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Member State: Switzerland

CH - participation

The Swiss Confederation was one of the initial signatories of the Metre Convention (20 May 1875).

It ratified the Convention and became a Member State on 20 December 1875.

Participation of the NMI/DIs in the CCs

CCAUV

CCEM

Member

CCL

Member

CCM

Member

CCPR

Member

CCQM

Member

CCRI

Member

CCT

CCTF

Member

CCU

Member

CIPM MRA State

CIPM MRA

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

Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos and World Radiation Center

For photometry and radiometry: solar irradiance, spectral solar irradiance, and essential climate variable: surface radiation budget (from 20 September 2002)

PMOD/WRC(CH)

Davos Dorf

CH - KCDB links

International recognition

CMCs

Comparisons

Asset Publisher

CIPM MRA logo

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

METAS

PMOD/WRC(CH)

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BIPM services provided

Comparisons piloted by the BIPM

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Key comparisons

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Calibration certificates issued by the BIPM

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Calibration in Co-60, Ion chamber NE2571-2690

CH
METAS

Calibration in Co-60, Ion chamber NE2611A-129

CH
METAS

Ion chamber, No. NE2571-2690 in Co-60 beam

CH
METAS

Ion chamber, No. NE2611A-129 in Co-60 beam

CH
METAS

1 kg mass prototype, No. 89

1 kg mass prototype, No. 38

CBKT

Participation in the BIPM CBKT programme

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2025)

KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2024)

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2023)

KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2023)

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2022)

KCDB 2.0 - TC Chairs (2022)

KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2022)

2021 - BIPM-ILAC joint webinar: Mining KCDB 2.0 in the context of accreditation (2021)

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2021)

2020 - EURAMET: The KCDB2.0 (2020)

KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2020)

2018 - UTC: Effective participation (2018)

2017 - EURAMET: TC Leadership (2017)

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

METAS

Varenna Metrology School

METAS

2018 - UTC: Effective participation

METAS

2018 - ‘Train the trainer’: Transitioning to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the CIPM MRA