Legislative basis for assurance of measurement uniformity

Abstract

An overview of the legal framework of metrology at the international level, in particular, the activities of the intergovernmental International Organization of Legal Metrology, is given. The establishment of the International Organization of Legal Metrology has had an impact on the consolidation of the regulatory framework for metrology at the regional level, especially in the European Union. The reliability, comparability and traceability of measurement results are ensured by international regulatory documents developed by countries in the field of activity of seven international organizations. For international recognition of measurement and test results of any country. There is a need for a system of normative instruments that ensure international law. Strategically, it is necessary to create a legal framework so that it is possible to move from regional politics to global politics. The role of legal metrology at the regional level and the formation of the legislative framework of fundamental metrology in the world are described. The article presents a database of basic documents for solving scientific problems of ensuring the uniformity of measurements at the international level and the main milestones in the history of the formation of the legal framework of the measurement system in Russia for two centuries. The creation of the metrological service of the USSR, and then the state system for ensuring the uniformity of measurements determined new approaches to improving legislation in the field of metrology. Harmonization of the language of measurements and approaches to solving the problems of metrology will ensure the uniformity of measurements not only in individual countries and regions, but also on a global scale.