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last update: 15.04.2021
1. Law on metrology
(up-to-date country information has not been submitted to the COOMET Secretariat)
The basic act establishing the national policy in the field of metrology is the Ordinance No. 20/1992 approved by the Law No. 11/1994. This document concerns the use of the units of measurement, the national system of measurement standards and the regime of the measuring instruments subject to the state metrological control.
2. Metrological infrastructure
(up-to-date country information has not been submitted to the COOMET Secretariat - information from the Directory-2015 is given)
The official body responsible for metrology in Romania is the Romanian Bureau of Legal Metrology (BRML), a public institution, with non-budgetary financing, subordinated to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. BRML coordinates the metrology activities at the national level and supervises the compliance with the legal metrology regulations throughout the country.
FUNDAMENTAL METROLOGY
The National Institute of Metrology (INM), with laboratories in Bucharest and Timisoara, provides the maintenance and development of the national measurement standards, their comparison with international measurement standards and measurement standards of other countries, dissemination of the measurement units to secondary standards, higher echelon calibration services, scientific research in metrology and other related fields. INM is a research institute, part of the BRML structure, which is financed mainly through services paid by customers, but also through contracts financed by the Ministry of Research and Technology.
National Institute of Metrology (INM)
| Director: | Dr. Mirella Buzoianu |
| Address: | 11 Sos. Vitan Bârzesti, 75669 Bucharest, Romania |
| Telephone: | +40 1 334 55 20 |
| Fax: | +40 1 334 53 45 |
| E-mail: | mirella.buzoianu@inm.ro |
| Web: | http://www.inm.ro |
The activity of INM covers the major part of physical quantities (dimensional, mechanical, electromagnetic, thermal, optical, physical-chemical, ionising radiation, etc.). The primary standards realised at INM are assessed by BRML and declared as national standards through governmental decisions.
INM also performs calibrations, metrological verifications, pattern and conformity tests, high accuracy measurements, certification of reference materials, international cooperation; offers consultations, education and training in metrology; prepares calibration/verification procedures and publishes the technical quarterly journal METROLOGIE.
APPLIED METROLOGY
The set of activities aimed at assuring traceability of all measurements in industry and other areas – also known as industrial or technical metrology – is carried out mainly in the regional metrology laboratories belonging to BRML and in the laboratories of enterprises and factories.
LEGAL METROLOGY
According to the legislation in force in the field of metrology, the measuring instruments used in areas of public interest, such as trade, health, environment protection, etc. are submitted to the metrological control of the state. This control is exerted mainly through the authorisation of metrology laboratories and their personnel, through pattern approval of measuring instruments manufactured in Romania or imported, through initial and subsequent metrological verifications and through metrological surveillance.
BRML issues orders and regulations in the field of legal metrology, performs inspections and applies sanctions, represents Romania in the international organisations of legal metrology.
3. National measurement standards
Up-to-date country information has not been submitted to the COOMET Secretariat.
4. Status of participation in Metre Convention
Member of the Metre Convention since 1884.
Signatory of the Mutual Recognition Agreement (CIPM MRA): National Institute of Metrology (INM) (October 14, 1999).
(Has the right to use the CIPM MRA logo from November 7, 2006)
Designated Institute: in the field of ionizing radiation - "Horia Hulubei" National Institute of Physical and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest.
(Has the right to use the CIPM MRA logo since May 29, 2008)
https://www.bipm.org/en/about-us/member-states/ro/
Signatory of the Mutual Recognition Agreement (CIPM MRA): National Institute of Metrology (INM) (October 14, 1999).
(Has the right to use the CIPM MRA logo from November 7, 2006)
Designated Institute: in the field of ionizing radiation - "Horia Hulubei" National Institute of Physical and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest.
(Has the right to use the CIPM MRA logo since May 29, 2008)
https://www.bipm.org/en/about-us/member-states/ro/
5. Certificates of recognition of QMS of NMIs (within COOMET)
Romania receives its NMI QMS recognition within EURAMET.
6. Status of Calibration and measurement capabilities (CMC data)
Romania publishes its CMC data within EURAMET.
KCDB database: https://www.bipm.org/kcdb/cmc/quick-search?keywords=romania
7. OIML membership status