UKRAINE
Area: 603.7 thousand km2
Population: 45.8 million
Capital: Kyiv
The legal basis of the metrology system of Ukraine is the Law "On metrology and metrological activity".
The metrology system of Ukraine includes
- National Metrology Service
- legal and regulatory framework, including legislative acts, technical regulations and other legal and regulatory acts that govern the relations in the field of metrology and metrological activity
- National Standards Base and the system of transferring the sizes of the units of measurement
- system of voluntary accreditation of calibration laboratories, as well as the system of accreditation of testing laboratories and conformity assessment bodies
- educational institutions, scientific and research institutions and organizations that disseminate knowledge and experience in the field of metrology and metrological activity
The National Metrology Service includes
- central executive body that ensures the formation of the state policy in the field of metrology and metrological activity
- central executive body that realizes the state policy in the field of metrology and metrological activity
- central executive body that realizes the state policy in the field of metrological supervision
- scientific metrology centres
- state enterprises in the field of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine - metrology centers
- Service of Universal Time and Reference Frequencies
- Service of Reference Materials of Composition and Properties of Substances and Materials
- Service of Reference Data on Physical Constants and Properties of Substances and Materials
- metrology services of the central executive bodies, other state bodies, enterprises and organizations
- bodies of conformity assessment of measuring instruments and verification laboratories