International Committee for Weights and Measures

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governing body intergovernmental organization international standards organization metrology organization

The International Committee for Weights and Measures is a governing body that oversees the global system of measurement standards and ensures their uniform implementation among member states.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
International Committee for Weights and Measures canonical	13
CIPM Consultative Committee for Flow Metrology	1
Comité International des Poids et Mesures	1
Comité international des poids et mesures	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body ⓘ intergovernmental organization ⓘ international standards organization ⓘ metrology organization ⓘ
abbreviation	CIPM ⓘ
established	19th century ⓘ
field	international standardization ⓘ measurement standards ⓘ metrology ⓘ
formedBy	signatories of the Metre Convention ⓘ
foundedInContextOf	international harmonization of measurement units ⓘ
hasConsultativeCommittee	Consultative Committee for Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration ⓘ CIPM Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology ⓘ surface form: Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance CIPM Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism ⓘ surface form: Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiation ⓘ Consultative Committee for Length ⓘ Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities ⓘ Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities ⓘ surface form: Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities (CCM) Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry ⓘ CIPM Consultative Committee for Thermometry ⓘ surface form: Consultative Committee for Thermometry CIPM Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency ⓘ surface form: Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency
hasMemberCount	18 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	France ⓘ Sèvres ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Metre Convention ⓘ
locatedInFacility	Pavillon de Breteuil ⓘ
locatedInOrganization	International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ
meetsAtLeast	annually ⓘ
memberType	engineers ⓘ metrology experts ⓘ scientists ⓘ
mission	to ensure worldwide uniformity of measurements ⓘ
oversees	International System of Units ⓘ SI ⓘ
parentOrganization	Metre Convention ⓘ
partOf	International System of Units ⓘ surface form: International System of Units governance
responsibility	adoption of resolutions and recommendations on units and standards ⓘ approval of recommendations for changes to the SI ⓘ coordination of international comparisons of national measurement standards ⓘ ensuring uniform implementation of SI among member states ⓘ establishment of Consultative Committees for different areas of metrology ⓘ oversight of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ supervision of international metrology standards ⓘ
scope	worldwide ⓘ
shortName	CIPM ⓘ ICWM ⓘ
shortNameInFrench	International Committee for Weights and Measures self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Comité international des poids et mesures
signingTreaty	Metre Convention ⓘ
subordinateTo	General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ
worksWith	General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Bureau of Weights and Measures → hasOrgan → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

International Bureau of Weights and Measures → governedBy → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

TAI → governingBody → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

cesium atomic clocks → standardizedBy → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

CIPM → fullName → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comité International des Poids et Mesures

CIPM → fullNameEnglish → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

CIPM → shortName → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

CIPM → hasConsultativeCommittee → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

this entity surface form: CIPM Consultative Committee for Flow Metrology

Metre Convention → created → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

Metrologia → associatedWith → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

General Conference on Weights and Measures → supervises → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

General Conference on Weights and Measures → hasSubsidiaryBody → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

International Committee for Weights and Measures → shortNameInFrench → International Committee for Weights and Measures self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comité international des poids et mesures

25th General Conference on Weights and Measures → organizedBy → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

27th General Conference on Weights and Measures → organizedBy → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ

27th General Conference on Weights and Measures → convenedBy → International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ