YEREVAN, DECEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. In order to ensure the unity of measurements, this year 600 approvals of measurement means, 495 state tests of measurement means were conducted, and one licence for production and repair of a measurement means was granted. Robert Dayan, Head of the Standardization, Metrology and Conformity Certification Department of the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, said this at the December 20 press conference. According to him, 9 normative documents on metrology were sent to the CIS Interstate Council to be tested. 270,519 units of measurement means were tested, as well as the national standards AST 8.1 "State Tests, Approval and State Registration of Measurement Means" and AST 8.11 "Metrology Terms and Definitions" in line with the MP-19 international document were developed. R. Dayan said that some of the national metrological standards were tested in Slovakia.

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