Objectives of WELMEC

• Develop mutual confidence between legal metrology services ;
• Achieve harmonisation of legal metrology activities ;
• Identify any special features of legal metrology which need to be reflected in the European metrology, certification and testing framework ;
• Organise the exchange of information ;
• Promote the removal of barriers to trade in the field of measuring instruments ;
• Promote consistency of interpretation and application of normative documents and propose actions to facilitate implementation ;
• Identify technical problems which might form the subject of collaborative projects ;
• Maintain working links with other relevant bodies with an interest in legal metrology ;
• Debate trends and establish criteria for the scope of legal metrology and maintain channels for a continuous flow of knowledge.