Traditionally and until recent years in France, the control of measuring instruments was performed by state officers. Since 1988 some delegation of controls to private bodies has been possible, and a decree published in 2001 clearly established that: (1) where applicable, conformity assessment of measuring instruments is performed in the framework of the quality assurance system (QAS) of the manufacturer, repairer or installer, approved by a designated body; (2) where not applicable or in cases where there is no approved QAS, verifications are performed, according to the case, by bodies designated by the Ministry of Industry or by bodies approved by the local authority representing the county in which the body is located; (3) the control is performed by state officers only when the above-mentioned modalities are not possible.
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