practice and process of applying statutory and regulatory structure and enforcement to metrology (see 0.01)

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Note 1 The scope of legal metrology may be different from country to country.

Note 2 Legal metrology includes

• setting up legal requirements,

• control / conformity assessment of regulated products and regulated activities,

• supervision of regulated products and of regulated activities, and

• providing the necessary infrastructure for the traceability of regulated measurements and measuring instruments to SI or national standards.

Note 3 There are also regulations outside the area of legal metrology pertaining to the accuracy and correctness of measurement methods.

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0. Basic terms click to expand contents

1. Metrology and its legal aspects click to expand contents

2. Legal metrology activities click to expand contents

3. Documents and marks within legal metrology click to expand contents

4. Classification of measuring instruments click to expand contents

5. Construction and operation of measuring instruments click to expand contents

6. Software in legal metrology click to expand contents

Annex A Terms relating to conformity assessment (Normative) click to expand contents

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