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The Bureau International de Métrologie
Légale (BIML) is the Secretariat and headquarters
of the OIML, ensuring both the day to day running of activities
and the planning of longer term actions.
The BIML coordinates and informs CIML Members
of technical work undertaken by OIML Technical Committees
(of which there are currently eighteen), organizes OIML
Conference and Committee Meetings and manages the finances
of the Organization.
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Liaisons are also maintained with Regional, International
and National Organisms; these ties are becoming increasingly close,
which serves to further legal metrology in a wider context.
Another key aspect of BIML work is the issuing
of OIML Publications: Recommendations, Documents, Vocabularies,
the quarterly Bulletin and maintenance of the Web Site.
All translation, editing, proof-reading and layout
is carried out in-house in an effort to reduce costs, increase
productivity and reduce the risk of printing errors. As a result,
the lead-time for producing Recommendations approved by the Committee
has been cut by almost half; the same applies to the production
of the Minutes of OIML Meetings and Conferences.
The BIML Documentation Center houses numerous
technical documents, information booklets and data on manufacturers,
as well as stocks of OIML Publications.
The Internet is a fast, modern way of communicating
and the OIML Web Site contains details of OIML Members, Publications,
Certificates, activities and various other information. The site,
which came on line at the beginning of 1997, is regularly updated
and its content expanded.
The OIML Bulletin is edited and produced by BIML
Staff - circulation is approximately 1300 copies, sent free of
charge to Members and by subscription to manufacturers and other
interested parties. The Bulletin is regularly re-styled to keep
up with technological developments, and contributions emanate
from a wide range of professional metrologists throughout the
world. Articles feature the state of development of metrological
activities in various countries - of particular interest are those
written by Members of Developing Countries, who constantly strive
to improve the services and facilities they offer for legal metrology
activities such as type approval testing and verification as well
as for calibration and accreditation.
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