Implementing Rules of the Metrology Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2016)
Implementing Rules of the Metrology Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2016)
Implementing Rules of the Metrology Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2016)
Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.666
February 6, 2016
(Adopted by the State Council of the People's Republic of China on January 19, 1987; promulgated by the State Bureau of Metrology of the People's Republic of China on February 1, 1987; and revised in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Revising Certain Administrative Regulations on February 6, 2016)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Rules are formulated according to the provisions of the Metrology
Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 2 The system of legal measures is implemented in the country. The procedures for designating the names and symbols of legal measurement units and for abolishing the non-legal measurement units shall be implemented according to the relevant stipulations of the State Council concerning uniform
application of legal measures in our country.
Article 3 The State develops measurement facilities in a planned way and fits out
measurement agencies at various levels with modern technology and equipment so that they may serve to promote China's socialist modernizations, provide measurement guarantee for our industrial and agricultural production, the building up of our national defence, scientific experiments, domestic and foreign trade and the people's health and safety, and protect the interests of the State and the people.
Chapter II Datum Instruments of Measurement and Standard Instruments of Measurement
Article 4 The following requirements shall be met in using datum instruments of
measurement (hereinafter referred to as datum instruments):
(1) they shall pass the appraisement of the State;
(2) there shall be such environmental conditions as required for their normal operations;
(3) there shall be competent personnel in charge of their safekeeping, maintenance and application;
(4) there shall be a perfect system of administration.
Those units which meet the above-mentioned requirements can use datum instruments only after they pass the examination and approval by the Measurement Administration under the State Council and receive the relevant certificate from it.
Article 5 No unit or individual shall dismantle or refit datum instruments or suspend the work concerning measurement examination and determination without the approval of the Measurement Administration under the State Council.
Article 6 The measurement values of the datum instruments should be the same as international measurement values. The Measurement Administration under the State Council has the right to abolish those datum instruments which are backward in technology or those instruments whose performance cannot meet the present requirements.
Article 7 The following requirements shall be met in using standard instruments of measurement (hereinafter referred to as standard instruments):
(1) they shall pass measurement examination and determination;
(2) there shall be such environmental conditions as required for their normal operations;
(3) there shall be competent personnel in charge of their safekeeping, maintenance and application;
(4) there shall be a perfect system of administration.
Article 8 Public standard instruments function as notaries in exercising measurement
supervision in the society. In designating the public standard instruments of the highest class in the local areas, the administrative departments for measurement in the people's governments above the county level shall apply to the measurement departments immediately above its own level for examination. The examination of public standard instruments of other classes may be conducted under the direction of the administrative departments for measurement of the local people's governments.
Those public standard instruments, which have proved up to the requirements laid down in Article 7 of these Rules and obtained certificates of examination, shall be used only after the relevant certificates are issued after the examination and approval by the administrative departments for measurement of the people's governments above the county level.
Article 9 The standard instruments of the highest class in various fields should be designated by the relevant competent departments under the State Council and by those in the people's governments in the provinces, autonomous regions and the municipalities directly under the Central Government.
These standard instruments shall pass the examination by the administrative department for measurement in the people's governments at the same level and those instruments which meet the requirements provided for in Article 7 of these Rules and obtain certificates of examination may be used only after the approval by the relevant competent departments.
Article 10 In designating various standard instruments of the highest class for their own units, enterprises and institutions shall apply for examination to the
administrative departments for measurement which are at the same levels as
their competent departments in the people's governments. Township enterprises should apply for examination to the administrative departments for measurement in the local people's governments at the county level.
Those instruments which meet the requirements provided for in Article 7 of these Rules and obtain certificates of examination may be used by the relevant enterprises and institutions, which should report to their competent authorities for the record.
Chapter III Measurement Examination and Determination
Article 11 The units and individuals using standard instruments which have gone
through compulsory examination and determination should apply for periodic examination and determination to the relevant administrative department for measurement of the people's government which has been responsible for examining the instruments.
The units and individuals using the working measurement instruments which have gone through compulsory examination and determination should apply for periodic examination and determination to the relevant measurement examination and determination agencies designated by the administrative departments for measurement of the local people's governments at the county (municipality) level. If it cannot be done locally, it is necessary to apply for periodic examination and determination to the measurement examination and determination agencies designated by the next higher administrative departments.
Article 12 Enterprises and institutions should equip themselves with the facilities
for checking and testing measurement instruments commensurate with their needs in production, scientific research and management and business operations, formulate specific procedures and regulations concerning examination and determination, work out detailed catalogues of measurement
instruments of their units and fix the corresponding periods for examination and determination, and ensure that their measurement instruments which are not subject to compulsory examination and determination are regularly checked and tested.
Article 13 The work of measurement examination and determination shall be conducted on the principle of economy, rationality and geographical proximity, and it should not be restricted by administrative divisions and departmental
jurisdiction.
Chapter IV Manufacture and Repair of Measurement Instruments
Article 14 Enterprises and institutions applying for Licences for Manufacturing
Measurement Instruments should pass the examination by the administrative
departments for measurement at the same levels with the competent authorities of the people's governments in their localities.
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Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.666
February 6, 2016
(Adopted by the State Council of the People's Republic of China on January 19, 1987; promulgated by the State Bureau of Metrology of the People's Republic of China on February 1, 1987; and revised in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Revising Certain Administrative Regulations on February 6, 2016)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Rules are formulated according to the provisions of the Metrology
Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 2 The system of legal measures is implemented in the country. The procedures for designating the names and symbols of legal measurement units and for abolishing the non-legal measurement units shall be implemented according to the relevant stipulations of the State Council concerning uniform
application of legal measures in our country.
Article 3 The State develops measurement facilities in a planned way and fits out
measurement agencies at various levels with modern technology and equipment so that they may serve to promote China's socialist modernizations, provide measurement guarantee for our industrial and agricultural production, the building up of our national defence, scientific experiments, domestic and foreign trade and the people's health and safety, and protect the interests of the State and the people.
Chapter II Datum Instruments of Measurement and Standard Instruments of Measurement
Article 4 The following requirements shall be met in using datum instruments of
measurement (hereinafter referred to as datum instruments):
(1) they shall pass the appraisement of the State;
(2) there shall be such environmental conditions as required for their normal operations;
(3) there shall be competent personnel in charge of their safekeeping, maintenance and application;
(4) there shall be a perfect system of administration.
Those units which meet the above-mentioned requirements can use datum instruments only after they pass the examination and approval by the Measurement Administration under the State Council and receive the relevant certificate from it.
Article 5 No unit or individual shall dismantle or refit datum instruments or suspend the work concerning measurement examination and determination without the approval of the Measurement Administration under the State Council.
Article 6 The measurement values of the datum instruments should be the same as international measurement values. The Measurement Administration under the State Council has the right to abolish those datum instruments which are backward in technology or those instruments whose performance cannot meet the present requirements.
Article 7 The following requirements shall be met in using standard instruments of measurement (hereinafter referred to as standard instruments):
(1) they shall pass measurement examination and determination;
(2) there shall be such environmental conditions as required for their normal operations;
(3) there shall be competent personnel in charge of their safekeeping, maintenance and application;
(4) there shall be a perfect system of administration.
Article 8 Public standard instruments function as notaries in exercising measurement
supervision in the society. In designating the public standard instruments of the highest class in the local areas, the administrative departments for measurement in the people's governments above the county level shall apply to the measurement departments immediately above its own level for examination. The examination of public standard instruments of other classes may be conducted under the direction of the administrative departments for measurement of the local people's governments.
Those public standard instruments, which have proved up to the requirements laid down in Article 7 of these Rules and obtained certificates of examination, shall be used only after the relevant certificates are issued after the examination and approval by the administrative departments for measurement of the people's governments above the county level.
Article 9 The standard instruments of the highest class in various fields should be designated by the relevant competent departments under the State Council and by those in the people's governments in the provinces, autonomous regions and the municipalities directly under the Central Government.
These standard instruments shall pass the examination by the administrative department for measurement in the people's governments at the same level and those instruments which meet the requirements provided for in Article 7 of these Rules and obtain certificates of examination may be used only after the approval by the relevant competent departments.
Article 10 In designating various standard instruments of the highest class for their own units, enterprises and institutions shall apply for examination to the
administrative departments for measurement which are at the same levels as
their competent departments in the people's governments. Township enterprises should apply for examination to the administrative departments for measurement in the local people's governments at the county level.
Those instruments which meet the requirements provided for in Article 7 of these Rules and obtain certificates of examination may be used by the relevant enterprises and institutions, which should report to their competent authorities for the record.
Chapter III Measurement Examination and Determination
Article 11 The units and individuals using standard instruments which have gone
through compulsory examination and determination should apply for periodic examination and determination to the relevant administrative department for measurement of the people's government which has been responsible for examining the instruments.
The units and individuals using the working measurement instruments which have gone through compulsory examination and determination should apply for periodic examination and determination to the relevant measurement examination and determination agencies designated by the administrative departments for measurement of the local people's governments at the county (municipality) level. If it cannot be done locally, it is necessary to apply for periodic examination and determination to the measurement examination and determination agencies designated by the next higher administrative departments.
Article 12 Enterprises and institutions should equip themselves with the facilities
for checking and testing measurement instruments commensurate with their needs in production, scientific research and management and business operations, formulate specific procedures and regulations concerning examination and determination, work out detailed catalogues of measurement
instruments of their units and fix the corresponding periods for examination and determination, and ensure that their measurement instruments which are not subject to compulsory examination and determination are regularly checked and tested.
Article 13 The work of measurement examination and determination shall be conducted on the principle of economy, rationality and geographical proximity, and it should not be restricted by administrative divisions and departmental
jurisdiction.
Chapter IV Manufacture and Repair of Measurement Instruments
Article 14 Enterprises and institutions applying for Licences for Manufacturing
Measurement Instruments should pass the examination by the administrative
departments for measurement at the same levels with the competent authorities of the people's governments in their localities.
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