UAE gains global
recognition of national standards for measurement
The
UAE will be fully recognised by the International Bureau of Weights and
Measures in France next September, making it the first country at the Gulf Cooperation
Council, GCC, level to unify its measurement systems with international
standards, Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology, ESMA, has
announced.
This is in
line with the outcome of the meeting of the heads and secretaries of the Gulf
Metrology Committees, which was hosted by Abu Dhabi last week.
Abdullah
Al-Maeeni, Director-General of the ESMA, said that the authority will publish
its national measurement capabilities in the database of the International
Bureau of Weights and Measures in France, in cooperation with the Emirates
Metrology Institute, as the first country in the GCC and the Middle East and
North Africa, next September.
The UAE has
succeeded in unifying its measurement systems thanks to the pioneering
legislative structure it possesses, and a national will to achieve this
transformation.
Al-Maeeni
noted that the state obtaining this recognition globally would have a positive
impact on the economic, production and tourism sectors, and save cost, effort
and time, facilitate the exchange of trade, while supporting the national
economy, in line with the objectives of the National Agenda 2021 and the UAE
Centennial 2071, as part of the efforts of the UAE to lead globally in various
fields.
The
comprehensive application of international measurement units supports the
economic and productive sectors and stimulates tourism activity by keeping pace
with state markets with measurement units known to tourists from across the
world.
This in turn
facilitates the movement of tourists in the country with no need to convert
units of products or transactions into other units, something that major
countries have been trying to amend for decades, and have not yet accomplished.
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The Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology
(ESMA) is the federal authority approved by the United Arab Emirates to
exercise administrative responsibilities by unifying management, supervision
and coordination of standards, regulations, and quality control. The
Authority's policy is drawn up by a board of directors headed by a UAE minister
and includes representatives of the relevant federal and local government
entities.
The Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology
(ESMA) was established as a financially and administratively independent federal
body under Federal Law No. 28 of 2001. The Authority provides standards,
metrology, conformity assessment and accreditation services in accordance with
international requirements and practices.
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