Measurement legislation

According to the Law, the national metrological system of Ukraine includes:

  • central executive body responsible for formation and implementation of the state policy in the field of metrology and metrological activities (Ministry of  Economy of Ukraine);
  • central executive body responsible for implementation of the state policy on metrological surveillance(State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection);
  • four scientific metrological centers: National Scientific Center “Institute of Metrology”, Kharkiv; State Enterprise “UKRMETRTESTSTANDART”, Kyiv; State Enterprise “Scientific and Research Institute “Systema”, Lviv; State Enterprise “Ivano-Frankivskstandardmetrology”, Ivano-Frankivsk;
  • 24 state enterprises subordinated to the Ministry of  Economy of Ukraine and conducting metrological activities (located in every region of Ukraine);
  • Service of Universal Time and Reference Frequencies, Service of Reference Materials of Composition and Properties of Substances and Materials, Service of Standard Reference Data on Physical Constants and Properties ofSubstances and Materials. The NSC “Institute of Metrology” has been designated as the Main Center of the Service of Universal Time and Reference Frequencies and as the Methodological Research Center of the Service of Reference Materials of Composition and Properties of Substances and Materials and SE “Ukrmetrteststandart” has been designated as the Methodological Research Center of the Service of Standard Reference Data on Physical Constants and Properties of Substances and Materials;
  • metrology services of other central executive bodies and state-owned bodies, enterprises and organizations;
  • conformity assessment bodies for measuring instruments and verification laboratories. These bodies and laboratories are designated and authorized by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine for their performance as third parties of conformity assessment and verification of measuring instruments.

The requirements concerning measuring instruments (MIs) marketed and/or commissioned in Ukraine are set in three technical regulations: тут вказуємо тільки лінки цих технічних регламентів

Technical Regulations on Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments, developed on the basis of the Directive 2014/31/EU on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of Non-Automatic Weighing instruments (NAWI);

Technical Regulations on Measuring Instruments, developed on the basis of the Directive 2014/32/EU on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (MID);

Technical Regulation on Legal Measuring Instruments, which covers the categories of legal measuring instruments in Ukraine not covered by the technical regulations developed on the basis of the MID and NAWI Directives.

According to the Law, legal measuring instruments operated in Ukraine shall be subjected to obligatory regular verification. The list of the said measuring instruments is adopted by the Government and consists of 80 measuring instrument categories.

According to the Law, legal  measuring instruments in operation shall be subjected to metrological surveillance.

Metrological surveillance includes inspections of condition and compliance of measuring instruments with the rules for operation, compliance with periodical verification requirements, and the use of authorized measurement units when operating measuring instruments.

Definitions, names and symbols of measurement unitsand the rules for their use were approved by the Order of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine of 04.08.2015 № 914, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 25.08.2015 under № 1022/27467 and developed on the basis of the Council Directive 80/181/EEC лінк.

Metrological surveillance also applies to the inspection of compliance of legal measuring instruments with requirements of the aforementioned technical regulations and also  the quantity of prepackaged products.

According to the Law, metrological requirements to prepackaged products are set in: лінки

Technical Regulations on Bottles Used as Measuring Containers, developed on the basis of the Directive 75/107/EEC;

Technical Regulations on the Making-up by Weight or by Volume of Certain Prepackaged Products, developed on the basis of the Directive 76/211/EEC;

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine of 05.07.2017 № 969 establishing metrological requirements for prepackaged products, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 28.07.2017 under № 934/30802.

As of today, the list of national measurement standards of Ukraine comprises 85 national measurement standards of measurement units and 314 CMCs of the Ukrainian institutes has been included to the database of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (ВІРМ).