[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 58131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21761]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcement of a Public Meeting on U.S. Technical Participation 
in the 12th Quadrennial Conference of the International Organization of 
Legal Metrology (OIML)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Meeting announcement and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will 
hold a public meeting to discuss U.S. technical participation in the 
12th Quadrennial Conference of the International Organization of Legal 
Metrology (OIML). This pre-conference public meeting is open to all 
interested parties.
    The principal focus will be on 20 OIML Recommendations on legal 
measuring instruments that will be presented for ratification by the 
Conference. These Recommendations and OIML-member nations' technical 
comments on them will be reviewed with interested parties who will be 
given an opportunity to present their views on the Recommendations and 
other relevant issues related to the Conference.
    Participants with an expressed interest in particular topics may 
obtain copies of the OIML Conference technical agenda, including copies 
of the Recommendations to be ratified. Interested parties wishing to 
schedule an oral presentation at the pre-conference meeting should 
provide a written summary of comments to the NIST International Legal 
Metrology Group no later than 5 October 2004. Written comments from 
parties unable to attend the pre-conference public meeting are welcome 
at any time.

DATES: Pre-conference meeting at the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology: Tuesday, 12 October 2004 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon; 
Twelfth OIML International Conference of Legal Metrology in Berlin, 
Germany 24-29 October 2004.

ADDRESSES: Pre-conference meeting: National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST North), Conference Room 152, 820 West Diamond Avenue, 
Gaithersburg, MD; International Conference: main venue is the Federal 
Ministry of Economics and Labor Conference Center in Berlin, Germany.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ralph Richter, International Legal 
Metrology Group, Weights and Measures Division, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2600; telephone: (301) 
975-4025; fax: (301) 926-0647; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International Organization of Legal 
Metrology (OIML) is an intergovernmental treaty organization in which 
the United States and 59 other nations are members. Its principal 
purpose is to harmonize national laws and regulations pertaining to 
testing and verifying the performance of legal measuring instruments 
used for equity in commerce, for public and worker health and safety, 
and for monitoring and protecting the environment. The harmonized 
results promote the international trade of measuring instruments and 
products affected by measurement.
    Twenty Recommendations will be presented for ratification by the 
Conference in the following two categories: (1) Those already approved 
by the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) between 2001 
and 2003; and (2) those that are expected to be submitted directly to 
the Conference for ratification. These Recommendations and the OIML-
member nations holding the responsible secretariat for their 
development are listed below:

Category 1

R16 ``Non-invasive Sphygmomanometers. Part 1: Mechanical; Part 2: 
Automated'' (revision) (Austria);
R48 ``Tungsten ribbon lamps for calibration of radiation 
thermometers.'' (revision) (Russia);
R49-2 and R49-3 ``Water meters intended for metering cold potable 
water. Part 2: Test methods. Part 3: Test report format.'' (new 
documents) (UK);
R52 ``Hexagonal weights, ordinary accuracy class from 100 g to 50 kg.'' 
(revision) (US);
R61-1 and R61-2 ``Automatic gravimetric filling instruments, Part 1: 
Metrological and technical requirements--Tests.'' (revision) ``Part 2: 
Test report format.'' (new document) (UK);
R75-1 and R75-2 ``Heat meters. Part 1: General requirements. Part 2: 
Pattern approval and initial verification tests.'' (revision) 
(Germany);
R84 ``Platinum, copper and nickel resistance thermometers (for 
industrial use).'' (revision) (Russia)
R87 ``Net content in packages.'' (revision) (US);
R99 ``Instruments for measuring vehicle exhaust emissions (joint 
publication with ISO 3930).'' (amendment to document) (Netherlands);
R133 ``Liquid-in-glass thermometers.'' (new document) (US);
R134 ``Automatic instruments for weighing road vehicles in motion. Part 
A--Total vehicle weighing.'' (new document) (UK);
R135 ``Spectrophotometers for medical laboratories.'' (new document) 
(Germany)

Category 2

R51-1 and R51-2 ``Automatic catchweighing instruments. Part 1: 
Metrological requirements--Tests.'' (revision) ``Part 2: Test report 
format.'' (new document) (UK)
R111-1 and R111-2 ``Weights of classes E1, E2, 
F1, F2, M1, M1-2, 
M2, M2-3, and M3. Part 1: Metrological 
and Technical Requirements. Part 2: Test Report Format.'' (revision) 
(US);

    Draft Recommendation ``Instruments for measuring the areas of 
leathers. Part 1: Metrological requirements--Tests.'' (new document) 
(UK)

    Dated: September 23, 2004.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 04-21761 Filed 9-28-04; 8:45 am]
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