28 January 2015
Signed by: Oktay ABBASOV (then Chief of State Metrology Service under the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent of the Republic of Azerbaijan, AZSTAND)

Bangladesh

Signatory/NMI

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution

NML-BSTI

Dhaka

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 25 March 2011
Signed by: A. K. FAZLUL AHAD (then Director General, NML-BSTI)

Designated institute(s)

Designated Reference Institute for Chemical Measurements

For metrology in chemistry

DRICM

Dhaka

Belarus

Signatory/NMI

State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus

GOSSTANDART

Minsk

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 2003
Signed by: Nikolai ZHAGORA (Gosstandart)

Designated institute(s)

Belarussian State Institute for Metrology

BelGIM

Minsk

Belgium

Signatory/NMI

SPF Economie, DG Qualité et Sécurité

SMD

Brussels

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Herman VOORHOF (Conseiller Général, Metrology Division)

Designated institute(s)

Nuclear Calibration Laboratory, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre

For ionizing radiation: dosimetry, neutron measurements (from 28 January 2013)

SCK.CEN/LNK

Mol

Bolivia

Signatory/NMI

Instituto Boliviano de Metrologia

IBMETRO

La Paz

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 16 May 2008
Signed by: Miguel CAMPOS BOTELLO (then Executive General Director, IBMETRO)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Signatory/NMI

Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina

IMBIH

Sarajevo

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 15 June 2011
Signed by: Zijad DZEMIC (General Manager, IMBIH)

Designated institute(s)

Institut za vode d.o.o. Bijeljina

For chemistry, water, fresh water and contaminated water (from 28 September 2016)

IW

Bijeljina

KJKP Sarajevogas d.o.o. Sarajevo

For mass and related quantities, fluid flow, volume gas flow rate (from 28 September 2016)

LABSAGAS

Sarajevo

Botswana

Signatory/NMI

Botswana Bureau of Standards

BOBS

Gaborone

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 26 July 2012
Signed by: Masego MAROBELA (Managing Director, BOBS)

Brazil

Signatory/NMI

Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia

INMETRO

Rio de Janeiro

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Marco Antonio ALBUQUERQUE de ARAUJO LIMA (then President, INMETRO)

Designated institute(s)

National Laboratory for Metrology of Ionising Radiation/Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry CNEN

For ionizing radiation

LNMRI/IRD

Rio de Janeiro

Observatório Nacional/Divisão Serviço da Hora

ON/DSHO

Rio de Janeiro

Bulgaria

Signatory/NMI

Bulgarian Institute of Metrology

BIM

Sofia

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Theodor ŠTRASHIMIROV (then Director, NCM*)
* now the BIM

Cambodia

Signatory/NMI

National Metrology Centre under the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation

NMC-MISTI

Phnom Penh

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 01 February 2021
Signed by: BY Pitou (then President, NMC-MISTI)

Canada

Signatory/NMI

National Research Council of Canada

NRC

Ottawa

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Janusz LUSZTYK (then Director General, NRC-INMS)

Designated institute(s)

TransCanada Calibrations Ltd

For measurement of pressurized natural gas flow

TCC

Arnould Road

Chile

Signatory/NMI

Instituto Nacional de Normalización

INN

Santiago

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 18 October 2000
Signed by: Raul NÚÑEZ-BRANTES (then Head of Metrology Division, INN)

Designated institute(s)

Comision Chilena de Energia Nuclear

CCHEN

Santiago

Centro de Estudios, Medición y Certificación de Calidad

For mass and temperature

CESMEC Ltda.

Macul

Calibraciones Industriales S.A

For flow

CISA

Iquique

Chemical Laboratory of Codelco Norte Division

For amount of substance

CODELCO

Santiago

Laboratorio Custodio de Patrones Nacionales de Longitud, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

For dimensional measurements

DICTUC S.A.

Santiago

Empresa Nacional de Aeronáutica

For pressure

ENAER

Santiago

Instituto de Investigaciones y Control

For force

IDIC

Santiago

Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile

For amount of substance: fresh water (5.1); food contaminants (11.2) and other food-related measurements (11.4) (from 01 April 2013)

ISP

Santiago

Universidad de Concepción

For electricity and magnetism

UDEC

Santiago

China

Signatory/NMI

National Institute of Metrology

NIM

Beijing

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: PAN Biqing (then Director, NIM)

Designated institute(s)

Hangzhou Applied Acoustics Research Institute

For underwater acoustics (from 01 January 2013)

HAARI

Zhejiang

Chinese Taipei

Signatory/NMI

Bureau of Standards, Metrology & Inspection

BSMI

Taipei 100

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 04 June 2002
Signed by: Neng-Jong LIN (then Director General, BSMI)

Designated institute(s)

Industrial Technology Research Institute/Center for Measurement Standards

For acoustics, ultrasound and vibration; electricity and magnetism; length; mass and related quantities; photometry and radiometry; chemistry; thermometry

CMS/ITRI

Hsinchu

National Radiation Standard Laboratory of the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research

For ionizing radiation

NRSL/INER

Taoyuan City

Telecommunication Laboratories, ChungHwa Telecom Co. Ltd

For time and frequency

TL

Taoyuan City

Colombia

Signatory/NMI

Instituto Nacional de Metrología de Colombia

INM Colombia

Bogotá, D.C.

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 15 May 2013
Signed by: Hernan Dario ALZATE SEPULVEDA (then Director, INM (CO))

Costa Rica

Signatory/NMI

Laboratorio Costarricense de Metrología

LACOMET

San Pedro Montes de Oca

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 06 October 2004
Signed by: B. PANIAGUA (LACOMET)

Designated institute(s)

Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Laboratorio Metrológico de Variables Eléctricas

For electricity and magnetism (from 04 April 2005)

ICE-LMVE

San José

Laboratorio de Metrología, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad

For photometry and radiometry, fibre optics, wavelength and length (since 4 November 2016), time and frequency (since 29 August 2022)

LAMETRO-ICE

San José

Laboratorio de Fuerza del Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales

For force (from 03 November 2011)

LanammeUCR

San José

Laboratorio Nacional de Metrología, Grandes Masas y Volumen

For mass measurements from 50 kg to 1000 kg, and volume measurements from 20 dm3 to 5000 dm3 (from 24 March 2010)

RECOPE

San José

Croatia

Signatory/NMI

State Office for Metrology

DZM

Zagreb

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 30 September 2005
Signed by: M. ANDRASEC (DZM)

Designated institute(s)

Meteorological and Hydrological Service / Calibration Laboratory

For chemistry and biology - environmental gases

DHMZ-SOUL

Zagreb

FER - Primary Electromagnetic Laboratory

For electricity and magnetism

FER-PEL

Zagreb

FSB - Laboratory for Testing of Mechanical Properties Laboratory for Testing of Mechanical Properties

For force

FSB-LIMS

Zagreb

FSB - Laboratory for Process Measurements

For temperature, pressure and humidity

FSB-LPM

Zagreb

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and naval architecture, Laboratory for precise measurement of length

For Length

FSB-LPMD

Zagreb

IRB - Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory of the Ruder Boskovic Institute

For ionizing radiation - dosimetry

IRB-SSDL

Zagreb

Czechia

Signatory/NMI

Czech Metrology Institute

CMI

Brno

Signed by: Pavel KLENOVSKÝ (Director, CMI)

Designated institute(s)

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

For metrology in chemistry: gases

CHMU/CHMI

Prague

Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences

For time and frequency

IPE/ASCR

Prague

Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography

For length - dimensional metrology: linear dimensions, angle, various dimensional; gravity

VUGTK/RIGTC

Zdiby

Denmark

Signatory/NMI

Danish Fundamental Metrology Ltd

DFM

Hørsholm

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Kim CARNEIRO (then Director, DFM)

Designated institute(s)

Danish Technological Institute

For water flow (volume, mass and energy); dimensional metrology (length measurements); anemometry; temperature measurement by contact

DTI

Aarhus C

Technical University of Denmark

For ionizing radiation

DTU

Lyngby

FORCE Technology

For humidity; gas flow (volume); flow of liquids other than water; force and pressure; volume and density

FORCE

Brøndby

Hottinger Brüel & Kjær A/S

For acoustical measurements in gases; acoustical measurements in solids

HBK-DPLA

Naerum

Trescal Ltd

For AC electricity; HF electricity

Trescal

Silkeborg

Ecuador

Signatory/NMI

Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalizacion

INEN

Quito

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 15 April 2001
Signed by: F. URRESTA (INEN)

Designated institute(s)

Centro de Metrología del Ejército Ecuatoriano

For time and frequency

CMEE

Quito

Laboratorios de Calibraciones Dosimétricas de la Subsecretaría de Control y Aplicaciones Nucleares

For ionizing radiation (from 09 August 2019)

SCAN

Quito

Egypt

Signatory/NMI

National Institute of Standards

NIS

Giza

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 18 October 2000
Signed by: M. S. SHALAAN (then President, NIS)

Estonia

Signatory/NMI

Central Office of Metrology

AS METROSERT

Tallinn

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 23 March 2005
Signed by: A. NOORMÄGI (AS METROSERT)

Designated institute(s)

University of Tartu, Institute of Chemistry

For air flow velocity and air humidity (from 03 August 2010)

UT

Tartu

Ethiopia

Signatory/NMI

National Metrology Institute of Ethiopia

NMIE

Addis Ababa

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 08 January 2018
Signed by: Abdu ABAGIBE ADEM (Director General, NMIE)

Finland

Signatory/NMI

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Centre for Metrology / Mittatekniikan keskus

MIKES

Espoo

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Ulla LÄHTEENMÄKI (then Director, MIKES)

Designated institute(s)

Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

For mass and related quantities: acceleration of free fall; dimensional metrology: long distance, geodetic baselines, EDM instruments (long distance), surveyor leveling rods, precise leveling systems

FGI

Masala

Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering

For photometry and radiometry

MIKES-Aalto

Aalto

Finnish Meteorological Institute

For chemistry: gases

MIKES-FMI

Helsinki

Finnish Environment Institute, Laboratories

For chemistry: water

MIKES-SYKE

Helsinki

Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority

For ionizing radiation

STUK

Helsinki

France

Signatory/NMI

Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais

LNE

Paris

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: André KELLER (then Director, BNM*)
* now LNE

Designated institute(s)

Centre Technique des Industries Aérauliques et Thermiques

For mass and related quantities: fluid flow: liquid flow-water, flow speed; for thermometry: humidity

LNE-CETIAT

Villeurbanne Cedex

École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers de Paris

For mass and related quantities: dynamic pressure

LNE-ENSAM

Paris

Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire

For ionizing radiation: neutron measurements

LNE-IRSN

Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex

Laboratoire Associé de Débitmétrie Gazeuse

For mass and related quantities: fluid flow: gas flow > 2 g/s at high pressure

LNE-LADG

Poitiers Cedex

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers/Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie

For length: laser radiations; photometry and radiometry: photometry; thermometry: temperature

LNE-LCM/Cnam

La Plaine-Saint-Denis

Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique/Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel

For ionizing radiation: dosimetry, radioactivity

LNE-LNHB

Gif-sur-Yvette cedex

Université de Franche-Comté, Laboratoire Temps-fréquence de Besançon

For electricity and magnetism: phase noise in RF domain; time and frequency: time interval and frequency calibrations

LNE-LTFB

Besançon cedex

Observatoire de Paris/Systèmes de Référence Temps-Espace

For realization of the SI units in time and frequency (primary and secondary standards) and gravimetry, and for elaboration and dissemination of time scales

LNE-SYRTE

Paris

Société des Transports Pétroliers par Pipeline

For mass and related quantities: fluid flow: quantity of fluid (oil)

LNE-TRAPIL

Paris Cedex 15

Georgia

Signatory/NMI

Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology

GEOSTM

Tbilisi

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 17 June 2008
Signed by: Nodar KHATIASHVILI (then Director-General, GEOSTM)

Germany

Signatory/NMI

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

PTB

Braunschweig

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Ernst O. GÖBEL (then President, PTB)

Designated institute(s)

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing/Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung

BAM

Berlin

German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety/Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherhei

BVL

Berlin

Federal Environment Agency/Umweltbundesamt

UBA

Langen

Ghana

Signatory/NMI

Ghana Standards Authority

GSA

Accra

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 24 February 2010
Signed by: Adu DARKWA (then Executive Director, GSB*)
* now GSA

Greece

Signatory/NMI

Hellenic Institute of Metrology

EIM

Sindos, Thessaloniki

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 25 June 2001
Signed by: G. FRYSSALAKIS (EIM)

Designated institute(s)

National Laboratory of Chemical Metrology/General Chemistry State Laboratories - Hellenic Institute of Metrology

For metrology in chemistry

EXHM/GSCL-EIM

Athens

Ionizing Radiation Calibration Laboratory/Greek Atomic Energy Commission - Hellenic Institute of Metrology

For ionizing radiation

IRCL/GAEC-EIM

Patriarxou Gregoriou and Neapoleos

Guyana

Signatory/NMI

Caribbean Community

CARICOM

Georgetown (Guyana)

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 12 October 2005
Signed by: C. RHONE (CROSQ*)
* for CARICOM

Hong Kong, China

Signatory/NMI

Standards and Calibration Laboratory

SCL

Wanchai

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 31 May 2000
Signed by: C. M. LO (then Head, SCL)

Designated institute(s)

Government Laboratory

For metrology in chemistry

GL

Kowloon

Hungary

Signatory/NMI

Government Office of the Capital City Budapest

BFKH

Budapest

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Péter PÁKAY (then President, OMH*)
* now BFKH; previously MKEH

India

Signatory/NMI

CSIR National Physical Laboratory of India

NPLI

New Delhi

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Arup Kumar RAYCHAUDHURI (then Director, NPLI)

Designated institute(s)

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

For ionizing radiation (from 28 July 2003)

BARC

Mumbai

Indonesia

Signatory/NMI

Directorate for National Measurement Standards of Mechanics, Radiation, and Biology and Directorate for National Measurement Standards of Thermoelectric and Chemistry, National Standardization Agency of Indonesia

SNSU-BSN

Banten

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 02 June 2004
Signed by: H. A. AKIL (Puslit KIM-LIPI*)
* now SNSU-BSN

Designated institute(s)

Center for Technology of Radiation Safety and Metrology / National Nuclear Energy Agency

For ionizing radiation

PTKMR - BATAN

Jakarta

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Signatory/NMI

Iran National Standards Organization

INSO

Tehran

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 26 January 2016
Signed by: Khosro MADANIPOUR (then President of NMCI, ISIRI*)
* now INSO; previously ISIRI

Iraq

Signatory/NMI

Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control

COSQC

Baghdad

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 13 June 2014
Signed by: Ali Yousif AL-SHUKRI (Acting President, COSQC)

Ireland

Signatory/NMI

NSAI National Metrology Laboratory

NSAI NML

Dublin

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Paul HETHERINGTON (Director, NML-Ireland*)
* now the NSAI NML

Israel

Signatory/NMI

National Physical Laboratory of Israel

INPL

Jerusalem

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 16 October 2003
Signed by: G. DEITCH (INPL)

Italy

Signatory/NMI

National Institute of Metrological Research/Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica

INRIM

Turin

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Sigfrido LESCHIUTTA (then President, IEN*)
* now INRIM

Designated institute(s)

Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente -Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti

For ionizing radiation

ENEA-INMRI

Rome

Jamaica

Signatory/NMI

Bureau of Standards Jamaica

BSJ

Kingston 10

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 21 July 2004
Signed by: O. THOMAS (BSJ)

Japan

Signatory/NMI

National Metrology Institute of Japan, AIST

NMIJ/AIST

Tsukuba

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Hidetaka IMAI (then Director General, NRLM*)
* now NMIJ AIST

Designated institute(s)

Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute

CERI

Saitama

Japan Electric Meters Inspection Corporation

For AC power

JEMIC

Tokyo

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

NICT

Tokyo

Kazakhstan

Signatory/NMI

RSE "Kazakhstan Institute of Standardization and Metrology"

KazStandart

Astana

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 06 January 2006
Signed by: T. MOMYSHEV (Vice-Chairman, Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Republic of Kazakhstan*)
* for KazInMetr, now KazStandart

Kenya

Signatory/NMI

Kenya Bureau of Standards

KEBS

Nairobi

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 21 November 2002
Signed by: J. KIOKO (for the Managing Director, KEBS)

Korea (Republic of)

Signatory/NMI

Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science

KRISS

Daejeon

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Myung-Sai CHUNG (then President, KRISS)

Kuwait

Signatory/NMI

Public Authority for Industry

PAI

Safat

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 12 July 2018
Signed by: Abdul Karim TAQI (General Manager, PAI)

Latvia

Signatory/NMI

LNMC Metrology Bureau

LATMB

Riga

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 13 March 2001
Signed by: M. MARIS DAVIS (LNMC*)
* now LATMB

Lithuania

Signatory/NMI

State Research Institute, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

FTMC

Vilnius

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 12 April 2001
Signed by: M. O. STAUGAITIS (VMT*)
* Responsibility for the CIPM MRA has since been transferred to FTMC

On behalf of FTMC the CIPM MRA was resigned on: 17 November 2014
by: Gintaras VALUŠIS (Director, FTMC)

Designated institute(s)

Lithuanian Energy Institute

For flow

LEI

Kaunas

Luxembourg

Signatory/NMI

Institut Luxembourgeois de la Normalisation, de l'Accréditation, de la Sécurité et qualité des produits et services – Bureau Luxembourgeois de Métrologie

ILNAS

Belvaux

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 01 October 2014
Signed by: Jean-Marie REIFF (Director, ILNAS)

Malaysia

Signatory/NMI

National Metrology Institute of Malaysia

NMIM

Sepang, Selangor

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 04 October 2001
Signed by: Ariffin ATON (NMC, SIRIM Berhad*)
* now NMIM; previously NML-SIRIM

Designated institute(s)

Department of Chemistry Malaysia (DOC)

For amount of substance: high-purity chemicals for organic compounds; food for preservatives and alcoholic beverages (from 26 September 2017)

KIMIA

Petaling Jaya

Malaysian Nuclear Agency

For ionizing radiation (from 23 July 2007)

Nuclear Malaysia

Kajang

Malta

Signatory/NMI

Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority - Standards and Metrology Institute

MCCAA-SMI

Blata l-Bajda

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 20 June 2001
Signed by: F. E. FARRUGIA (MSA*)
* now MCCAA-SMI

Mauritius

Signatory/NMI

Mauritius Standards Bureau

MSB

Moka

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 09 March 2011
Signed by: Khemraj RAMFUL (Director, MSB)

Mexico

Signatory/NMI

Centro Nacional de Metrología

CENAM

Querétaro

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Héctor NAVA-JAIMES (then Director General, CENAM)

Designated institute(s)

Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático

For concentration of ozone in ambient air

INECC

Ciudad de México

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nuclear

For ionizing radiation

ININ

La Marquesa, Ocoyoacac

Moldova (Rep. of)

Signatory/NMI

The National Metrology Institute of the Republic of Moldova

NMI (MD)

Chisinau

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 November 2007
Signed by: Sergiu BABAN (then General Director, NISM*)
* now NMI (MD)

Mongolia

Signatory/NMI

Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology

MASM

Ulaanbaatar

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 23 October 2013
Signed by: Galbadrakh GANTUMUR (President, MASM)

Montenegro

Signatory/NMI

Bureau of Metrology

BMM

Podgorica

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 19 October 2011
Signed by: Vanja ASANOVIC (Director, BMM)

Morocco

Signatory/NMI

Laboratoire Public d’Essais et d’Études, Laboratoire National de Métrologie

LPEE/LNM

Casablanca

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 15 July 2019
Signed by: Mohammed BERRADA (Director, LPEE-LNM)

Namibia

Signatory/NMI

Namibian Standards Institution

NSI

Windhoek

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 16 October 2012
Signed by: Riundja Ali KAAKUNGA (then Chief Executive Officer, NSI)

Netherlands

Signatory/NMI

VSL Dutch Metrology Institute

VSL

Delft

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Tjalling M. PLANTENGA (then Director, NMi-VSL*)
* now VSL

New Zealand

Signatory/NMI

Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand

MSL

Lower Hutt

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Chris M. SUTTON (then Director, MSL)

North Macedonia

Signatory/NMI

Bureau of Metrology, Ministry of Economy

BOM

Skopje

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 November 2007
Signed by: Sonja MIRAKOVSKA (then Director, BOM)

Norway

Signatory/NMI

Norwegian Metrology Service/Justervesenet

JV

Kjeller

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Helga KILDAL (then Director General, JV)

Designated institute(s)

Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority

For ionizing radiation

DSA

Østerås

Norwegian Institute for Air Research

For metrology in chemistry: gases

NILU

Kjeller

Norwegian Institute for Water Research

For water analysis

NIVA

Oslo

Oman

Signatory/NMI

Directorate General for specifications and Measurements

DGSM

Muscat

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 20 November 2014
Signed by: Saud Naser AL-KHUSAIBI (Director General of Organizations and Commercial Relations, DGSM)

Pakistan

Signatory/NMI

National Physical and Standards Laboratory

NPSL

Islamabad

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 06 July 2011
Signed by: Shaheen RAJA (General Director, NPSL)

Panama

Signatory/NMI

Centro Nacional de Metrología de Panamá AIP

CENAMEP AIP

Panamá

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 16 September 2003
Signed by: A. M. ARAOLAZA (CENAMEP*)
* now CENAMEP AIP

Paraguay

Signatory/NMI

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología

INTN

Asuncion

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 27 October 2009
Signed by: Ruben Ricardo RAMIREZ (Director of Metrology, INTN)

Peru

Signatory/NMI

National Institute for Quality/Instituto Nacional de Calidad

INACAL

Lima

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 17 November 2009
Signed by: Jaime THORNE LEON (then President, INDECOPI*)
* now part of INACAL

Philippines

Signatory/NMI

National Metrology Laboratory of the Philippines

NMLPHIL

Taguig City

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 19 December 2002
Signed by: E. P. LOZADA (NMLPHIL)

Designated institute(s)

Standards and Testing Division, Industrial Technology Development Institute

For chemistry (from 21 January 2014)

STD-ITDI

Taguig City

Poland

Signatory/NMI

Central Office of Measures

GUM

Warsaw

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Krzysztof Andrzej MORDZINSKI (then Director, GUM)

Designated institute(s)

Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research/Instytut Niskich Temperatur i Badañ Strukturalnych

For temperature measurements from 13.8033 K to 273.16 K

INTiBS

Wroclaw

National Centre for Nuclear Research, Radioisotope Centre

For ionizing radiation

POLATOM

Swierk

Portugal

Signatory/NMI

Instituto Português da Qualidade

IPQ

Caparica

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Eduardo Manuel de ALMEIDA FARINHA (Vice-President, IPQ)

Designated institute(s)

Instituto Hidrográfico - Laboratório de Química e Poluição do Meio Marinho

For chemistry: sea water, sediments

IH-LQPM

Lisbon

Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica, Instituto Superior Técnico

For ionizing radiation

IST-LPSR

Sacavém

Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil - Unidade de Hidráulica Metrológica

For Liquid Flow: Minimum Flow 1439,99 L/h; Maximum Flow 1,22E+06 L/h. For Flow Speed: Minimum Flow 0,05 m/s; Maximum Flow 6 m/s. (from 15 June 2021)

LNEC-UHM

Lisbon

Qatar

Signatory/NMI

Qatar General Organization for Standards and Metrology

QGOSM

Doha

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 16 March 2016
Signed by: Saleh Salem AL-RUMAIHI (Director of the Central Laboratories, QGOSM)

Romania

Signatory/NMI

National Institute of Metrology/Institutul National de Metrologie

INM

Bucharest

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Paul DARVARIU (Deputy Director, BRML*)
* on behalf of INM

Designated institute(s)

National Institute of Research and Development for Physics and Nuclear Engineering - "Horia Hulubei"

For ionizing radiation

IFIN-HH

Bucarest - Magurele

Russian Federation

Signatory/NMI

Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology

Rosstandart

Moscow

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Vladimir N. KRUTIKOV (Vice-President, Gosstandart of Russia*)
* now Rosstandart

Designated institute(s)

All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Physical Technical Measurements, Rosstandart

VNIIFTRI

Moscow

D.I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology, Rosstandart

VNIIM

St Petersburg

Russian Scientific Research Institute for Metrological Service, Rosstandart

VNIIMS

Moscow

All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements, Rosstandart

VNIIOFI

Moscow

Saudi Arabia

Signatory/NMI

Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization/National Measurement and Calibration Center

SASO-NMCC

Riyadh

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 25 May 2011
Signed by: Nabil AMEEN MOLLA (SASO-NMCC)

Serbia

Signatory/NMI

Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals

DMDM

Belgrade

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 05 December 2002
Signed by: D. MILOSEVIC (FBMPM*)
* now DMDM

Designated institute(s)

Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences

For ionizing radiation, thermophysical quantities (from 29 September 2014)

VINS

Vinča

Singapore

Signatory/NMI

National Metrology Centre, Agency for Science, Technology and Research

NMC, A*STAR

Singapore

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: LAM Kong Hong (then Director of NMC, PSB*)
* now NMC A*STAR; previously NMC, SPRING Singapore

Designated institute(s)

Health Sciences Authority

For chemistry

HSA

Singapore

Slovakia

Signatory/NMI

Slovak Institute of Metrology/Slovenský Metrologický Ústav

SMU

Bratislava

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Peter KNEPPO (then Director, SMU)

Slovenia

Signatory/NMI

Metrology Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology

MIRS

Celje

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 23 June 2003
Signed by: I. SKUBIC (MIRS)

Designated institute(s)

MIRS/Jozef Stefan Institute/Low and Medium Energy Physics F2, Environmental Sciences O2

For ionizing radiation, amount of substance/Chemical trace Elements/in the organic and inorganic materials (from 05 March 2010)

MIRS/IJS/F-2,0-2

Ljubljana

MIRS/Institute of Metals and Technology/Laboratory of Pressure Metrology

For pressure (from 02 November 2004)

MIRS/IMT/LMT

Ljubljana

MIRS/National Institute of Biology/Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology

For amount of substance/Bioanalysis of Nucleic Acids/GMOs and Microorganisms (from 05 March 2010)

MIRS/NIB/FITO

Ljubljana

MIRS/Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology/Metrology

For electricity and magnetism; time and frequency (from 04 May 2004)

MIRS/SIQ/Metrology

Ljubljana

MIRS/University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering/Laboratory of Metrology and Quality

For temperature and humidity (from 04 May 2004)

MIRS/UL-FE/LMK

Ljubljana

MIRS/University of Maribor, Faculty for Mechanical Engineering/Laboratory for Production Management

For Length (from 07 March 2005)

MIRS/UM-FS/LTM

Maribor

MIRS/Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute/Laboratory for Cements, Mortars and Ceramics

For amount of substance/Inorganic Non-metals and their Compounds, Manganese, Loss on Ignition, insoluble and main Components/in Mineral Binders and Mortars (from 05 March 2010)

MIRS/ZAG/SM480

Ljubljana

MIRS/Science and Research Centre Koper/ Laboratory of the Institute for Oliveculture

For amount of substance/Organic Compounds, in particular Fatty Acids, Sterols, Biophemols, Tocopherols, Waxes, Triacylglycerols, Stigmastadienes/in Biological Materials and food (from 05 March 2010)

MIRS/ZRS Koper/LAB-IZO

Koper

South Africa

Signatory/NMI

National Metrology Institute of South Africa

NMISA

Pretoria

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: François DENNER (then Manager, CSIR-NML*)
* now the NMISA

Designated institute(s)

iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences

For ionizing radiation: medium- and high-energy neutron measurements (from 27 February 2015)

iThemba LABS

Somerset West

Spain

Signatory/NMI

Centro Español de Metrología

CEM

Madrid

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Ángel GARCÍA SAN ROMÁN (then Director, CEM)

Designated institute(s)

Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas

For dosimetry; radiactivity; neutron measurements

CIEMAT

Madrid

Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aerospacial

For radio frequency measurements; humidity

INTA

Torrejon de Ardoz

Instituto de Optica 'Daza de Valdés'

For photometry and radiometry

IO-CSIC

Madrid

Instituto de Salud Carlos III

For amount of substance; gases; ozone

ISCIII

Majadahonda (Madrid)

Laboratorio Central Oficial de Electrotecnica

For high voltage and current

LCOE

Madrid

Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada

For time and frequency

ROA

Cadiz

Sri Lanka

Signatory/NMI

Measurement Units, Standards & Services Department

MUSSD

Homagama

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 November 2007
Signed by: K. A. GUNASOMA (then Director, MUSSD*)
* The NMI did not participate in the CIPM MRA from 1 January 2015 to 16 August 2016

Sweden

Signatory/NMI

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB

RISE

Borås

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Hans ANDERSSON (then Director, SP*)
* now RISE

Designated institute(s)

Swedish Radiation Safety Authority

For ionizing radiation

SSM

Stockholm

Switzerland

Signatory/NMI

Federal Institute of Metrology METAS

METAS

Bern-Wabern

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Wolfgang SCHWITZ (then Director, OFMET*)
* now METAS

Designated institute(s)

Institut Universitaire de Radiophysique Appliquée/Institute of Radiation Physics

For ionizing radiation: radioactivity; activity, units Bq and Bq/g (from 20 September 2002)

IRA

Lausanne

MBW Calibration AG

For absolute humidity: dew point from –90 °C to +95 °C (from 02 May 2014)

MBW

Wettingen

Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Obseratorium Davos and World Radiation Center

For photometry and radiometry: solar irradiance, responsivity (from 20 September 2002)

PMOD/WRC(CH)

Davos Dorf

Tanzania (United Rep. of)

Signatory/NMI

Tanzania Bureau of Standards

TBS

Dar-es-Salaam

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 16 April 2018
Signed by: Egid B. MUBOFU (Director General, TBS)

Thailand

Signatory/NMI

National Institute of Metrology (Thailand)

NIMT

Pathumthani

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Prayoon SHIOWATTANA (then Director, NIMT)

Designated institute(s)

Bureau of Quality and Safety of Food, Department of Medical Science, Ministry of Public Health

For DNA quantification in food; chemistry: pesticide residues in food (from 22 August 2008)

BQSF, DMSc

Nonthaburi

Bureau of Radiation and Medical Devices, Department of Medical Science, Ministry of Public Health

For ionizing radiation: dosimetry measurements as listed in the attached file

BRMD, DMSc

Nonthaburi

Office of Atoms for Peace

For ionizing radiation: all radioactivity and neutron measurements; dosimetry measurements with the exception of those listed in the attached file (from 26 July 2004)

OAP

Bangkok

Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation

For chemistry: preservative agents in food and beverages (from 31 May 2016)

TISTR

Changwat Pathum Thani

Tunisia

Signatory/NMI

Agence Nationale de Métrologie, Ministère du Commerce et de l'Artisanat

ANM

Tunis

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 November 2007
Signed by: Saloua GHEDAMSI (then General Director, LCAE*)
* Responsibility for the CIPM MRA has since been transferred to ANM

On behalf of ANM the CIPM MRA was resigned on: 14 October 2013
by: Mourad BEN HASSINE (then Director General, ANM)

Designated institute(s)

Laboratoire de métrologie du Ministère de la Défense Nationale

For electricity and magnetism, and time and frequency (from 29 July 2013)

DEF-NAT

Tunis

National Institute of Research and Physico and Chemical Analysis/Institut National de Recherches et d'Analyses Physico-chimiques

For metrology in chemistry (from 29 July 2013)

INRAP

Ariana

Türkiye

Signatory/NMI

National Metrology Institute of Türkiye/TÜBITAK Ulusal Metroloji Enstitüsü

UME

Gebze-Kocaeli

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Hüseyin UGUR (then Director, UME)

Designated institute(s)

Marmara Research Center, Materials Institute - Underwater Acoustics Laboratory

For underwater acoustics

MRC MI-UAL

Gebze-Kocaeli

Nuclear Energy Research Institute

For ionizing radiation

TENMAK-NÜKEN

Ankara

Ukraine

Signatory/NMI

Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine/Derzhspozhivstandard of Ukraine

ME

Kyiv

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 2003
Signed by: G. SYDORENKO (ME)

Designated institute(s)

National Scientific Centre "Institute of Metrology"

For electricity and magnetism: DC voltage, current and resistance; other DC and low frequency measurements, electric and magnetic fields, radio frequency measurements, materials; for length: radiations of the Mise en Pratique, linear dimensions, form, complex geometry, various dimensional; for mass and related quantities: mass, density of solid, pressure, hardness, gravity, liquid flow, quantity of fluid, flow speed, multiphase flow; for photometry and radiometry; for ionizing radiation; for thermometry; for time and frequency

NSC IM

Kharkiv

State Enterprise "Ivano-Frankivsk scientific and production center for standardization, metrology and certification"

For mass and related quantities: gas flow

SE "Ivano-Frankivskstandard metrologia"

Ivano-Frankivsk

State Enterprise "Scientific and Research Institute for Metrology of Measurement and Control Systems"

For acoustics, ultrasound, and vibration: sound in air, sound in water

SE "NDI Systema"

Lviv

State Enterprise "All-Ukrainian State Scientific and Production Center of Standardization, Metrology, Certification and Consumer' Rights Protection

For acoustics, ultrasound, and vibration: vibration; for electricity and magnetism: impedance (up to the MHz range), AC voltage (up to the MHz range), AC current, AC power and energy, high voltage and current, phase angle; for length: angle, optical standards, reference materials; for mass and related quantities: density of liquid, refractive index of liquid, force, torque, viscosity, heat flow, hot water flow; for photometry and radiometry: refractive index (spectral), angle of rotation of plane of polarization (spectral), ellipsometric angles (spectral), haze; for metrology in chemistry; for thermometry: humidity

SE "Ukrmetrteststandard"

Kyiv

United Arab Emirates

Signatory/NMI

Emirates Metrology Institute

EMI

Masdar - Abu Dhabi

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 03 February 2016
Signed by: Rashid Ahmed BIN FAHAD (Minister of Environment and Water; Chairman, ESMA)

Designated institute(s)

Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation SSDL

For ionizing radiation (from 19 May 2021)

FANR SSDL

Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom

Signatory/NMI

National Physical Laboratory

NPL

Teddington

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: John RAE (then Director, NPL)

Designated institute(s)

LGC Ltd.

For chemical and bio-metrology excluding gas analysis

LGC

Teddington

National Gear Metrology Laboratory

For gear standards

NGML

Newcastle upon Tyne

National Institute for Biological Standards and Control

For bio-activity metrology related to international activity units

NIBSC

Hertfordshire

National Measurement and Regulation Office, formerly National Measurement Office

For fluid flow: static volume

NMRO

Teddington

TUVNEL, formerly National Engineering Laboratory

For fluid flow: gas and liquids

TUVNEL

Glasgow

United States of America

Signatory/NMI

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST

Gaithersburg

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Karen H. BROWN (then Deputy Director, NIST)

Designated institute(s)

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, Underwater Sound Reference Division

(from 12 September 2019)

NUWC-USRD

Newport

Uruguay

Signatory/NMI

Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay

LATU

Montevideo

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Ruperto LONG (then President, LATU)

Designated institute(s)

Laboratorios Tecnogestión - Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería

For ionizing radiation

MIEM-LSMRI

Montevideo

Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones Eléctricas

For electricity and magnetism; and time and frequency

UTE

Montevideo

Uzbekistan

Signatory/NMI

Uzbek National Institute of Metrology of Uzstandard Agency

UzNIM

Tashkent

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 12 November 2018
Signed by: Dilshod SATTAROV (Director General, UzSTANDARD Agency*)
* on behalf of UzNIM SE

Viet Nam

Signatory/NMI

Vietnam Metrology Institute - Directorate for Standards and Quality

VMI-STAMEQ

Ha Noi

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 16 September 2004
Signed by: K. X. VU (VMI-STAMEQ)

Zambia

Signatory/NMI

Zambia Metrology Agency

ZMA

Lusaka

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 03 February 2011
Signed by: Mataa MUKELABAI (Director, ZABS*)
* Responsibility for the CIPM MRA has since been transferred to ZMA

On behalf of ZMA the CIPM MRA was resigned on: 23 July 2018
by: Himba C. CHEELO (Executive Director, ZMA)

Zimbabwe

Signatory/NMI

Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre - NMI

NMI-SIRDC

Harare

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 January 2011
Signed by: Mathew RANGANAI (Research Director, NMI-SIRDC*)
* The NMI did not participate in the CIPM MRA from 1 January 2021 to 7 February 2022

European Space Agency (ESA)

Signatory/NMI

European Space Agency

ESA

Paris

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 08 October 2012
Signed by: Franco ONGARO (Director of Technical and Quality Management, ESA)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Signatory/NMI

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA

Vienna

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Pedro ANDREO (then Head of Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section, IAEA)

European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC-Geel)

Signatory/NMI

European Commission - Joint Research Centre

JRC-Geel

Geel

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 14 October 1999
Signed by: Manfred GRASSERBAUER (then Director, IRMM*)
* now integrated into the JRC

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Signatory/NMI

World Meteorological Organization

WMO

Geneva

Participating in the CIPM MRA since: 01 April 2010
Signed by: Michel JARRAUD (then Secretary General, WMO)

Designated institute(s)

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

For surface ozone

EMPA

Dübendorf

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

For CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6 and CO concentrations

NOAA/ESRL

Boulder

Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Obseratorium Davos and World Radiation Center

For solar irradiance

PMOD/WRC

Davos Dorf