15th OIML Conference — Resolutions (EN)

Approves the minutes of the 14th Conference in 2012.

Resolves: a) The budget surpluses (net results) from the 2013-2016 financial period shall be added to the reserve funds; b) During the financial period 2017-2020,the increase in the reserve funds mentioned in a) above should be made available to provide time-limited support to secretariats and conveners in developing their capability,in particular through training,to deliver the technical work of the OIML.

Requests the Committee to consider the policy it should adopt towards the long-term level of the reserve funds and the purposes for which they should be used, and to report on its recommendations to the 16th Conference in 2020.

Resolves: The audited accounts for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 are hereby approved. The CIML President and the BIML Director are finally discharged for the financial management during these years.

Resolves: The OIML publications listed in the report in Annex D are hereby sanctioned. Member States are reminded of their obligation to implement OIML Recommendations as far as possible.

Resolves: a) The overall amount of credits, necessary to cover the Organization's operating expenses shall be €8 827 000 for the 2017-2020 financial period; b) The annual base contributory share for the 2017-2020 financial period is €14 000. This results in a total contribution for a Member State classified according to Article XXVI (1) of the Convention in Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 or Class 4 of €56 000, €112 000, €224 000 or $ \epsilon $448 000, respectively; c) In the case of the admission of a Member State during the financial period, the overall amount of credits mentioned in a) above is increased by the contributory share of that Member State, calculated from its classification and the base contributory share, proportionate to the period from its admission to the expiry of the financial period; d) For the 2017-2020 financial period, newly admitted or readmitted Member States shall not pay an entry fee.

Resolves: a) If the Bureau has been notified that the designated representative of a Member State no longer satisfies the conditions for membership of the Committee and the Member State has not yet designated a new representative, this person shall no longer be taken into account when establishing the quorum for decisions of the Committee; b) If the designated representative of a Member State has not responded to any communication from the Bureau for more than six months and the Bureau has made all reasonably possible attempts to contact the designated representative, the Bureau shall seek confirmation from the Member State as to the status of its representative in the Committee, according to a procedure decided by the Committee; c) If it is not possible, within a reasonable period of time to be decided by the Committee, to obtain confirmation from the Member State as to the status of its representative in the Committee, this person shall no longer be taken into account when establishing the quorum for decisions of the Committee.

Resolves: The Committee is hereby charged to organize the 16th Conference in 2020, the venue and dates to be decided by the Committee. *** ** Annex D <div align="center"> 15th International Conference on Legal Metrology Item 6 Sanctioning of OIML publications </div> Below is a list of all OIML Documents, Recommendations and Vocabularies that were either: - approved by the CIML at its 48th Meeting (2013), 49th Meeting (2014) and 50th Meeting (2015), or - submitted to the 51st CIML Meeting (2016) for approval. 2013