--- metadata: title: 'Resolutions of the CGPM: 25th meeting' date: '2014-11-20' source: BIPM - Pavillon de Breteuil url: https://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/25 resolutions: - dates: - '2014-11-20' title: On the future revision of the International System of Units, the SI identifier: 1 url: https://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/25/1/ reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/CGPM/CGPM25.pdf#page=416 approvals: - type: affirmative degree: unanimous message: The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), at its 25th meeting, considerations: - type: recalling / further recalling date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recalling cgpm-resolution:en/24/1[Resolution 1] adopted by the CGPM at its 24th meeting (2011), which takes note of the intention of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) to propose a revision of the SI that links the definitions of the kilogram, ampere, kelvin, and mole to exact numerical values of the Planck constant stem:[h], elementary charge stem:[e], Boltzmann constant stem:[k], and Avogadro constant stem:[N_("A")], respectively, and which revises the way the SI is defined including the wording of the definitions of the SI units for time, length, mass, electric current, thermodynamic temperature, amount of substance, and luminous intensity so that the reference constants on which the SI is based are clearly apparent, - type: recalling / further recalling date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recalling the many benefits summarized in Resolution 1 that will accrue to science, technology, industry, and commerce from such a revision, especially from linking the kilogram to an invariant of nature rather than to the mass of a material artefact, thereby ensuring its long-term stability, - type: recalling / further recalling date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recalling cgpm-resolution:en/21/7[Resolution 7] adopted by the CGPM at its 21st meeting (1999), which encourages work at the National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) that can lead to such a redefinition of the kilogram, - type: recalling / further recalling date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recalling cgpm-resolution:en/23/12[Resolution 12] adopted by the CGPM at its 23rd meeting (2007), which outlines the work that should be carried out by the NMIs, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), and the CIPM together with its Consultative Committees (CCs) that could enable the planned revision of the SI to be adopted by the CGPM, - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: |- *considering that* there has been significant progress in completing the necessary work, including * the acquisition of relevant data and their analysis by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) to obtain the required values of stem:[h], stem:[e], stem:[k], and stem:[N_("A")], * establishment by the BIPM of an ensemble of reference standards of mass to facilitate the dissemination of the unit of mass in the revised SI, * the preparation of _mises-en-pratique_ for the new definitions of the kilogram, ampere, kelvin, and mole, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: |- *noting that* further work by the Consultative Committee for Units (CCU), the CIPM, the BIPM, the NMIs and the CCs should focus on * awareness campaigns to alert user communities as well as the general public to the proposed revision of the SI, * the preparation of the 9th edition of the SI Brochure that presents the revised SI in a way that can be understood by a diverse readership without compromising scientific rigour, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: "*that* despite this progress the data do not yet appear to be sufficiently robust for the CGPM to adopt the revised SI at its 25th meeting," actions: - type: encourages date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: encourages continued effort in the NMIs, the BIPM, and academic institutions to obtain data relevant to the determination of stem:[h], stem:[e], stem:[k], and stem:[N_("A")] with the requisite uncertainties, - type: encourages date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: encourages the NMIs to continue acting through the CCs to discuss and review this data, - type: encourages date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: encourages the CIPM to continue developing a plan to provide the path via the Consultative Committees and the CCU for implementing Resolution 1 adopted by the CGPM at its 24th meeting (2011), and - type: encourages date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: encourages continued effort by the CIPM, together with its Consultative Committees, the NMIs, the BIPM, and other organizations such as the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), to complete all work necessary for the CGPM at its 26th meeting to adopt a resolution that would replace the current SI with the revised SI, provided the amount of data, their uncertainties, and level of consistency are deemed satisfactory. - dates: - '2014-11-20' title: On the election of the International Committee for Weights and Measures identifier: 2 url: https://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/25/2/ reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/CGPM/CGPM25.pdf#page=418 approvals: - type: affirmative degree: unanimous message: The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), at its 25th meeting, considerations: - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the provisions of Articles https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/documents/official/metre-convention.pdf#page=17[7], https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/documents/official/metre-convention.pdf#page=17[8] and https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/documents/official/metre-convention.pdf#page=18[9] of the Regulations Annexed to the Metre Convention on the election and composition of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM), - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the decision made by the CGPM at its 17th meeting (1983), upon recommendation of the _ad hoc_ Working Group it had created at its 16th meeting (1979), that the CIPM should – in general – ensure that the candidate is acceptable to his or her government at the time of provisional election, - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering cgpm-resolution:en/24/10[Resolution 10] adopted by the CGPM at its 24th meeting (2011) on the role, mission, objectives, long-term strategy and governance of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), in which the CGPM invited the CIPM to establish an _ad hoc_ Working Group charged with conducting a Review of the role, mission, objectives, long-term financial stability, strategic direction and governance of the BIPM, and to report to the CGPM at its 25th meeting on recommendations from the Review of the _ad hoc_ Working Group, actions consequently taken by the CIPM and proposals for additional actions that require the approval of the CGPM, - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the findings and recommendations of the said _ad hoc_ Working Group relating in particular to the election and composition of the CIPM, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting https://www.bipm.org/utils/en/pdf/CIPM/CIPM2014-I-Decisions-EN.pdf#page=2[Decision 103-08] of the CIPM, adopted by unanimity at Session I of its 103rd meeting (March 2014), on the resignation of all CIPM members to become effective from the start of Session I of the 104th meeting of the CIPM, scheduled for March 2015, actions: - type: welcomes date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: welcomes the revision by the CIPM, at Session II of its 102nd meeting (October 2013), of the principles it follows in making elections, which had been adopted by the CIPM at its 94th meeting (2005), - type: decides date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: decides that beginning with the 25th meeting of the CGPM (2014), CIPM members shall be elected to fixed renewable terms, - type: decides date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: decides that terms will begin at the first CIPM meeting to take place no later than six months after the CGPM meeting at which they are elected, and will end at the beginning of the CIPM meeting that follows the next meeting of the CGPM, - type: decides date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: decides that a Committee for CIPM Election is set up in order to assist the CIPM and the CGPM in the election of CIPM members, being elected and operating in conformity with a procedure to be adopted by the Committee, - type: decides date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: decides that the Committee for CIPM Election shall be composed of nine representatives, each from a different Member State with maximum, intermediary and minimum contributions, with appropriate geographic representation, elected by the CGPM by majority vote, as well as the CIPM President and CIPM Secretary; and that it shall be chaired by one of the Member States' representatives, - type: decides date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: decides that the CGPM shall proceed at each of its meetings to the election of the nine Member States' representatives of the Committee for CIPM Election, - type: invites / further invites date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: invites Member States to participate actively in the CIPM election process. - dates: - '2014-11-20' title: On the Pension and Provident Fund of the BIPM identifier: 3 url: https://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/25/3/ reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/CGPM/CGPM25.pdf#page=420 approvals: - type: affirmative degree: unanimous message: The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), at its 25th meeting, considerations: - type: recalling / further recalling date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recalling that the CGPM at its 3rd meeting (1901) established a fund for pensions for the benefit of BIPM staff members, - type: recalling / further recalling date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recalling https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/documents/official/metre-convention.pdf#page=18[article 15 paragraph 2 of the Regulations annexed to the Metre Convention], which states, inter alia, that "[a]n annual levy in favour of the Pension Fund may be made from the total fees received by the Bureau", - type: recalling / further recalling date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recalling that the CGPM at its 24th meeting (2011) has adopted cgpm-resolution:en/24/10[Resolution 10] on the role, mission, objectives, long-term strategy and governance of the BIPM which invited the CIPM to establish an _ad hoc_ Working Group to conduct a Review of inter alia the long-term financial stability of the BIPM, - type: recognizing date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recognizing that the CIPM established a Standing Sub-Committee on the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund and Health Insurance in 2012, - type: recognizing date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recognizing the importance of a sustainable pension fund as a mechanism for the BIPM to attract, retain and motivate competent staff, - type: recognizing date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recognizing the need for the CIPM together with the BIPM to manage the BIPM's budget and finances to meet its financial obligations towards the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund within the dotation agreed by the Member States, - type: recognizing date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: recognizing that the CIPM has brought increased transparency to the accounts and financial statements of the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund through the adoption of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), - type: reaffirming date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: re-affirms the decision made at its 10th meeting (1954) to charge the CIPM with the administration of the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund, actions: - type: welcomes date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: welcomes the measures already taken by the CIPM towards ensuring the long-term financial stability of the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund, especially the amendments that were adopted by the CIPM in 2009 and that entered into force from 1 January 2010, including raising the retirement age and increasing the BIPM staff contribution, - type: welcomes date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: welcomes the work carried out to review and analyse the current assets and liabilities of the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund since the 24th meeting of the CGPM (2011) by the CIPM Sub-Committee on the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund and Health Insurance, - type: invites / further invites date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: invites the CIPM to implement its plans to provide sustainability for the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund whilst continuing to examine the longer term liability issue, - type: invites / further invites date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: invites the CIPM to inform Member States about the outcome of actuarial studies on the assets and liabilities of the BIPM Pension and Provident Fund in its regular financial publications and at the next meeting of the General Conference. subject: CIPM - dates: - '2014-11-20' title: Dotation of the BIPM for the years 2016 to 2019 identifier: 4 url: https://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/25/4/ reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/CGPM/CGPM25.pdf#page=422 approvals: - type: affirmative degree: unanimous message: The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), at its 25th meeting, considerations: - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the increased importance of the work of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) to international trade, industrial innovation, monitoring climate change, human health and medicine, food and forensic science in all Member States, - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the recognition of the BIPM as the scientifically expert intergovernmental organization in metrology and the added value and cost efficiency it provides to all Member States in technical and economic terms, - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the manner in which the BIPM is adopting best management practice and improving the efficiency of its operation, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting that cgpm-resolution:en/16/7[Resolution 7 (1979)] adopted by the CGPM at its 16th meeting established a principle for the determination of the base dotation, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting cgpm-resolution:en/24/10[Resolution 10 (2011)] adopted by the CGPM at its 24th meeting on the role, mission, objectives, long-term strategy and governance of the BIPM, and the actions consequently taken and successfully implemented by the BIPM, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting the current world financial situation and the financial constraints Member States are subject to, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting the successful implementation by the BIPM of the recommendation made by the CGPM at its 24th meeting that additional voluntary support be sought to enable additional activities at the BIPM related to its mission, actions: - type: thanks / expresses-appreciation date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: "*thanks* those National Metrology Institutes that have provided voluntary support of all kinds to the BIPM, in particular by way of secondment of staff to the BIPM," - type: decides date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: |- *decides that* the annual dotation of the BIPM, as defined in https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/documents/official/metre-convention.pdf#page=16[Article 6, 1921, of the Regulations annexed to the Metre Convention], will be set in such a way that, for those States that are Parties to the Metre Convention at the time of the 25th meeting of the CGPM, it shall be: |=== | 11 980 000 euros in 2016 | 11 980 000 euros in 2017 | 11 980 000 euros in 2018 | 11 980 000 euros in 2019 |=== - type: urges date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: urges Member States, as well as international organizations, private organizations and foundations to maintain the provision of additional voluntary support of all kinds to support specific BIPM mission-related activities, particularly those that facilitate participation in the activities of the BIPM by those countries without well-developed metrology infrastructure. - dates: - '2014-11-20' title: On the importance of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement identifier: 5 url: https://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/25/5/ reference: https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/CGPM/CGPM25.pdf#page=423 approvals: - type: affirmative degree: unanimous message: The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), at its 25th meeting, considerations: - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the relevance and importance of the CIPM MRA as expressed in particular by the CGPM in cgpm-resolution:en/22/6[Resolution 6 (2003)] adopted at its 22nd meeting and in cgpm-resolution:en/23/4[Resolution 4 (2007)] adopted at its 23rd meeting, - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the appreciation and support expressed by all interested parties for the CIPM MRA since its entry into force more than fifteen years ago, - type: considering date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: considering the positive social and economic impact of the CIPM MRA in providing for the mutual recognition of national measurement standards and of calibration and measurement certificates, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting that after fifteen years of successful operation of the CIPM MRA, there is a need to review its implementation and operation, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting that the activities carried out under the CIPM MRA are of direct relevance to the role, mission and objectives of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting the unique and distinct role of the Regional Metrology Organizations (RMOs) within the activities of the CIPM MRA, through the Joint Committee of the Regional Metrology Organizations and the BIPM (JCRB) and for the Associates of the CGPM, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: noting the improvements being made within the existing framework including the strategic planning of comparisons and ongoing streamlining of processes, - type: noting date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: 'noting a workshop planned for 2015 to engage in a broad discussion of the CIPM MRA, involving: Directors of National Metrology Institutes, Member States representatives, representatives of RMOs and other relevant stakeholders concerning the benefits of the CIPM MRA, as well as establishing views on what works well, and what needs to be improved regarding its implementation,' - type: reaffirming date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: reaffirms its recommendation that the principles of the CIPM MRA be included in intergovernmental agreements as appropriate, actions: - type: invites / further invites date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: invites the Consultative Committees and the JCRB to continue their ongoing efforts to streamline operations within the existing framework, and to prepare for and contribute to the wider review in 2015, - type: invites / further invites date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: invites the CIPM to establish a working group under the chairmanship of its President, with membership to be determined at the 2015 workshop, to conduct a review of the implementation and operation of the CIPM MRA, - type: encourages date_effective: '2014-11-20' message: encourages all signatories of the CIPM MRA to support the activities and work of the working group on the CIPM MRA.