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General Conference on Weights and Measures Bureau International des Poids et Mesures General Conference on Weights and Measures 22nd Meeting (October 2003) Note on the use of the English text To make its work more widely accessible the International Committee for Weights and Measures publishes an English version of its reports. Readers should note that the official record is always that of the French text. This must be used when an authoritative reference is required or when there is doubt about the interpretation of the text. · 239 Contents List of delegates and invited 9 Proceedings, 13-17 October 2003 243 Agenda 244 1 Opening of the Conference 245 2 Address on behalf of the Ministre des Affaires Étrangères de la République Française 245 3 Reply by the President of the International Committee 246 4 Address by the President of the Académie des Sciences, President of the Conference 247 5 Presentation of credentials by delegates 251 6 Nomination of Secretary of the Conference 251 7 Establishment of the list of delegates entitled to vote 251 8 Approval of the agenda 252 9 Report of the President of the CIPM on the work accomplished since the 21st General Conference (October 1999 – September 2003) 253 9.1 Introduction 253 9.2 Progress on Resolutions since the last General Conference 254 9.3 The CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement 256 9.4 The Consultative Committees 259 9.5 The CIPM 265 9.6 The BIPM 266 10 External relations 279 10.1 Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale 279 10.2 International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation 280 10.3 World Meteorological Organization 280 10.4 World Health Organization 283 11 Report of the CIPM on evolving needs for metrology in trade, industry and society and the role of the BIPM 285 12 Programme of future work at the BIPM 287 13 Report on the implementation of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement 297 14 Report on the admission of Associates of the General Conference 302 15 Reports of Presidents of Consultative Committees 303 15.1 The Consultative Committee for Length 303 15.2 The Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities 308 15.3 The Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency 317 15.4 The Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism 321 15.5 The Consultative Committee for Thermometry 325 240 · 22nd General Conference 15.6 The Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry 332 15.7 The Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiation 338 15.8 The Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance 341 15.9 The Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration 353 15.10 The Consultative Committee for Units 356 16 Annual dotation of the BIPM 361 16.1 Meeting of Tuesday 14 October 361 16.2 Meeting of Thursday 16 October 364 16.3 Report to the Conference 365 16.4 Discussion 366 16.5 Voting on Draft Resolution J3 367 17 Proposals by delegates 368 18 Renewal of half of the International Committee 368 19 Votes on all Resolutions 369 20 Other business 368 20.1 Visit to the BIPM 369 20.2 Visit to the depository of the metric prototypes 370 20.3 The CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement 370 21 Closure of the Conference 370 Resolutions adopted by the 22nd General Conference 373 Links with other organizations (Resolution 1) 374 Metrology and trade (Resolution 2) 374 On the coordination of the initiatives to support the implementation of metrology, accreditation, and standardization in developing countries and economies (Resolution 3) 375 Value and benefits of the Metre Convention for Member States and for Associates of the General Conference (Resolution 4) 376 Report on evolving needs for metrology in trade, industry and society, and the role of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Resolution 5) 376 On the importance of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (Resolution 6) 377 Involvement of National Metrology Institutes in the complete range of work of the Metre Convention (Resolution 7) 378 Revision of the mise en pratique of the definition of the metre (Resolution 8) 379 Requirements for cross-border transport of measurement standards, metrological equipment and reference materials (Resolution 9) 380 Symbol for the decimal marker (Resolution 10) 381 Relationship between National Metrology Institutes and Nationally recognized Accreditation Bodies (Resolution 11) 382 Dotation of the BIPM for the years 2005 to 2008 (Resolution 12) 383 22nd General Conference · 241 Appendix A. Convocation of the 22nd General Conference on Weights and Measures 385 Appendix B. Programme of work and budget of the BIPM for the four years 2005 to 2008 415 List of acronyms used in the present volume 443 Proceedings of the 22nd General Conference on Weights and Measures 13-17 October 2003 244 · 22nd General Conference Agenda The provisional agenda of the 22nd General Conference (see Appendix A page 389) is adopted as the final agenda. 22nd General Conference · 245 1 Opening of the Conference Professor Étienne-Émile Baulieu, President of the French Academy of Sciences of the Institut de France and President of the 22nd General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), opened the Conference by inviting Mr Gilles Barrier, representing the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to address the Conference. 2 Address on behalf of the Ministre des Affaires Étrangères de la République Française Mr Barrier, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of the United Nations and international organizations, gave the following speech: “Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Delegates, M. Dominique de Villepin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has asked me to represent him here today as he is, unfortunately, unable to be present. In his name and in the name of the Government of the French Republic, I have the great honour and pleasure of welcoming you today and to open the 22nd General Conference on Weights and Measures. It was 128 years ago, on the 20th May 1875 to be precise, that the Metre Convention was signed, which lead to the creation of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, the International Committee for Weights and Measures, and instigated the General Conference on Weights and Measures, for which we are here assembled today. There has been considerable evolution since then, marked by technological progress and, in parallel, by the multiplication and diversification of the needs of users of metrology services. These needs are increasingly manifest through international institutions, which are not only increasing in number but also becoming more varied. This evolution accompanies the continuous development of the metrological activities of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, at the scientific level – and we know the immensity of this domain of activity – and at the level of international cooperation, for the sake of an increasing number of countries, and in closer partnership with many international organizations. Since the last General Conference, in particular, there has been a great deal of tangible progress. It is appropriate at this point to mention the Mutual Recognition Arrangement, which assists the establishment of international exchange, and which can be seen in the important service represented by the BIPM Key Comparison Database on the website of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. We owe this development to the guiding personalities of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, who I would like to congratulate. In particular, I would like to pay tribute to Dr Terry Quinn, who will this year come to the end of his period as Director of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures after a brilliant career in international metrology. I will also take this opportunity to send my best wishes to his co-director, Professor Andrew Wallard, who 246 · 22nd General Conference will succeed him at the beginning of next year as Director of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. I wish him well. New pages in the history of the institutions of weights and measures remain to be written, and I know that the discussions, animated by the International Committee, on the future orientations of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures to be discussed at this General Conference will be fundamental. This is why I am sure that this Conference will be a huge success, which is what I wish with all my heart I thank you for your attention.” 3 Reply by the President of the International Committee Professor Kovalevsky, President of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM), thanked the representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for hosting the CGPM in the Centre de Conférences Internationales, and complimented the Centre on the modern, well- equipped conference room. Following on from the words of Mr Barrier, he drew attention to the increasing needs for precise measurements in more and more fields, some of which had not even been anticipated a few years ago. Metrology, he said, is now an essential basis not only for industry and commerce, but also for health and the environment, which means that the traditional fields of study must be extended to cover a whole range of new areas, such as inorganic and organic chemistry, medical analyses (including in vitro testing), the monitoring of air, water and ground pollution, pharmacology, the food industry, and anti-doping testing. In all these subjects we increasingly need high-quality references and absolute measurements of the best possible precision, and need to deal with their application to day-to-day measurements. The diversification of these fields has led and will continue to lead to an inescapable increase in new activities in the BIPM and the National Metrology Institutes (NMIs). These developments cannot be undertaken entirely at the expense of existing activities, and one of the key issues to be resolved by this Conference will be to decide to what extent the budget of the BIPM should be increased to meet these needs.
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