Activities of the NSC "Institute of Metrology" in the field of standardization
In accordance with legislation on standardization (specifically the Law of Ukraine "On Standardization" No. 1315-VII dated June 5, 2014), the NSC "Institute of Metrology" is authorized to:
- conduct activities related to the development of national normative documents;
- carry out research and development work to create national standards—harmonized with international or European standards—via translation and approval by the relevant technical standardization committee, in accordance with the National Standardization Work Program;
- provide scientific, methodological, informational, and consulting services in the field of standardization to business entities upon their request.
Specialists at the NSC "Institute of Metrology" continuously work on developing new national standards and amendments to existing ones, as well as creating national standards harmonized with international or European normative documents; they also participate in drafting legal acts and technical regulations concerning metrology and metrological activities.
The NSC "Institute of Metrology" serves as the secretariat for Technical Standardization Committee TC 63, "Metrology and Measurements."
Chair of TC 63: Viktoriia Leonidivna Postnykova, Acting Deputy Director General for Metrology and Innovation.
Executive Secretary of TC 63: Olena Leonidivna Hryshchenko, Acting Head of the Legal Metrology Laboratory (R&D Lab 40). E-mail TC 63: 81gela(at)gmail.com
Within the scope of its activities, TC 63 is authorized to:
1) participate in the work of relevant technical standardization committees of international and regional standardization organizations;
2) carry out work on the development and approval of national standards, codes of practice, and amendments thereto;
3) participate in formulating the national standardization work program;
4) carry out work on the review and revision of national standards and codes of practice that it originally developed;
5) submit and approve proposals regarding the withdrawal and reinstatement of national standards, codes of practice, and amendments thereto.
TC 63 participates as an observer member in the work of international technical committees/subcommittees for standardization under ISO and IEC, specifically: ISO/TC 12 "Quantities, units, symbols, conversion factors and tables"; ISO/TC 69/SC 6 "Measurement methods and results"; ISO/TC 19 "Preferred numbers"; and IEC/TC 25 "Quantities and units." List of Technical Committees on Standardization in which the NSC "Institute of Metrology" participates as a collective member:
TC 22 Electromagnetic compatibility and immunity of radio-electronic, electronic, and electrotechnical equipment
TC 65 Industrial thermometry
TC 90 Instruments for measuring electrical and magnetic quantities
TC 103 Geographic information/geomatics
TC 137 Lamps and related equipment
TC 146 Materials, equipment, technologies, and facilities for the oil and gas industry
TC 156 Instruments for measuring mass, force, and deformation, and for mechanical testing of materials
TC 166 Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic systems