Metrological Legislation in Argentina

摘要

The text of a law establishing an augmented SI as the Argentine legal metric system is given. The units employed and their application and enforcement are set forth under the following topics: standards, measuring instruments, general dispositions, application services, fees and tariffs, system of penalties and procedures, and transitory and complementary dispositions. This law creates a national application service, a national commission of metrology, and a national office of legal metrology; the National Institute of Industrial Technology is also charged with the implementation of certain functions through this legislation. (ERA citation 05:002373)