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metadata:
  title: '106'
  date: '2017-10-01'
  source: BIPM - Pavillon de Breteuil
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
resolutions:
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-1
  identifier: 106-1
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations:
  - type: acknowledging
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: accepted the minutes of the 105th meeting of the CIPM as a true record.
  actions: []
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-2
  identifier: 106-2
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: confirms
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: confirmed its approval of the audited financial statements of the BIPM
      and of the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund which were reviewed by the CIPM Sub
      Committee on Finance in June 2017. The CIPM granted the BIPM Director quietus
      for the 2016 exercise.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-3
  identifier: 106-3
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: approves
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: approved the budget proposed by the Director for 2018 (document CIPM/2016-05.3).
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-4
  identifier: 106-4
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: decided to draft a resolution for submission to the 26th meeting of the
      CGPM regarding the process for the exclusion of Member States in arrears.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-5
  identifier: 106-5
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: decided to modify Title IV of the Regulations of the Pension and Provident
      Fund relating to the Pension Fund Advisory Board to add to its membership one
      elected representative of pensioners and deferred pensioners of the BIPM serving
      a term of 4 years.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-6
  identifier: 106-6
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: 'decided unanimously to modify the Rules of the BIPM Pension and Provident
      Fund to state that the unit used to calculate pensions shall henceforth be the
      Pension Point and that the CIPM may, if the need to ensure long-term financial
      sustainability warrants so, phase in the adjustment of the Pension Point value,
      apply it in part, suspend it or defer it. (The modification is applicable to
      all three Sections of the Fund: Pre-2010, Post-2010 and Post-2017.)'
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-7
  identifier: 106-7
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: "Following review of the actuarial modelling carried out by the actuaries
      at Mercer, and Decision CIPM/105 06 by which the CIPM:\n\n* increased the annual
      contributions by the BIPM to the Pension Fund by 400 k€ in 2017 and 150 k€ in
      every year thereafter, and \n* implemented increases in the contribution rate
      for active staff\nThe CIPM decided unanimously that the Pension Point will not
      be adjusted for the period 2018-2019."
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-8
  identifier: 106-8
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: decided to increase the number of serving staff elected by the staff
      to the PFAB from one to three, each serving a term of 4 years. It will continue,
      when possible, with the practice of engaging an external expert on the PFAB
      drawn from amongst the representatives of the Member States.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-9
  identifier: 106-9
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: requests
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: requested the CCM to provide, for the next meeting of the CIPM, a formally
      approved note on the dissemination process after the redefinition of the kilogram,
      addressing in particular the definition of the consensus value, as well as an
      updated _mise en pratique_, taking into account the comments made at the 106th
      meeting of the CIPM.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-10
  identifier: 106-10
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: welcomes
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: |-
      The International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) welcomed recommendations regarding the redefinition of the SI from its Consultative Committees. +
       +
      The CIPM noted that the agreed conditions for the redefinition are now met and decided to submit draft Resolution stem:["A"] to the 26th meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) and to undertake all other necessary steps to proceed with the planned redefinition of the kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole.
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-11
  identifier: 106-11
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: appoints
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: authorized the CIPM President to convey its support for the publication
      of the final numerical values for the defining constants to the Task Group for
      Fundamental Constants convened by CODATA.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-12
  identifier: 106-12
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations:
  - type: acknowledging
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: "accepted the revised Draft Resolution stem:[\"A\"] as presented at the
      106th meeting of the CIPM which included modifications:\n\n* to the wording
      for the definition of the mole as suggested by the CCU and based on proposals
      by the CCQM and IUPAC, \n* to include the final CODATA LSA values for the defining
      constants, \n* to synchronize the order in the definition of the luminous efficacy,
      and\n* to include explanatory text on the hertz, joule, coulomb, lumen and watt."
  actions: []
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-13
  identifier: 106-13
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: approves
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: approved the edited version of the 9th edition of the SI Brochure, as
      approved by the CCU, changed by adding the preface on "The BIPM and the Metre
      Convention" used in the 8th edition of the SI Brochure modified only by correcting
      the numbers of Member States and Associate States/Economies and simultaneously
      deleting what was Appendix 1 on "The Metre Convention and its Organs".
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-14
  identifier: 106-14
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: welcomes
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: welcomed the excellent progress on the promotion of the revised SI by
      the CIPM Task Group for Promotion of the SI and encouraged all NMIs to take
      advantage of the material they develop.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-15
  identifier: 106-15
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: decided that the _mises en pratique_ prepared by the CCs for each of
      the base units should be presented in a common format to be developed by the
      BIPM editing team.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-16
  identifier: 106-16
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: "decided the following text for inclusion in CIPM-D-01: +\n +\n_In order
      to be informed of technical developments and evolving stakeholder needs in different
      areas of metrology, the CIPM has Consultative Committees with agreed scopes
      and the following three objectives: \n* to progress the state-of-the art by
      providing a global forum for NMIs to exchange information about the state of
      the art and best practices, \n* to define new possibilities for metrology to
      have impact on global measurement challenges by facilitating dialogue between
      the NMIs and new and established stakeholders, and \n* to demonstrate and improve
      the global comparability of measurements. Particularly by working with the RMOs
      in the context of the CIPM MRA to:\n* plan, execute and monitor KCs, and to
      \n* support the process of CMC review._ Document CIPM-D-01 will be updated accordingly."
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-17
  identifier: 106-17
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: "Following Decision CIPM/105-27 (on the engagement of international organizations
      as \"liaisons\" at the Consultative Committees), the CIPM decided that the status
      of liaison within the context of the Consultative Committees will be decided
      upon in each case by the CIPM. +\n +\nThe CIPM will base its decision on the
      extent to which the international organization concerned meets the following
      criteria:\n\n* being international in structure and scope of activity, and representative
      of the specialized field of interest in which they operate;\n* being concerned
      with matters covering a part, or all, of the field of activity of the BIPM;\n*
      having aims and purposes in conformity with the Vision, Mission and Objectives
      of the BIPM;\n* having a permanent directing body and secretariat, authorized
      representatives and systematic procedures and machinery for communicating with
      its membership in various countries;\n* allowing its members to exercise voting
      rights in relation to its policies or action or having other appropriate mechanisms
      to express their views; and \n* having been established at least three years
      before they apply for liaison status. \nOrganizations that are not offered liaison
      status within the context of the Consultative Committees will be known as \"organizations
      in cooperation\". +\n +\nDocument CIPM-D-01 will be updated accordingly."
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-18
  identifier: 106-18
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: decided that, in order to further emphasize the consultative nature of
      the Consultative Committees and the importance of the consensus-based decision-making
      processes, Document CIPM-D-01 should be updated so as not to make any reference
      to voting taking place in CCs.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-19
  identifier: 106-19
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations:
  - type: acknowledging
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: "accepted the following changes to the membership and observership of
      the Consultative Committees:\n\n* CCEM\n\n** NIS (Egypt) as an observer. \n*
      CCM\n\n** DFM (Denmark) as a member. \n* CCQM\n\n** VNIIFTRI (Russian Federation)
      as an observer. \n** (Ireland) is no longer a member of the CCQM. (Since Ireland
      is a Member State, a representative from SL will be able to attend as an observer
      upon request). \n* CCT\n\n** (Czech Republic) as a member. \n* CCTF\n\n** Chunghwa
      Telecom Laboratory (Chinese Taipei) as an observer. \n* CCU\n\n** LNE (France)
      as a member."
  actions: []
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-20
  identifier: 106-20
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: |-
      decided that when considering whether it is appropriate for an Associate State of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) to be encouraged to accede to the Metre Convention and hence become a Member State, it will take into account whether it has:

      * been an Associate State of the CGPM for at least 5 years,
      * a National Metrology Institute (NMI) that has signed the CIPM MRA,
      * published comparison results in the key comparison database (KCDB),
      * one or more Calibration and Measurement Capability (CMC) listed in the KCDB,
      * a percentage higher than 0.02 on the "_Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations_".
      The above criteria will be applied in the implementation of cgpm-resolution:en/24/4[Resolution 4 of the CGPM (2011) "_On the status of Associate State of the General Conference_"]. +
        +
       This decision revises the criteria adopted by the CIPM at its 98th (2009) and 99th (2010) meetings. +
       +
       The above notwithstanding, the CIPM reaffirmed that an Associate State of the CGPM may choose to accede to the Metre Convention and become a Member State at any time should it so wish.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-21
  identifier: 106-21
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: decided that an Associate State of the CGPM that does not meet the criteria
      set in Decision CIPM/106-20 and that has already been encouraged to accede to
      the Metre Convention, and as a result is paying an increased subscription, shall
      have its subscription reduced to the minimum for an Associate State. The reduction
      will come into force in 2018 and will not be retroactive.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-22
  identifier: 106-22
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: asks
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: asked the BIPM to work with any Associate State included in Decision
      CIPM/106-21 and that is in arrears in order to establish a rescheduling agreement.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-23
  identifier: 106-23
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: approves
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: agreed the BIPM Strategy (2018) with a change to the text of the final
      line of the "mission" to read "Improving the quality of life and sustaining
      the global environment".
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-24
  identifier: 106-24
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: decided to revise the level of reserves shown in the BIPM Financial report
      to 50 % of the annual dotation, with immediate effect.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-25
  identifier: 106-25
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: decides
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: |-
      decided to amend Section B (page 3) of the "Criteria and Process for Election of CIPM Members" (Sept 2014), by adding the phrase +
       +
      "Each member shall be willing to act as the President of a Consultative Committee or of a CIPM Sub-committee".
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-26
  identifier: 106-26
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: asks
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: 'asked Dr May to reinstate the CIPM _ad hoc_ Working Group on Membership
      to propose some clarification of the text in "Step 5: Seating of a newly elected
      CIPM" in the "Criteria and Process for Election of CIPM members" for discussion
      at the next meeting.'
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-27
  identifier: 106-27
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: asks
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: asked the CIPM President to invite each RMO to send one or two representatives
      to the next meeting of the CC Presidents (19-20 June 2018). These representatives
      should be prepared to address the recommendations of the review of the CIPM
      MRA in order to ensure common understanding between the CCs and the RMOs on
      technical and quality-system issues.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-28
  identifier: 106-28
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations: []
  actions:
  - type: welcomes
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: |-
      welcomed the drafts of the Regulations for Awards and Terms of Reference of the +
      Sub-Committee for Awards as a basis for further work. +
       +
      Members of the CIPM agreed to consider the documents and send additions and corrections to +
      Dr Bulygin by March 2018. Dr Bulygin will summarize the proposals from CIPM members and send the final document to the CIPM bureau by June 2018. +
       +
      The CIPM decided that Dr Liew and Mr Érard should join the Sub-Committee for Awards.
  subject: The CIPM
- dates:
  - '2017-10-01'
  title: Decision CIPM/106-29
  identifier: 106-29
  url: https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cipm/meeting/106.html
  reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2017-EN.pdf
  considerations:
  - type: acknowledging
    date_effective: '2017-10-01'
    message: accepted document CIPM/17-23.1 as its position on revision of the _International
      Vocabulary of Metrology_ (VIM).
  actions: []
  subject: The CIPM