14th International Metrology Congress 2009

It is indeed an essential quality tool for decision making (declaration of conformity or non-conformity of a manufactured product, diagnosis based on a medical analysis, compliance or non-compliance with the legislation for safety, environment, ...).

As the set of problems is the same for every field of activity and for every measured quantity, an efficient solution is to participate in a competence network in which information and experiences can be shared in order that fast and reasonably costed progress can be achieved.

This fundamental principle led to the creation of the Collège Français de Métrologie.