MINUTES

of the 18thmeeting of the COOMET President’s Council

20–21 November 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia

The following persons participated in the meeting:

Representatives of national metrology organisations of COOMET Member Countries
Country / Name / Status in COOMET, NMI
Germany /
  1. Klaus-Dieter Sommer
/ COOMET Vice-President, PTB
  1. Annette KÖGLER
/ National COOMET Secretariat in Germany, PTB
  1. Olga KRASOTA
/ National COOMET Secretariat in Germany, PTB
RUSSIA /
  1. Vladimir KRUTIKOV
/ COOMET Vice-President,
VNIIOFI
  1. Natalia MURAVSKAYA
/ Deputy Head of COOMET Quality Forum, VNIIOFI
  1. Sergey KOMISSAROV
/ Head of COOMET Secretariat,
VNIIMS
  1. Natalia SEDOVA
/ COOMET Secretariat,
VNIIMS
  1. Vitaly BUGAEV
/ Administrator of COOMET web-site, Chairperson of SC 4.2, VNIIFTRI
SLOVAKIA /
  1. Arpad GONDA
/ Director of SMU
  1. Svantner TOMAS
/ Director of metrology, SMU
  1. Peter KISKA
/ National COOMET Secretariat in Slovakia, SMU
UKRAINE /
  1. PavelNeyezhmakov
/ COOMET Vice-President,
NSC “Institute of Metrology”

The 18th meeting of the COOMET President’s Council was opened by COOMET President Prof. Vladimir Krutikov.

The Director of Slovak metrological institute welcomed the participants of the meeting and wished successful and effective work.

The following agenda was adopted:

  1. Vacant office of COOMET Vice-Presidents

Speakers:COOMET President V. Krutikov

  1. Heading of COOMET Quality Forum

Speaker:COOMET President V. Krutikov

  1. About draft Memorandum on the cooperation in the field of assurance of measurement uniformity between Eurasian Economic Commission and COOMET.

Speaker:COOMET President V. Krutikov

  1. About changes in COOMET Document D4 “COOMET publications. Classification, development, approval and registration. General provisions”.

Speaker:Head of COOMET Secretariat S. Komissarov

  1. Implementation of the resolutions of the 17th meeting of COOMET President’s Council

Speaker: Head of COOMET Secretariat S. Komissarov

  1. Results of meeting of the 1st meeting of TC 5 “Joint research in the sphere of metrology”

Speaker: COOMET Vice-President K.-D. Sommer

  1. Draft of COOMET Development Programme for 2014 – 2016

Speaker:Head of COOMET Secretariat S. Komissarov

  1. Results of the 31st meeting of JCRB, meetings of EURAMET, NCSLi

Speaker:COOMET Vice-president P. Neyezhmakov

  1. Results of the48thmeeting of CIML and RLMO round-trouble

Speaker: Head of COOMET Secretariat S. Komissarov

  1. Implementation of CIPM MRA

10.1Maintaining the Programme of COOMET NMIs Comparisons; KCDB registration of CMCs of NMIs from COOMET member countries. Signing of the 2014 Programme of Comparisons by COOMET President.

Speakers: Chairperson of COOMET SC 4.2 V. Bugayev

10.2 Progress in QMS review of COOMET NMIs and in COOMET Quality Forum

Speaker:Vice Chairperson of TC 3.1 N. Muravskaya

  1. Results of the 14th meeting of ТC 2 “Legal metrology”

Speaker:Representative of COOMET Vice-president N. Zhagora, member of TC 2 M. Shabanau

  1. Results of the 10th meeting of ТC 4 “Information and training”

Speaker:COOMET Vice-president P. Neyezhmakov

  1. Drafts and updated versions of COOMET publications

13.1 About Draft COOMET Recommendation“Procedure of organization and publishing the data about calibrationand measuring services of COOMET national metrological institute laboratories onCООМЕТ web resources” within 404/RU-а/07

Speaker:COOMET Vice-president P. Neyezhmakov

13.2 About Draft COOMET Recommendation “Educational programs and practical training programs of experts of National Metrological Institutes cooperating in COOMET” within 541/RU-a/11

Speaker:COOMET Vice-president P. Neyezhmakov

  1. Preparation of the 24th meeting of COOMET Committee

Speaker: Head of COOMET Secretariat S. Komissarov

  1. Announcing the nominees for the COOMET Honorary Metrologist Title

Speaker: Head of COOMET Secretariat S. Komissarov

  1. Results of workshops
  2. Workshop“Principles of metrological surveillance and control”.

Speakers:Representative of COOMET Vice-president N. Zhagora, member of TC 2 M. Shabanau

COOMET Secretariat in Germany A. Koegler

  1. Miscellaneous
  1. Venue and date of the next meeting of COOMET President’s Council

Speaker:Head of COOMET Secretariat S. Komissarov

  1. Discussion and adoption of the resolutions of the meeting

DECISIONS AND ACTIONS

18th meeting of COOMET President’s Council

  1. Vacant office of COOMET Vice-Presidents

Decisions and actions:

  • for COOMET Secretariat to include the issue of approval of A. Gonda as COOMET Vice-president, responsible for cooperation in the sphere of quality management systems into the agenda of 24th COOMET Committee meeting;
  • to ask A. Gonda to fulfill the duties of COOMET Vice-president until approval by COOMET Committee.
  1. Heading of COOMET Quality Forum

Decisions and actions:

  • Until the Quality Forum in SMU (Slovakia) is developed to conduct the assessment of QMS next way: A. Odin (PTB, Germany) heads the Quality Forum, N.Muravskaya (VNIIOFI, Russia) heads the TC 3.1 “Technical committee of Quality Forum”;
  • for COOMET Secretariat to include the issue of approval of A.Odin and N.Muravskaya in their corresponding offices into the agenda of 24th COOMET Committee meeting;
  • to organize next meeting of TC 3.1 in the end of January – beginning of February 2014.
  1. About draft Memorandum on the cooperation in the field of assurance of measurement uniformity between Eurasian Economic Commission and COOMET.

Decisions and actions:

  • toinstruct COOMET President together with Vice-presidents to address to the Eurasian Economic Commission with proposalon cooperation in the field of metrology.
  1. About changes in COOMET Document D4 “COOMET publications. Classification, development, approval and registration. General provisions”

Decisions and actions:

  • to approve the amendment to the COOMET Documents D4 in the p. 4 and 6;
  • for COOMET Secretariat to include the issue of the approval of new version of COOMET Document D4 into the agenda of 24th COOMET Committee meeting.
  1. Implementation of the resolutions of the 17th meeting of COOMET President’s Council

Decisions and actions:

  • for COOMET Secretariat to make the list of unexecuted decisions and include it into the Minutes of this meeting as the Annex(Annex 1);
  • to report about it on the 24th meeting of COOMET Committee
  1. Results of meeting of the 1st meeting of TC 5 “Joint research in the sphere of metrology”

Decisions and actions:

  • with purpose of development of metrological infrastructures in the developing member states of COOMETto instruct COOMET Vice-president P. Neyezhmakov together with chairperson of SC 4.1 A. Koegler to explore within the PTB project “Support of regional cooperation of member states in regional metrology organizations” the ways of obtaining the legal identity by COOMET.
  1. Draft of COOMET Development Program for 2014 – 2016

Decisions and actions:

  • to approve the COOMET Development Program as the basis for cooperation in 2014 – 2016 and to instruct COOMET Secretariat to amend it taking into account the discussion (Annex 2);
  • to instruct the chairperson of Joint Committee on Measuring Standards (JCMS) A.Chunovkina to work out the amendments to the COOMET Recommendation R/GM/7:2006 “Procedure of Inner Inter-Regional Review of Calibration and Measurement Capabilities of COOMET National Metrology Institutes and Inter-Regional Review of Institutes of Other Regional Metrology Organisations”.
  1. Results of the 31st meeting of JCRB, meetings of EURAMET, NCSLi

Decisions and actions:

  • totake notice of information of COOMET Vice-president P. Neyezhmakov about 31st meeting of JCRB, General Assembly of EURAMET and meeting of NCSLi.
  1. Results of the 48th meeting of CIML and RLMO round-trouble

Decisions and actions:

  • to take notice of information of Head of COOMET Secretariat S. Komissarov about 48th CIML meeting and RLMO Round Table.
  1. Implementation of CIPM MRA

10.1.Maintaining the Programme of COOMET NMIs Comparisons; KCDB registration of CMCs of NMIs from COOMET member countries. Signing of the 2014 Program of Comparisons by COOMET President.

Decisions and actions:

  • to approve report about implementation of COOMET Program of comparisons of NMIs in 2013;
  • to publish the information about the implementation of COOMET Program of comparisons of NMIs on COOMET web-site;
  • to approve the presented variant of the COOMET Program of comparisons of NMIs as on the 17th of November of 2013;
  • to change the numbering of COOMET publications inview of changes in COOMET Document D4 “COOMET publications. Classification, development, approval and registration. General provisions”;
  • for COOMET Secretariat to send the COOMET Program of comparisons of NMIs to COOMET Committee members and upload it to the COOMET informational resources till 1.12.2013;
  • to take notice of report on the CMC lines published in KCDB BIPM;
  • to recommend JCMS and TC 4 “Information and training” to start the project for developing the new edition of COOMET Document R/GM/12:2007 “Rules of Maintaining of Foregoing COOMET Programme of Comparisons”.

10.2.Progress in QMS review of COOMET NMIs and in COOMET Quality Forum

Decisions and actions:

  • To take notice of information about work of Quality Forum”;
  • To underline the necessity to promote the training of auditors and technical experts of Quality Forum.
  1. Results of the 14th meeting of ТC 2 “Legal metrology”

Decisions and actions:

  • to approve decision of TC2 members to exclude SC2.3 "Competence and Assessment of Bodies in Legal Metrology" from TC2. For COOMET Secretariat to include this point in the agenda of the next COOMET Committee meeting;
  • to change sequence number of SC "Legal Metrology Control" to 2.3;
  • to approve changes ofRegulations TC 2 and recommend it for approval at 24 COOMET Committee meeting;
  • to include members of SC "Competence and Assessment of Bodies in Legal Metrology" into SC2.3 "Legal Metrology Control";
  • to take note that AlexanderKrichevets (DPNDI "Systema", Ukraine) will act as Chairperson of Working group on measuring systemsof SC 2.2;
  • to support TC 2 Work Program for 2013 – 2014(Annex 3) and recommend it for approval at 24 COOMET Committee meeting.
  1. Results of the 10th meeting of ТC 4 “Information and training”

Decisions and actions:

  • to take notice of the information about 10th meeting of ТC 4 “Information and training”.
  1. Drafts and updated versions of COOMET publications

13.1 About Draft COOMET Recommendation “Procedure of organization and publishing the data about calibration and measuring services of COOMET national metrological institute laboratories on CООМЕТ web resources” within 404/RU-а/07

13.2 About Draft COOMET Recommendation “Educational programs and practical training programs of experts of National Metrological Institutes cooperating in COOMET” within 541/RU-a/11

Decisions and actions:

  • To exclude the word “laboratories” form the title of COOMET Recommendation R/IT/22:2014;
  • to approve and recommend for approval on 24th COOMET Committee meeting Recommendation CОOMET R/IT/22:2014 “Procedure of organization and publishing the data about calibration and measuring services of COOMET National metrological institutes on CООМЕТ web resources”;
  • to approve and recommend for approval on 24th COOMET Committee meeting Recommendation CОOMET R/IT/23:2014 “Educational programs and practical training programs of experts of National Metrological Institutes cooperating in COOMET”.
  1. Preparation of the 24th meeting of COOMET Committee

Decisions and actions:

  • for COOMET Secretariat to post the information about the 24thCOOMET Committee meeting at the COOMET informational resources and till 13th of December 2013;
  • for COOMET Secretariat to inform COOMET Committee members and representatives of international and regional organizations on metrology about time and venue of holding the 24th COOMET Committee meeting till 13th of December 2013.
  1. Announcing the nominees for the COOMET Honorary Metrologist Title

Decisions and actions:

  • to award a title of “Honorary COOMET metrologist” to S. Medvedevskhih (Russia), M. Rozhnov (Ukraine), Y. Hasanov (Azerbaijan), E. Goebel (Germany);
  • for COOMET Secretariat to include the issue of the approval of the decision about awarding in the agenda of 24th meeting of COOMET Committee.
  1. Results of workshops

16.1.Workshop “Principles of metrological surveillance and control”

Decisions and actions:

  • to approve the results of the workshop «Principles of metrological surveillance and control» within TC 2 (18-19 September 2013, Chisinau, Moldova);
  • to thank INM, Moldova, for the active support in organizing and conducting the workshop.

16.2.Concluding seminar of COOMET Project 445/DE/08 “Comparison of national standards of air kerma for Cs-137 at protection level”

  • to approve the results of the concluding seminar of COOMET Project 445/DE/08 “Comparison of national standards of air kerma for Cs-137 at protection level” (4 – 5 of September 2013, Braunschweig, Germany);
  • to thank PTB, Germany, for the active support in organizing and conducting the workshop.
  1. About results of Vth international competition “Best young metrologist of COOMET - 2013” (10 – 14 of June, 2013, PTB, Germany)

Decisions and actions:

  • to take notice of the information aboutVth international competition “Best young metrologist of COOMET - 2013”;
  • to note the highlevel of organization and to thank OTB, Germany, for carrying this event out;
  • according to the results of discussion to invite participants from other RMOs to every second competition;
  • to hold the VIth international competition “Best young metrologist of COOMET” in 2015;
  • to assign TC 4 “Information and training” as body, responsible for organizing of VIth international competition “Best young metrologist of COOMET - 2015”.
  1. Venue and date of the next meeting of COOMET President’s Council

Action:

  • to hold the 19th meeting of COOMET President’s Council on 18 – 19 of November 2014 in PTB, Germany.
  1. Discussion and adoption of the resolutions of the meeting

Action:

  • for COOMET Secretariat to prepare till 25.12.2012 the draft minutes of the 18th meeting of COOMET President’s Council and send it to COOMET Vice-Presidents for agreement.

V. Krutikov

COOMET President

S. Komissarov

Head of COOMET Secretariat