FEDERAL LAW NO. 102-FZ OF JUNE 26, 2008
                ON ENSURING THE UNIFORMITY OF MEASUREMENTS

     Adopted by the State Duma June 11, 2008
     Approved by the Federation Council June 18, 2008
     
                      Chapter 1. General Provisions

     Article 1. The Goals and Applicability of the Present Federal Law 
     1. The goals of the present Federal Law are as follows: 
     1) establishing a legal foundation for ensuring  the  uniformity  of
measurements in the Russian Federation; 
     2) protecting the rights  and  lawful  interests  of  citizens,  the
society and the  state  from  the  negative  consequences  of  unreliable
results of measurements; 
     3) catering for the need of citizens, the society and the state  for
the objective, reliable and comparable results of  measurements  used  to
protect the life and health  of  citizens,  the  environment,  fauna  and
flora, and to ensure the defence and  security  of  the  state  including
economic security; 
     4) providing assistance to the development of  the  economy  of  the
Russian Federation and to scientific and technological progress. 
     2. The present Federal Law  regulates  the  relationships  occurring
when measurements are being carried out, requirements are established  as
applicable  to  measurements,  units,  standard   specimens,   means   of
measurement,  when  standard  specimens,  means   of   measurements   and
measurement methodologies (methods) are being applied, and also when  the
activity of ensuring the uniformity  of  measurements  envisaged  by  the
legislation of the Russian  Federation  on  ensuring  the  uniformity  of
measurements is being carried  out,  for  instance  when  the  works  and
services of ensuring the uniformity of measurements are being performed. 
     3. The area of ensuring the uniformity of  measurements  subject  to
state  regulation  extends  to  the  measurements  for  which  compulsory
requirements are established for the purposes described in Part 1 of  the
present article and which are carried out when: 
     1) activities are being pursued in the area of public health; 
     2) veterinary activities are being carried out; 
     3) environmental protection activities are being carried out; 
     4) the activity of ensuring safety in cases of  emergency  is  being
carried out; 
     5) the works of ensuring  safe  conditions  for  labour  and  labour
protection are being carried out; 
     6) production control  is  being  carried  out  in  respect  of  the
observance of the  industrial  safety  requirements  established  by  the
legislation  of  the  Russian  Federation  for  cases  when  a  hazardous
production facility is being operated; 
     7) trade and barter transactions and the works of packing  of  goods
take place; 
     8) state record-keeping transactions are being carried out; 
     9) postal communication services are being provided and  the  amount
of electric communication services provided by communication operators is 
being recorded; 
     10) activities in the area of defence and security of the state  are
being carried out; 
     11) geodetic and cartographic activities are being carried out; 
     12)  activities   are   being   carried   out   in   the   area   of
hydrometeorology; 
     13) banking, tax and customs transactions are being carried out; 
     14) the works of assessing the compliance of industrial products and 
products of other types and also of other facilities with the  compulsory
requirements established by the legislation of the Russian Federation are 
being carried out; 
     15) official sport competitions are being conducted  and  high-class
sportsmen are being prepared; 
     16) instructions of a court, prosecutor's office or state  executive
governmental body are being carried out; 
     17) state control (supervision) measures are being taken. 
     4. Also the measurements envisaged by the legislation of the Russian 
Federation on technical regulation are deemed to be within  the  area  of
state regulation of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     5. The area of state regulation of arrangements for  the  uniformity
of measurements also extends to the units, unit, standard  specimens  and
means of measurement for which compulsory requirements are established. 
     6.  Compulsory  requirements  applicable   to   measurements,   unit
standards,  standard  specimens  and  means  of  measurement   shall   be
established by the legislation of the Russian Federation on ensuring  the
uniformity  of  measurements  and  by  the  legislation  of  the  Russian
Federation on technical regulation. Compulsory requirements applicable to 
units, the performance of the  works  and/or  services  of  ensuring  the
uniformity of measurements shall be established by the legislation of the 
Russian Federation on ensuring the uniformity of measurements. 
     7. The details of ensuring the uniformity  of  measurements  in  the
course of activities in the area of defence and  security  of  the  state
shall be established by the Government of the Russian Federation. 
     Article 2. Basic Terms 
     The following basic terms are used in the present Federal Law: 
     1) "attestation of measurement methodologies  (methods)"  meaning  a
research and confirmation of the compliance of measurement  methodologies
(methods) with  established  methodological  requirements  applicable  to
measurements; 
     2) "commissioning means of measurement"  meaning  the  readiness  of
means of measurement for being used according to their  intended  purpose
as documented in the established procedure; 
     3) "state metrological supervision" meaning a  control  activity  in
the area of state  regulation  of  arrangements  for  the  uniformity  of
measurements pursued by empowered federal executive  governmental  bodies
as verification on a regular basis of the observance  of  the  compulsory
requirements established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and 
also as the application of sanctions established by  the  legislation  of
the Russian Federation for the irregularities discovered in the course of 
supervision actions; 
     4) "primary state unit standard" meaning a state unit standard  that
ensures the reproduction, storage and transfer of a unit of quantity with 
the highest accuracy in the Russian Federation and that is  confirmed  as
such in the established procedure and is being used as a primary  one  on
the territory of the Russian Federation; 
     5) "state unit standard"  meaning  a  unit  standard  under  federal
ownership; 
     6) "unit" meaning a fixed  quantity  accepted  as  a  unit  of  this
quantity and applicable as a quantitative expression of  quantities  that
are homogenous with that quantity; 
     7)  "the  uniformity  of  measurements"   meaning   the   state   of
measurements in which the results thereof  are  expressed  in  the  units
admitted for being used in the Russian Federation and the  indicators  of
accuracy of measurement are within established limits; 
     8) "measurement" meaning an aggregate of operations carried  out  to
assess the quantitative magnitude of a value; 
     9) "testing standard specimens or means of measurement to confirm  a
type" meaning the  work  of  assessing  the  metrological  and  technical
characteristics  of  single-type   standard   specimens   or   means   of
measurement; 
     10) "calibration of means of measurement" meaning the  aggregate  of
operations carried out for the purpose of assessing  the  true  vales  of
metrological characteristics of means of measurement; 
     11) "measurement methodology (method)" meaning the aggregate of  the
specifically described operations whose completion makes sure results  of
measurement are obtained with established accuracy indicators; 
     12) "metrological  service"  meaning  the  structural  unit  of  the
central staff of an federal  executive  governmental  body  and/or  of  a
territorial body thereof, the legal entity or the structural  unit  of  a
legal entity or of an association of legal entities, the employees  of  a
legal entity or the individual entrepreneur organising and/or  performing
works of ensuring the uniformity of  measurements  and/or  providing  the
services of ensuring the uniformity of measurements; 
     13)  "metrological  expert  examination"  meaning  an  analysis  and
assessment  of  the  correctness  of  establishment  and  observance   of
metrological requirements as applicable to an object undergoing an expert 
examination. The metrological expert examination  is  carried  out  on  a
compulsory (compulsory  metrological  expert  examination)  or  voluntary
basis; 
     14) "metrological requirements" meaning requirements  applicable  to
the characteristics (parameters) of measurements, of unit  standards,  of
standards specimens, of means of measurement that affect the  result  and
indicators of  accuracy  of  measurements  and  also  applicable  to  the
conditions in which these characteristics (parameters) must be ensured; 
     15) "compulsory metrological requirements" meaning the  metrological
requirements which are established by normative legal acts of the Russian 
Federation and are to be compulsorily observed on the  territory  of  the
Russian Federation; 
     16) "transfer of a unit" meaning the reduction of a unit  stored  in
means of measurement to the unit reproduced by the standard of this  unit
or by a standard specimen; 
     17) "verifying means of measurement" (hereinafter also  referred  to
as "verification") meaning the aggregate of operations  carried  out  for
the purpose of confirming the compliance of  means  of  measurement  with
metrological requirements; 
     18) "traceability" meaning the property of a  unit  standard  or  of
means of measurement that manifests itself in documented establishment of 
their relationship with a primary state standard of the relevant unit  by
means of comparing unit standards, verifying  and  calibrating  means  of
measurement; 
     19) "direct measurement" meaning a measurement in which the  unknown
magnitude of a value is obtained directly from a means of measurement; 
     20) "comparing unit standards" meaning the aggregate  of  operations
establishing the ratio between the units reproduced by unit standards  of
one level of accuracy in same conditions; 
     21) "means of measurement" meaning a technical facility intended for 
measurement; 
     22) "standard specimen" meaning a specimen of a substance (material) 
with the magnitudes of one or more values established  according  to  the
results of testing as characterising the composition or a property of the 
substance (material); 
     23) "technical  systems  and  devices  with  measurement  functions"
meaning  technical  systems  and  devices  that  carry  out   measurement
functions apart from their basic functions; 
     24) "specification requirements applicable to means of  measurement"
meaning the requirements defining the  details  of  design  of  means  of
measurement (with no limitation on the technical improvement thereof) for 
the purpose of  preserving  their  metrological  characteristics  in  the
course of operation of the means of measurement, attaining a  reliability
of  the  result  of  measurements,  preventing  unauthorised  tuning  and
interference,  and  also  the  requirements  ensuring  the   safety   and
electromagnetic compatibility of the means of measurement; 
     25) "the type of means of  measurement"  meaning  the  aggregate  of
means of measurement intended for  measuring  same  values  expressed  in
terms of same units, based on same operating concept, having same  design
and manufactured according to same technical documentation; 
     26) "the type  of  standard  specimens"  meaning  the  aggregate  of
standard specimens having same intended purpose, manufactured  from  same
substance (material) according to same technical documentation; 
     27) "confirmation of a type of standard specimens or a type of means 
of measurement" meaning a  documented  decision  on  recognition  of  the
compliance of a type  of  standard  specimens  or  a  type  of  means  of
measurement   with   metrological    and    specification    requirements
(characteristics) on the basis of the result of testing of  the  standard
specimens or the means of measurement for the purpose of  confirming  the
type; 
     28) "packaged goods in a package" meaning goods  packed  up  in  the
buyer's absence when the content of a package cannot be  changed  without
its being opened up or deformed and the weight, volume, length, area  and
the other values defining the quantity of  the  goods  contained  in  the
package must be shown on the package; 
     29) "unit  standard"  meaning  a  technical  facility  intended  for
reproduction, storage and transfer of a unit. 
     Article 3. The Legislation of the Russian Federation on Ensuring the 
                Uniformity of Measurements
     1. The  legislation  of  the  Russian  Federation  on  ensuring  the
uniformity of measurements is based on the Constitution  of  the  Russian
Federation and it includes the present Federal  Law,  the  other  federal
laws regulating relationships in the area of ensuring the  uniformity  of
measurements and also the other  normative  legal  acts  of  the  Russian
Federation adopted in accordance therewith. 
     2. The provisions of federal laws and of other normative legal  acts
of the Russian Federation concerning the subject matter regulated by  the
present Federal Law are applicable in as much as they are consistent with 
the present Federal Law. 
     Article 4. International Treaties of the Russian Federation 
     If an international treaty of the Russian Federation has established 
other rules different from those  set  out  in  the  legislation  of  the
Russian Federation on ensuring the uniformity of measurements, the  rules
of the international treaty shall be applicable. 
         Chapter 2. The Requirements Applicable to Measurements,
                Units, Unit Standards, Standard Specimens
                         and Means of Measurement
     
     Article 5. The Requirements Applicable to Measurements 
     1. The  measurements  that  have  to  do  with  the  area  of  state
regulation of arrangements for the uniformity of  measurements  shall  be
carried out according to attested  measurement  methodologies  (methods),
except for the measurement methodologies (methods)  intended  for  direct
measurements involving the use of means of  measurement  of  an  approved
type that have passed verification. The results of the measurements shall 
be expressed in terms of the units admitted for being used in the Russian 
Federation. 
     2. The  measurement  methodologies  (methods)  intended  for  direct
measurements shall be entered in the operating documentation for means of 
measurements. A confirmation  of  the  compliance  of  these  measurement
methodologies (methods) with  the  compulsory  metrological  requirements
applicable to measurements shall be provided in the course of approval of 
the types of these  means  of  measurements.  In  the  rest  of  cases  a
confirmation of the compliance  of  measurement  methodologies  (methods)
with the compulsory metrological requirements applicable to  measurements
shall  be  provided  by  means  of  attesting  measurement  methodologies
(methods). Information on attested  measurement  methodologies  (methods)
shall be provided to  the  Federal  Information  Fund  for  Ensuring  the
Uniformity  of  Measurements  by  the  legal  entities   and   individual
entrepreneurs that carry out the attestation. 
     3. An attestation of the measurement  methodologies  (methods)  that
have to do with the area of state  regulation  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements shall be carried out by the legal entities and 
individual entrepreneurs accredited in the established procedure  in  the
area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     4.  The  procedure  for  attestation  of  measurement  methodologies
(methods) and for the application thereof shall  be  established  by  the
federal executive governmental body charged with the functions  of  state
policy  elaboration  and  normative  legal  regulation  in  the  area  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     5. By agreement with the federal executive governmental body charged 
with the functions  of  state  policy  elaboration  and  normative  legal
regulation in the area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements 
the federal executive governmental bodies responsible for normative legal 
regulation in the areas of activity specified in Parts 3 and 4 of Article 
1 of the present Federal Law shall designate the measurements  that  have
to do  with  the  area  of  state  regulation  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity  of  measurements  and   establish   compulsory   metrological
requirements for them, including measurement accuracy indicators. 
     6. The federal executive governmental body charged with the function 
of state service provision and state property management in the  area  of
arrangements  for  the  uniformity   of   measurements   shall   keep   a
comprehensive list of the measurements relating  to  the  area  of  state
regulation of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     Article 6. The Requirements Applicable to Units 
     1. The following is used in the Russian Federation: the units of the 
International System of Units that are adopted by the General  Conference
on Measures and Weights and recommended  for  use  by  the  International
Organisation of Legal Metrology. The names  of  the  units  admitted  for
being used in  the  Russian  Federation,  their  designations,  rules  of
writing, and also the rules for their application shall be established by 
the Government of the Russian Federation. 
     2. The characteristics and  parameters  of  products  delivered  for
export, including means of measurement, may be  expressed  in  the  units
envisaged by an agreement (contract) concluded with the customer. 
     3. Units shall be transferred to  means  of  measurement,  technical
systems and devices with measurement functions from  unit  standards  and
standard specimens. 
     Article 7. The Requirements Applicable to Unit Standards 
     1. State unit standards constitute a standard base  of  the  Russian
Federation. 
     2. Primary state unit standards shall not be privatised. 
     3. Information on state unit  standards  shall  be  entered  by  the
federal executive governmental body charged with the  function  of  state
service  provision  and  state  property  management  in  the   area   of
arrangements  for  the  uniformity  of  measurements   to   the   Federal
Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements. 
     4. Primary state unit standards shall be preserved  and  applied  in
state scientific metrological institutes. 
     5. Primary state unit standards  are  subject  to  approval  by  the
federal executive governmental body charged with the  function  of  state
service  provision  and  state  property  management  in  the   area   of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     6. Primary state unit standards are subject to comparison  with  the
unit standards of the International Bureau of Measures  and  Weights  and
the national unit standards of foreign  states.  Responsibility  for  the
timely presentation of a primary state unit standard for comparison shall 
be borne by the state scientific metrological institute  that  keeps  the
primary state unit standard. 
     7. The following shall be used in the Russian Federation:  the  unit
standards traced up to primary state  standards  of  relevant  units.  If
there are no relevant primary state unit standards arrangements shall  be
made for the traceability of the means of measurement used in the area of 
state regulation of arrangements for the uniformity  of  measurements  to
the national unit standards of foreign states. 
     8. The procedure for confirming, maintaining, comparing and applying 
primary state unit standards, the procedure for transferring  units  from
state  standards,  the  procedure   for   establishing   the   compulsory
requirements  applicable  to  the  unit  standards  used  to  ensure  the
uniformity  of  measurements  in  the  area  of   state   regulation   of
arrangements for  the  uniformity  of  measurements,  the  procedure  for
assessing compliance with these requirements and also the  procedure  for
applying them shall be established  by  the  Government  of  the  Russian
Federation. 
     Article 8. The requirements Applicable to Standard Specimens 
     1. Standard specimens are intended for  the  reproduction,  storage,
and transfer of the characteristics of the composition or  properties  of
substances (materials) expressed in terms of the units admitted for being 
used in the Russian Federation. 
     2. Standard specimens of approved types shall be used in the area of 
state regulation of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     Article 9. The Requirements Applicable to Means of Measurement 
     1. The following shall be admitted in the area of  state  regulation
of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements: means of  measurement
of an approved type that have passed verification in accordance with  the
provisions of the present Federal Law and also that ensure the observance 
of the compulsory requirements established  by  the  legislation  of  the
Russian Federation  on  ensuring  the  uniformity  of  measurements,  the
including   compulsory   metrological    requirements    applicable    to
measurements, the compulsory metrological and specification  requirements
applicable to means  of  measurements  and  the  compulsory  requirements
established by the legislation of the  Russian  Federation  on  technical
regulation. Where necessary, the compulsory  requirements  applicable  to
means of measurement shall also comprise requirements applicable  to  the
components,  software  and  operating  conditions   of   the   means   of
measurement. While using means  of  measurement  one  shall  observe  the
compulsory requirements applicable to the operating conditions thereof. 
     2. The design of means of measurement shall ensure  restrictions  on
access to specific part of the means of measurement (including  software)
for the purpose of preventing unauthorised tuning and  interference  that
can cause a distortion in the results of measurements. 
     3. The procedure for classifying technical facilities as  "means  of
measurement" shall be established by the federal  executive  governmental
body charged with the functions of state policy elaboration and normative 
legal regulation in the  area  of  arrangements  for  the  uniformity  of
measurements. 
     Article 10. Technical Systems and Devices with Measurement Functions
     The compulsory requirements  applicable  to  technical  systems  and
devices with measurement functions and also the forms  of  assessment  of
their compliance with said  requirements  shall  be  established  by  the
legislation of the Russian Federation on technical regulation. 
         Chapter 3. State Regulation in the Area of Arrangements
                    for the Uniformity of Measurements
     
     Article  11.  The  Forms  of  State  Regulation  in  the   Area   of
                   Arrangements of the Uniformity of Measurements 
     State regulation in the area of arrangements for the  uniformity  of
measurements shall be carried out in the following forms: 
     1) endorsement of a type of standard specimens or a type of means of 
measurement; 
     2) verification of means of measurement; 
     3) metrological expert examination; 
     4) state metrological supervision; 
     5) attestation of measurement methodologies (methods); 
     6) accreditation of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs  for
the performance of works and/or provision of  services  in  the  area  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     Article 12. Confirming a Type of Standard Specimens or a Type of 
                 Means of Measurement 
     1. The type of the standard specimens or the type of  the  means  of
measurement that are used in the area of state regulation of arrangements 
for the uniformity of  measurements  is  subject  to  confirmation  in  a
compulsory manner. The following shall be  established  when  a  type  of
means  of  measurement  is  being  confirmed:  accuracy  indicators,  the
interval between verifications of the means of measurement, and also  the
methodology of verification of the given type of means of measurement. 
     

     
     2. A decision on confirmation of a type of standard specimens  or  a
type of means of measurement shall be  taken  by  the  federal  executive
governmental body charged with the function of  state  service  provision
and state property  management  in  the  area  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements on the basis of positive results of testing of 
the standard specimens or  means  of  measurement  for  the  purposes  of
confirming the type. 
     3. The confirmation of the type of standard specimens or the type of 
means of production shall be certified by a certificate  of  confirmation
of type of standard specimens or type of means of measurement  issued  by
the federal executive governmental body  charged  with  the  function  of
state service provision and state property  management  in  the  area  of
arrangements for the uniformity of  measurements.  Within  the  effective
term of the certificate of confirmation of type of means of  measurements
the interval between verifications of means of measurement may be changed 
only by the federal executive governmental body charged with the function 
of state service provision and state property management in the  area  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     4. To each individual means of measurement of  the  confirmed  type,
cover documents for said means of measurement  and  cover  documents  for
standard specimens of the confirmed type a sign of  confirmation  of  the
type shall be applied. The design of the means of measurement shall allow 
the application of the sign in a visible place. If the details of  design
of the means of measurement do not allow  the  application  of  the  sign
directly to the means of measurement it shall be  applied  to  the  cover
documents. 
     5. The testing of standard specimens or means of measurement for the 
purposes of type confirmation shall be  carried  out  by  legal  entities
accredited in the established procedure in the area of  arrangements  for
the uniformity of measurements. 
     6. Information on confirmed types of standard specimens and types of 
means of measurement shall be entered in the Federal Information Fund for 
Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements. 
     7.  The  procedure  for  testing  standard  specimens  or  means  of
measurement for the purpose of  confirming  a  type,  the  procedure  for
confirming the type of  standard  specimens  or  the  type  of  means  of
measurement, the procedure for issuing certificates  of  confirmation  of
the type of standard specimens or  the  type  of  means  of  measurement,
setting and changing the effective term  of  said  certificates  and  the
interval between verifications of means of measurements, the requirements 
applicable to signs of confirmation of the type of standard specimens  or
the type of means of measurement and  the  procedure  for  applying  them
shall be established by the federal executive governmental  body  charged
with the functions  of  state  policy  elaboration  and  normative  legal
regulation  in  the  area  of  arrangements   for   the   uniformity   of
measurements. The procedure for testing standard specimens  or  means  of
measurement for the purpose of confirming a type and  the  procedure  for
confirming the type of  standard  specimens  or  the  type  of  means  of
measurement shall be established with account being taken of  the  nature
of manufacture of the standard specimens and means of  measurement  (mass
production or one-off production). 
     8. The legal entities and individual entrepreneurs carrying out  the
development, release from a production  facility,  importation  into  the
territory of the Russian Federation, sale and use on the territory of the 
Russian Federation of the standard specimens  and  means  of  measurement
which are not intended for being used in the area of state regulation  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements may  voluntarily  present
them for confirmation of the type of the standard specimens or  the  type
of the means of measurement. 
     Article 13. Verifying Means of Measurement 
     1. The means of measurement intended for being used in the  area  of
state regulation of arrangements for the uniformity of  measurements  are
subject to primary verification before they  get  commissioned  and  also
after a  repair,  and  to  periodical  verifications  in  the  course  of
operation. The legal entities and individual entrepreneurs using means of 
measurement in the area of  state  regulation  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements shall timely present the means of  measurement
for verification. 
     2. A verification of means of measurement shall be carried  out  the
legal entities and individual entrepreneurs accredited in the established 
procedure in the area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements.
     3. The Government of the Russian Federation shall establish  a  list
of the means of measurement to be verified only  by  the  state  regional
metrology centres accredited in the established procedure in the area  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     4. The results of a verification of means of  measurement  shall  be
certified by a sign of verification and/or a certificate of verification. 
The design of a means of measurement shall allow  the  application  of  a
sign of verification in a visible place. If the details of the design  or
the operating conditions of a means  of  measurement  do  not  allow  the
application  of  a  sign  of  verification  directly  to  the  means   of
measurement it shall be applied to the certificate of verification. 
     5. The procedure for a verification of  means  of  measurement,  the
requirements applicable to a sign of verification and to the content of a 
certificate of verification shall be established by the federal executive 
governmental body charged with the functions of state policy  elaboration
and normative legal regulation  in  the  area  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements. 
     6. Information  on  the  results  of  a  verification  of  means  of
measurement intended for being used in the area of  state  regulation  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements  shall  be  sent  to  the
Federal Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity of  Measurements  by
the legal entities  and  individual  entrepreneurs  that  carry  out  the
verification of means of measurement. 
     7. The means of measurement not intended for being used in the  area
of state regulation of arrangements for the  uniformity  of  measurements
may be verified on a voluntary basis. 
     Article 14. The Metrological Expert Examination 
     1. The requirements contained in draft normative legal acts  of  the
Russian Federation as applicable to measurements, standard specimens  and
means of measurement are subject  to  a  compulsory  metrological  expert
examination. The statements  resulting  from  a  compulsory  metrological
expert examination in respect o said requirements shall be considered  by
the federal executive  governmental  bodies  that  adopt  these  acts.  A
compulsory metrological expert examination of the requirements  contained
in draft normative legal acts of the Russian Federation as applicable  to
measurements, standard  specimens  and  means  of  measurement  shall  be
carried out by state scientific metrological institutes. 
     2.  A  compulsory  metrological  expert  examination  of  standards,
products, design, construction and technological documentation and  other
objects shall also take place in the procedure and in the cases envisaged 
by the legislation of the Russian  Federation.  Said  expert  examination
shall be carried out by the legal entities and  individual  entrepreneurs
accredited in the established procedure in the area of  arrangements  for
the uniformity of measurements. 
     3. The procedure for carrying out a compulsory  metrological  expert
examination of the requirements contained in draft normative  legal  acts
of  the  Russian  Federation  as  applicable  to  measurements,  standard
specimens and means of measurement shall be established  by  the  federal
executive governmental bodies charged with the functions of state  policy
elaboration and normative legal regulation in the  area  of  arrangements
for the uniformity of measurements. 
     4. The following  may  be  carried  out  on  a  voluntary  basis:  a
metrological expert examination of  products,  design,  construction  and
technological documentation and other objects  for  which  no  compulsory
metrological expert examination is envisaged by the  legislation  of  the
Russian Federation. 
     Article 15. The State Metrological Supervision 
     1. A state metrological supervision shall be carried out in  respect
of: 
     1) the observance of the compulsory  requirements  in  the  area  of
state regulation of  arrangements  for  the  uniformity  of  measurements
applicable to measurements, units and also to  unit  standards,  standard
specimens and means of measurement at their  release  from  a  production
facility, importation into the territory of the Russian Federation,  sale
and use on the territory of the Russian Federation; 
     

     
     2)  the   existence   and   observance   of   attested   measurement
methodologies (methods); 
     

     
     3) the observance of the compulsory requirements applicable  to  the
deviation of quantity of packaged goods in  packages  from  the  declared
quantity. 
     

     
     2. State metrological supervision shall extend to the activities  of
the legal entities and individual entrepreneurs that carry out: 
     1) the  measurements  that  have  to  do  with  the  area  of  state
regulation of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements; 
     2) the release  from  a  production  line  of  the  unit  standards,
standard specimens and means of measurement intended for  being  used  in
the area of state  regulation  of  arrangements  for  the  uniformity  of
measurements, and also  their  importation  into  the  territory  of  the
Russian Federation,  sale  and  use  on  the  territory  of  the  Russian
Federation; 
     3) the packing up of goods. 
     3. The legal entities and individual entrepreneurs that release from 
production facilities the unit standards, standard specimens and means of 
measurement intended for being used in the area of  state  regulation  of
arrangements  for  the  uniformity  of  measurements   and   also   their
importation into the territory of the Russian Federation and  sale  shall
notify of this activity the federal executive governmental  body  charged
with the function of state metrological supervision within  three  months
after  the  completion  thereof.  The  notification  procedure  shall  be
established by the federal executive governmental body charged  with  the
functions of state policy elaboration and normative legal  regulation  in
the area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     4. The compulsory requirements applicable to the  deviation  of  the
quantity of packaged goods in packages from the  declared  quantity  when
they are being packed up shall be established by  technical  regulations.
Also  technical  regulations   may   comprise   compulsory   requirements
applicable  to  the  equipment  used  for  packing  up  and  for  packing
monitoring, rules for assessing the deviation of the quantity of packaged 
goods in packages from the declared quantity, the compulsory requirements 
applicable to the packages, marking or  labels  of  packed-up  goods  and
rules for the application thereof. 
     Article 16. The Federal Executive Governmental Bodies Responsible 
                 for State Metrological Supervision 
     1. State metrological  supervision  shall  be  carried  out  by  the
federal executive governmental body charged with the  function  of  state
metrological  supervision  and  also  by  the  other  federal   executive
governmental bodies empowered by the President of the Russian  Federation
or the Government of the Russian Federation to carry  out  this  type  of
supervision in the established area of activity. 
     2.  The  procedure  for  the   pursuance   of   state   metrological
supervision, the interaction of the federal executive governmental bodies 
responsible  for  state  metrological  supervision  and  also   for   the
distribution of powers among them shall be established by  the  President
of the Russian Federation or the Government  of  the  Russian  Federation
within the scope of their powers. While  distributing  powers  among  the
federal executive governmental bodies  charged  with  state  metrological
supervision one shall not simultaneously vest  the  powers  of  verifying
same requirements in one  inspected  facility  in  two  or  more  federal
executive governmental bodies. 
     Article 17. The Rights and Duties of Officials in State Metrological 
                 Supervision 
     1. The duty of carrying out verification  in  the  course  of  state
metrological supervision is vested in officials of the federal  executive
governmental bodies responsible for state metrological supervision and of 
their territorial bodies. 
     2. Having shown their service  identity  cards  and  a  verification
order of the federal  executive  governmental  body  charged  with  state
metrological supervision the officials who  carry  out  the  verification
described in Part 1 of the present article are entitled are entitled to: 
     1) visit facilities (areas  and  premises)  of  legal  entities  and
individual  entrepreneurs  for  the  purpose  of   carrying   out   state
metrological supervision when they are executing their service duties; 
     2) obtain the documents and information required for the purposes of 
verification. 
     3. The officials who carry out state metrological supervision shall:
     1) verify the conformity of used units with the units  admitted  for
being used in the Russian Federation; 
     2)  verify  the  condition  and  use  of  unit  standards,  standard
specimens and means of measurement for the  purpose  of  establishing  if
they meet compulsory requirements; 
     3) verify the  existence  and  observance  of  attested  measurement
methodologies (methods); 
     4) verify the observance of the compulsory  requirements  applicable
to  measurements  and  the  compulsory  requirements  applicable  to  the
deviation of quantity of packaged goods in  packages  from  the  declared
quantity; 
     5) verify the  observance  by  the  legal  entities  and  individual
entrepreneurs specified in Part 3 of Article 15 of  the  present  Federal
Law of the established procedure for notification of their activities; 
     6)  observe  state,  commercial,  service  and  other  law-protected
secrets. 
     4. If  irregularities  have  been  discovered  an  official  who  is
carrying out state metrological supervision shall: 
     1) prohibit the release from a production facility, the  importation
into the territory  of  the  Russian  Federation  and  sale  of  standard
specimens and  means  of  measurement  of  non-approved  types  that  are
intended for being used in the area of state regulation  of  arrangements
for the uniformity of measurements or standard  specimens  and  means  of
measurement that do not meet compulsory requirements and are intended for 
being used in the area  of  state  regulation  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements (except for  the  release  from  a  production
facility and importation into the territory of the Russian Federation  of
standard specimens or means of measurement that are intended for  testing
standard specimens or means of measurement for the purpose of  confirming
a type); 
     2) prohibit the use of standard specimens and means  of  measurement
of non-approved types or standard specimens and means of measurement that 
do not meet  compulsory  requirements  and  also  non-verified  means  of
measurement when measurements relating to the area of state regulation of 
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements are being performed; 
     3) apply to means of measurement a sign of unserviceability in cases 
when a means of measurement does not meet compulsory requirements; 
     4) issue binding orders and set a term for elimination of  a  breach
of the compulsory requirements established  by  the  legislation  of  the
Russian Federation; 
     5) send materials on a breach of provisions of  the  legislation  of
the Russian Federation on ensuring  the  uniformity  of  measurements  to
judicial and investigation bodies  and  also  to  the  federal  executive
governmental body charged with attestation in the  area  of  arrangements
for the  uniformity  of  measurements  in  the  cases  envisaged  by  the
legislation of the Russian Federation; 
     6) take other measures in accordance with  the  legislation  of  the
Russian Federation. 
     5. The form of the sign of unserviceability of means of  measurement
and the procedure for the application thereof shall be established by the 
federal executive governmental body charged with the functions  of  state
policy  elaboration  and  normative  legal  regulation  in  the  area  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
               Chapter 4. Calibrating Means of Measurement
     

     
     Article 18. Calibrating Means of Measurement 
     1. The means of measurement not intended for being used in the  area
of state regulation of arrangements for the  uniformity  of  measurements
may be subjected to calibration on a voluntary basis. The calibration  of
means of measurement shall be carried out as involving  the  use  of  the
unit standards traceable to the primary state standards of  the  relevant
units or to the national unit standards of foreign states if there are no 
relevant primary state unit standards. 
     2. The legal entities and individual entrepreneurs carrying out  the
calibration  of  means  of  measurement  on  a  voluntary  basis  may  be
accredited  in  the  area  of  arrangements   for   the   uniformity   of
measurements. 
     3. The results of a calibration of means of measurement completed by 
legal entities or individual entrepreneurs accredited in the  established
procedure in the area of arrangements for the uniformity of  measurements
may be used in the verification of means of measurement in the  procedure
established by the federal executive governmental body charged  with  the
functions of state policy elaboration and normative legal  regulation  in
the area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     

           Chapter 5. Accreditation in the Area of Arrangements
                    for the Uniformity of Measurements
     
     Article 19. Accreditation in the Area of Arrangements for the 
                 Uniformity of Measurements 
     1. Accreditation in the area of arrangements for the  uniformity  of
measurements shall be carried out for the purpose of official recognition 
of a legal entity's or individual entrepreneur's capacity  to  carry  out
the works and/or provide the  services  of  ensuring  the  uniformity  of
measurements in keeping with the present Federal Law. These works  and/or
services are as follows: 
     1) the attestation of the measurement methodologies  (methods)  that
have to do with the area of state  regulation  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements; 
     2) the testing of standard specimens or means of measurement for the 
purposes of confirming a type; 
     3) the verification of means of measurement; 
     4)  a  compulsory  metrological  expert  examination  of  standards,
products, design, construction and technological documentation and  other
facilities that is carried out in the cases envisaged by the  legislation
of the Russian Federation. 
     2. Accreditation in the area of arrangements for the  uniformity  of
measurement  shall  be  carried  out  on  the  basis  of  the   following
principles: 
     1) voluntary participation; 
     2) the expert knowledge and independence of accreditation experts; 
     3) the prohibition of combining the powers of accreditation and  the
performance of the works and/or services  specified  in  Part  1  of  the
present article; 
     4) the use of uniform accreditation rules, and the transparency  and
accessibility thereof; 
     5) the provision of equal conditions for the persons contending  for
accreditation; 
     6)  the  prohibition  of  illegal  restrictions  on  the  rights  of
accredited legal entities and individual entrepreneurs to  perform  works
and/or services  in  the  area  of  arrangements  of  the  uniformity  of
measurements for all consumers (customers) on the entire territory of the 
Russian Federation. 
     3. The regulations on a system  of  accreditation  in  the  area  of
arrangements for  the  uniformity  of  measurements  that  designate  the
federal executive governmental body responsible for accreditation in  the
area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements and  contain  the
structure of the system, an  accreditation  procedure,  a  procedure  for
setting accreditation  criteria,  a  procedure  for  attestation  of  the
accreditation experts recruited on a contractual  basis  by  the  federal
executive governmental body responsible for accreditation in the area  of
arrangements for the uniformity  of  measurements  and  a  procedure  for
payment for the work of said experts shall be endorsed by the  Government
of the Russian Federation. 
                 Chapter 6. The Federal Information Fund
               for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements
     
     Article 20. The Federal Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity 
                 of Measurements 
     1.  Normative  legal  acts  of  the  Russian  Federation,  normative
documents, information databases, international documents,  international
treaties of the Russian Federation in the area of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity   of   measurements,    information    attested    measurement
methodologies  (methods),  a  comprehensive  list  of  the   measurements
relating to  the  area  of  state  regulation  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity  of  measurements,  information  on  state   unit   standards,
information on confirmed types of standard specimens or types of means of 
measurement, information on the  results  of  verification  of  means  of
measurement shall make up the Federal Information Fund for  Ensuring  the
Uniformity of Measurements. The keeping of the Federal  Information  Fund
for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements  and  the  provision  of  the
information contained therein shall be organised by the federal executive 
governmental body charged with the function of  state  service  provision
and state property  management  in  the  area  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements. 
     2. In the procedure established by Part 3  of  the  present  article
persons concerned shall be provided with the  documents  and  information
contained in the Federal Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity  of
Measurements, except for cases when such access  to  said  documents  and
information is to be restricted in the  interests  of  non-disclosure  of
state, commercial, service and/or other law-protected secrets. 
     3. The procedure for setting up and keeping the Federal  Information
Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements,  for  the  transfer  of
information into it  and  provision  of  the  documents  and  information
contained  therein  shall  be  established  by  the   federal   executive
governmental body charged with the functions of state policy  elaboration
and normative legal regulation  in  the  area  of  arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements. 
                 Chapter 7. The Organisational Foundation
                 Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements
     
     Article 21. The Federal Executive Governmental Bodies, State 
                 Scientific Metrological Institutes, State Regional 
                 Metrology Centres, Metrology Services and Organisations 
                 Pursuing the Activity of Ensuring the Uniformity of 
                 Measurements 
     1. The activity of ensuring the uniformity of measurement  is  based
on the legislation of the Russian Federation on ensuring  the  uniformity
of measurements and it shall be pursued by: 
     1) the  federal  executive  governmental  bodies  charged  with  the
functions of state policy elaboration  and  normative  legal  regulation,
state service provision and state property  management  in  the  area  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements  and  state  metrological
supervision; 
     2) the state scientific metrological institutes and  state  regional
metrology centres  which  are  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  federal
executive governmental body charged with the functions of  state  service
provision and state property management in the area of  arrangements  for
the uniformity of measurements; 
     3) the State Service on Time,  Frequency  and  Assessment  of  Earth
Rotation Parameters, the State Service  on  Standard  Reference  Data  on
Physical Constants and the Properties of Substances  and  Materials,  the
State Service on Standard Specimens  of  Composition  and  Properties  of
Substances and Materials directed by the federal  executive  governmental
body charged with the functions of  state  service  provision  and  state
property management in the area of arrangements  for  the  uniformity  of
measurements; 
     4)  metrological  services,  including  the   legal   entities   and
individual entrepreneurs accredited in the established procedure  in  the
area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     2. Below are the basic tasks of the federal  executive  governmental
bodies charged  with  the  functions  of  state  policy  elaboration  and
normative legal regulation, state service provision  and  state  property
management in the area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements 
and state metrological supervision: 
     1) state policy elaboration and normative legal  regulation  in  the
area of arrangements for the uniformity  of  measurements  and  also  the
coordination of the activity of normative legal regulation in this area; 
     2) the organisation  of  interaction  with  governmental  bodies  of
foreign states and  with  international  organisations  in  the  area  of
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements; 
     3) state policy implementation in the area of arrangements  for  the
uniformity of measurements; 
     4) the coordination of the activity of implementing state policy  in
the area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements; 
     5) the carrying  out  of  state  metrological  supervision  and  the
coordination of the activity of implementing it. 
     3.  The  distribution  of  powers  among   the   federal   executive
governmental  bodies  charged  with  the  functions   of   state   policy
elaboration and normative legal regulation, state service  provision  and
state property management in the area of arrangements for the  uniformity
of measurements and state metrological supervision shall be done  by  the
Government of the Russian Federation. 
     4. Below are  the  basic  tasks  of  state  scientific  metrological
institutes: 
     1)  carrying  out  fundamental  and  applied  scientific   research,
experimental  development  and  pursuing  scientific  and   technological
activities  in  the  area  of  arrangements   for   the   uniformity   of
measurements; 
     2) elaborating, improving, maintaining, comparing and using  primary
state unit standards; 
     3) transferring units from primary state unit standards; 
     4) taking part in the elaboration of draft  normative  documents  in
the area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements; 
     5) carrying out a compulsory metrological expert examination of  the
requirements applicable to measurements, standard specimens and means  of
measurement contained in  draft  normative  legal  acts  of  the  Russian
Federation; 
     6) creating and keeping the Federal Information  Fund  for  Ensuring
the  Uniformity  of  Measurements  and  providing   the   documents   and
information contained therein; 
     7)  taking  part  in  international  cooperation  in  the  area   of
metrology. 
     5. Also state scientific metrological institutes may carry  out  the
other works and/or provide the other services whereby the  uniformity  of
measurements is ensured. 
     6. Below are the basic tasks of state regional metrology centres: 
     1) verifying means of measurement in accordance with  the  scope  of
accreditation established; 
     2) improving, maintaining and using the state unit standards used to 
ensure the traceability of other unit standards and means of measurements 
to primary state unit standards. 
     7. Also state regional metrology centres may  carry  out  the  other
works and/or  provide  the  other  services  whereby  the  uniformity  of
measurements is ensured. 
     8. The State Service on Time,  Frequency  and  Assessment  of  Earth
Rotation Parameters shall carry out the scientific and  technological  as
well as metrological activities of reproducing a national time scale  and
standard frequencies, assessing the parameters of  the  Earth's  rotation
and also catering for the state's need for standard  time  and  frequency
signals and for information on the parameters of the Earth's rotation. 
     

     
     9. The State  Service  on  Standard  Specimens  of  Composition  and
Properties of Substances and Materials shall carry out  the  activity  of
elaborating, testing and introducing standard  specimens  of  composition
and properties of substances and materials for the purposes  of  ensuring
the uniformity of measurements  on  the  basis  of  application  of  said
standard specimens and also the activity of keeping relevant sections  of
the Federal Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements.
     10. The  State  Service  on  Standard  Reference  Data  on  Physical
Constants and the Properties of Substances and Materials shall carry  out
the activity of elaborating and introducing standard  reference  data  on
physical constants and the properties  of  substances  and  materials  in
science and technology for the purposes of  ensuring  the  uniformity  of
measurements on the basis of application of said standard reference  data
and also the  activity  of  keeping  relevant  sections  of  the  Federal
Information Fund for Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements. 
     

     
     11. The State Service on Time, Frequency  and  Assessment  of  Earth
Rotation Parameters, the State Service  on  Standard  Reference  Data  on
Physical Constants and the Properties of Substances and Materials and the 
State Service on Standard Specimens  of  Composition  and  Properties  of
Substances and Materials shall carry out activities  in  compliance  with
regulations on them endorsed by Decision of the Government of the Russian 
Federation. 
     Article 22. The Metrological Services of Federal Executive 
                 Governmental Bodies 
     1.  The  federal  executive  governmental  bodies  that  carry   out
functions in the areas of activity specified in Parts 3 and 4 of  Article
1 of the present Federal Law  shall  form  metrological  services  and/or
designate officials  for  the  purpose  of  organising  the  activity  of
ensuring the uniformity of  measurements  in  the  established  procedure
within the scope of their powers. 
     2. The rights and duties of the  metrological  services  of  federal
executive governmental  bodies  and  the  procedure  for  organising  and
coordinating their activities shall be  defined  by  regulations  on  the
metrological services endorsed by the  heads  of  the  federal  executive
governmental bodies that have set up metrological services  by  agreement
with the federal executive governmental bodies charged with the functions 
of state policy elaboration and normative legal regulation in the area of 
arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     

          Chapter 8. Liabilities for a Breach of the Legislation
                  of the Russian Federation on Ensuring
                      the Uniformity of Measurements
     
     Article 23. The Liabilities of Legal Entities, Their Heads and 
                 Employees and Individual Entrepreneurs 
     The legal entities, their heads and  employees  and  the  individual
entrepreneurs that have committed a breach  of  the  legislation  of  the
Russian Federation on ensuring the uniformity of measurements,  that  are
obstructing without good reason the  performance  of  state  metrological
supervision  and/or  defaulting  within  the  established  term  on   the
performance of  orders  of  the  federal  executive  governmental  bodies
charged  with  state   metrological   supervision   on   elimination   of
irregularities discovered shall be liable under the  legislation  of  the
Russian Federation. 
     Article 24. The Liabilities of Officials 
     1. For breaches of the legislation  of  the  Russian  Federation  on
ensuring  the  uniformity  of  measurements  officials  of  the   federal
executive governmental bodies that  carry  out  the  functions  of  state
policy  elaboration  and  normative  legal  regulation,   state   service
provision, state property management in the area of arrangements for  the
uniformity of measurements and also the  federal  executive  governmental
bodies  responsible  for   state   metrological   supervision   and   the
organisations subordinated thereto shall be liable under the  legislation
of the Russian Federation. 
     2. The actions (omissions) of officials are subject to appeal  under
the legislation of the Russian Federation. An appeal taken  from  actions
(omissions) of officials shall  not  suspend  the  performance  of  their
orders, except for the  cases  established  by  the  legislation  of  the
Russian Federation. 
             Chapter 9. Financing in the Area of Arrangements
                    for the Uniformity of Measurements
     
     Article 25. Financing in the Area of Arrangements for the Uniformity 
                 of Measurements with Federal Budget Funds 
     Federal budget funds shall be used to finance expenditures towards: 
     1) the elaboration, improvement and  maintenance  of  primary  state
unit standards; 
     2) the elaboration and improvement of state unit standards; 
     3) fundamental research in the field of metrology; 
     4) the performance of works relating to the activities of the  State
Service on Time, Frequency and Assessment of Earth  Rotation  Parameters,
the State Service on Standard Reference Data on  Physical  Constants  and
the Properties of Substances and  Materials  and  the  State  Service  on
Standard Specimens  of  Composition  and  Properties  of  Substances  and
Materials; 
     5) the elaboration  of  the  normative  documents  in  the  area  of
arrangements for the  uniformity  of  measurements  endorsed  by  federal
executive governmental bodies; 
     6) the performance of the work of state metrological supervision; 
     7) the comparison of primary state  unit  standards  with  the  unit
standards of  the  International  Bureau  of  Measures  and  Weights  and
national unit standards of foreign states; 
     8)  the  payment  of  the  Russian  Federation's  contributions   to
international metrology organisations; 
     9) the formation and keeping of the  Federal  Information  Fund  for
Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements; 
     

     
     10) payment for the work of accreditation  experts  recruited  on  a
contractual basis by the federal executive governmental body charged with 
accreditation  in  the  area  of  arrangements  for  the  uniformity   of
measurements. 
     Article 26. Payment for the Works and/or Services Ensuring the 
                 Uniformity of Measurements 
     1.  The  works  and/or  services  of  carrying  out   a   compulsory
metrological expert examination of the requirements  contained  in  draft
normative  legal  acts  of  the  Russian  Federation  as  applicable   to
measurements,  standard  specimens   and   means   of   measurement,   of
transferring units from state unit standards and of verifying  the  means
of measurements included in a list of the means of measurement which  are
verified only by the state regional metrology centres accredited  in  the
area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements shall be paid for 
at regulated prices in the procedure established by the Government of the 
Russian Federation. 
     2. The works and/or services of carrying  out  a  test  of  standard
specimens or means of measurement for the purposes of confirming a  type,
attesting measurement methodologies (methods),  the  metrological  expert
examination specified in Parts 2 and 4  of  Article  14  of  the  present
Federal Law, of verifying the means of measurement not  included  in  the
list of means of measurement specified in Part 1 of the  present  article
and of calibrating means of measurements shall be  paid  for  by  persons
concerned in accordance with the terms of agreements (contracts),  except
as otherwise envisaged by the legislation of the Russian Federation. 
                    Chapter 10. Conclusive Provisions
     
     Article 27. Conclusive Provisions 
     1. The normative legal acts of the Russian Federation  envisaged  by
the present Federal Law, except for  the  normative  legal  acts  of  the
Russian Federation  deemed  legislation  of  the  Russian  Federation  on
technical regulation shall be adopted within two years  after  the  entry
into force of the present Federal Law. 
     2. Before the entry into  force  of  the  present  Federal  Law  the
federal executive governmental bodies  responsible  for  normative  legal
regulation in the areas of activity specified in Part 3 of Article  1  of
the present Federal Law shall determine within the scope of their  powers
lists of  the  measurements  deemed  to  be  within  the  area  of  state
regulation  of  arrangements  for  the  uniformity  of  measurements   by
agreement with the federal executive governmental body charged  with  the
functions of state policy elaboration and normative legal  regulation  in
the area of arrangements for the uniformity of measurements. 
     3. The normative  legal  acts  of  the  Government  of  the  Russian
Federation and also the metrological rules and norms adopted pursuant  to
Law of the Russian Federation No. 4871-I of April 27,  1993  on  Ensuring
the Uniformity of Measurements shall keep effective in as  much  as  they
are consistent with the present Federal Law from the date of  entry  into
force of the present Federal Law and until the entry into  force  of  the
normative legal acts of the Russian Federation envisaged by  the  present
Federal Law. 
     4. The documents issued in compliance with  the  metrological  rules
and norms specified in Part 3 of the present article shall keep effective 
until the end of their effective term. 
     Article 28. On Deeming as No Longer Effective Some Legislative Acts 
                  (Provisions of Legislative Acts) of the Russian 
                  Federation 
     As of the date of entry into force of the present  Federal  Law  the
following shall be deemed no longer effective: 
     1) Law of the Russian Federation No. 4871-I of  April  27,  1993  on
Ensuring the  Uniformity  of  Measurements  (Vedomosti  S'ezda  Narodnykh
Deputatov  Rossiyskoy  Federatsii   i   Verkhovnogo   Soveta   Rossiyskoy
Federatsii, item 811, No. 23, 1993); 
     2) Resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the  Russian  Federation  No.
4872-I of April 27, 1993 on Putting into Force the  Law  of  the  Russian
Federation on Ensuring the Uniformity of Measurements  (Vedomosti  S'ezda
Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiyskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Soveta Rossiyskoy 
Federatsii, item 812, No. 23, 1993); 
     3) Article 7 of Federal  Law  No.  15-FZ  of  January  10,  2003  on
Amending Some Legislative Acts of the Russian  Federation  in  Connection
with the Adoption of the Federal  Law  on  Licensing  Specific  Types  of
Activity (Sobranie Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii, item  167,  No.
2, 2003). 
     Article 29. The Entry into Force of the Present Federal Law 
     The present Federal Law shall enter into force upon  the  expiry  of
180 days after its official publication. 
President
of the Russian Federation                                     D.Medvedev
     
The Kremlin, 
Moscow