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OIML Update 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting, Albuquerque Dr. Charles Ehrlich International Legal Metrology Program NIST Office of Weights and Measures U. S. CIML Member OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 1

Load Cells OIML TC 9: Instruments for Measuring Mass and Density (U. S. is Secretariat) NIST Office of Weights and Measures Contact: John Barton 1 2 CD was circulated for vote in June 2013, to OIML TC 9 p 1. Voting responses indicated that the draft is to be further developed by the Project Group. 2 A 3 rd CD is now being drafted and is expected to be presented for review in March 2014. 3 Meeting scheduled of TC 9 p 1 on March 17 -18, 2014, at NIST. Meetings of the CPR and MAA Ad Hoc Working Group will be held on March 19 -21, 2014, also at NIST. 4 A 1 WD of R 60 Part 3 is also being drafted and is expected to be circulated in Spring 2014. OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 2

Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems OIML TC 9/SC 2 NIST Office of Weights and Measures Contact: John Barton 1 OIML R 50 Continuous Totalizing Automatic Weighing Instruments (Belt Weighers) was approved through an on-line ballot that concluded July 8 th 2013. Parts 1 & 2 of R 50 will now be registered with the BIML as a Final Draft, and then will be published on the OIML website. 2 Part 3 of R 50 was circulated to Project Group members as a 2 nd Committee Draft in July 2013 for a vote. Voting was completed in September 2013 and resulted in approval. This document has now moved to a “Draft Recommendation” status. 3 Anyone interested in this Recommendation, please contact John Barton (301 -975 -4002 or john. barton@nist. gov ). OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 3

General Requirements for Measuring Instruments OIML TC 5/SC 1: Environmental Conditions NIST Office of Weights and Measures Contact: Ralph Richter 1 OIML D 11 is important because it provides a general reference for testing requirements on all measuring instruments 2 The Draft Document of D 11 was approved by the CIML in October 2013. 3 33 3 The new D 11: 2013 was published in December 2013 and is available on the OIML website. OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 4

Dynamic Measurement of Liquids Other Than Water OIML TC 8/SC 3 NIST Office of Weights and Measures and OIML Co-Sec Contact: Ralph Richter 1 U. S. chairs the Project Group that is developing OIML R 117 -2 and R 117 -3. 2 An R 117 Project Group Meeting was held in Oct 2013 in London. 3 The 2 CD for R 117 -2 " Test Methods " includes several new annexes. 4 An R 117 Project Group meeting will be held in Chicago in April. OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 5

Water Meters OIML TC 8/SC 5 NIST Office of Weights and Measures Contact: Ralph Richter 1 OIML + ISO + CEN have been working together for several years to harmonize requirements for water meters. 2 The CIML preliminary ballot on R 49 closed in May 2013, and the Recommendation received final CIML approval in Oct 2013. 3 3 3 OIML R 49 is expected to be published in early 2014. OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 6

Gas Metering OIML TC 8/SC 7 NIST Office of Weights and Measures Contacts: Ralph Richter and Juana Williams 1 OIML R 137 -3 ”Gas Meters – Test Report Format” is out for CIML Preliminary Ballot, vote due March 12, 2014. 2 The new ANSI B 109 standard is harmonized with OIML R 137. This new ANSI standard is currently out for comment to the ANSI B 109 committee and the gas measurement committees of AGA and API. 3 OIML R 139 “Compressed gaseous fuel measuring systems for vehicles” is out for CIML Preliminary Ballot, vote due March 20, 2014. OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 7

Prepackaged Products – Labeling and Net Quantity OIML TC 6 NIST Office of Weights and Measures Contact: Ken Butcher 1 2 333 A 5 th CD of R 79 “Labeling Requirements” was recently distributed and is under review by the U. S. National Working Group on TC 6. A 3 rd CD of R 87 “Quantity of Product in Prepackages” will be distributed in 2014 for comment. A new project to develop a guide to facilitate bilateral agreements on certification systems for prepackages. was recently approved by the CIML. 4 The next meeting of TC 6 is scheduled to be held in Korea in September 2014. OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 8

OIML Certificate System and Mutual Acceptance Arrangement (MAA) OIML TC 3/SC 5 NIST Office of Weights and Measures Contact: Chuck Ehrlich 1 An Ad Hoc Working Group has been formed to examine possible efficiencies and other improvements to MAA. 2 Meeting at NIST from 20 -21 March, 2014, of MAA Ad Hoc Working Group. 3 U. S. will be well represented (NCWM/NTEP, SMA, MMA, NIST). OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 9

OIML Certificate System and Mutual Acceptance Arrangement (MAA) OIML TC 3/SC 5 NIST Office of Weights and Measures Contact: Chuck Ehrlich OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 10

CIML Meetings • 48 th CIML Meeting was held October 7 - 11, 2013 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam • Key Decisions Revision of OIML Directives, Part 1 Election of OIML Second Vice President Approval of new Documents and Recommendations • 49 th CIML Meeting will be held November, 2014 Auckland, New Zealand OIML web site: www. oiml. org OIML Update | 2014 NCWM Interim Meeting 11

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