WELMEC e.V. Information

WELMEC is the European Cooperation in Legal Metrology and was founded in Switzerland , when a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by representatives of 18 national legal metrology authorities in European Union and EFTA member states. When it was founded, the acronym WELMEC stood for Western European Legal Metrology Cooperation. However, today WELMEC extends beyond western Europe and includes representatives from Central and Eastern Europe. The acronym WELMEC has been retained. The WELMEC Committee comprises three categories of individuals: Members , Associate Members and Observer Organisations . There were at the beginning 18 Members, which were the 18 countries who signed the MoU in 1990, and ten Associate members. The Associate Members are representatives of Central and Eastern European countries. During the 19th WELMEC Committee meeting in 2003 in Madrid, Cyprus and Malta were also welcomed as Associate Members, bringing the number of Associate Members up to twelve. In May 2004 the ten new EU member countries Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia signed the MoU during the 20 th Committee meeting in Casta-Papiernicka, Slovakia. In 2005 during the 21st Committee meeting in Edinburgh, Turkey was unanimously accepted as Associate Member and in 2006 in Bulgaria in addition Croatia was welcomed as Associate Member. In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania signed the Memorandum of Understanding during the meeting in Sinai, Romania. The Committee meeting in 2008 was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and on this occasion The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was welcomed as an Associate Member as well as the Republic of Serbia. WELMEC also corresponds with various organisations such as European Trade associations and other regional metrology organisations. The principal aim of WELMEC is to establish a harmonised and consistent approach to European legal metrology. WELMEC is concerned with the establishment, maintenance and improvement of channels of ...