Glossar

The OIML (Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale) is an international organization dedicated to harmonizing legal requirements for measuring instruments and measurement procedures. It develops globally recognized recommendations to promote the comparability and reliability of measurements in international trade.

The OIML publishes technical guidelines and testing requirements for measuring instruments such as scales, dimensioning systems, and other measuring instruments subject to calibration. Many national and international regulations are based on these recommendations or adopt them as the basis for approval and conformity assessment procedures. In logistics, the OIML supports uniform measurement standards and builds confidence in the accuracy and legal certainty of measurement data.

Practical example:
A manufacturer develops a new DWS system in accordance with OIML recommendations to meet the requirements for international approvals and global use.

See also: Calibratability, Measurement and Calibration Act (MessEG), Measurement and Calibration Ordinance (MessEV), MID (Measuring Instruments Directive), MID-compliant, NTEP (National Type Evaluation Program), PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), Certification