Member State: France
The French Republic was one of the initial signatories of the Metre Convention (20 May 1875).
It ratified the Convention and became a Member State on 20 December 1875.
CIPM MRA
Signatory/NMI
* now LNE
Designated institute(s)
Centre Technique des Industries Aérauliques et Thermiques
For mass and related quantities: fluid flow: liquid flow-water, flow speed; for thermometry: humidity
Villeurbanne Cedex
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers/Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie
For length: laser radiations; photometry and radiometry: photometry; thermometry: temperature
La Plaine-Saint-Denis
Université de Franche-Comté, Laboratoire Temps-fréquence de Besançon
For electricity and magnetism: phase noise in RF domain; time and frequency: time interval and frequency calibrations
Besançon cedex
Observatoire de Paris/Systèmes de Référence Temps-Espace
For realization of the SI units in time and frequency (primary and secondary standards) and gravimetry, and for elaboration and dissemination of time scales
Paris
International recognition
CIPM MRA logo
The following institutes are authorized to use the CIPM MRA logo, for the fields of measurement supported by CMCs published in the KCDB:
BIPM services provided
Comparisons piloted by the BIPM
Calibration certificates issued by the BIPM
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Calibration certificate No.74 (2015)
- FR
Calibration certificate No.67 (2015)
- FR
- Académie des sciences de Paris
Calibration certificate No.27 (2015)
- FR
- Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
Calibration certificate No.18 (2015)
- FR
CBKT
Participation in the BIPM CBKT programme
KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2024)
KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2024)
KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2022)
KCDB 2.0 - TC Chairs (2022)
KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2022)
KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2021)
KCDB 2.0 – Comparisons (2021)
2020 - EURAMET: The KCDB2.0 (2020)
KCDB 2.0 - CMC Writers (2020)
Mycotoxin Metrology Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer programme (2020)
2019 - EURAMET: Piloting comparisons in RI (2019)
2018 - UTC: Effective participation (2018)
2017 - EURAMET: QMS review (2017)
2017 - EURAMET: TC Leadership (2017)
Metrology for Clean Air (2017)
National institute having sponsored a BIPM CBKT initiative (in full or in part)
No sponsorship yet.