Dr. Peter Ulbig Chairperson of DKD steering committee Head of Division for Scientific-technical cross-sectional tasks EUROPEAN COOPERATION OF CALIBRATION LABORATORIES

Page 2 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD The idea of EUROCAL in 2008

Page 3 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD Who represents cal. labs on European level? Discussion at several conferences from 2008 to 2011 always „Good idea!“, but no support => 5th organisation? EUROCAL EURACHEM

Page 4 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD Discussions in 2011 Leslie Pendrill – Roman Honig: EUROCAL should somehow be part of EURAMET Roman Honig – Peter Ulbig: foundation of the „new DKD“ in May 2011 as a technical committee of PTB (associat. of cal. labs with PTB) DKD supports idea of EUROCAL as also calibration lab associations from Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and others idea of introducing „EUROCAL“ as a Focus Group in EURAMET TC Interdisciplinary Metrology

Page 5 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD Discussions in 2011 Leslie Pendrill – Roman Honig: EUROCAL should somehow be part of EURAMET Roman Honig – Peter Ulbig: foundation of the „new DKD“ in May 2011 as a technical committee of PTB (associat. of cal. labs with PTB) DKD supports idea of EUROCAL as also calibration lab associations from Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and others idea of introducing „EUROCAL“ as a Focus Group in EURAMET TC Interdisciplinary Metrology

Page 6 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD EUROCAL – part of EURAMET? Focus Group EUROCAL membership: delegate of EURAMET member and/or representative of national calibration lab association) …

Page 7 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD The answer from EURAMET Finally: „No“! Because: there are 37 NMIs and about 80 Designated Institutes in Europe but about 1000 accredited calibration labs EURAMET has its own interests, not representing other interests much effort to deal with so many Designated Institutes

Page 8 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD Establishment of EUROCAL in 2012 In 2012 decision of CKS, DKD and KZSR: „Let‘s start with the associations of calibration labs of three countries and whoever is interested to join is welcome!“ „Let‘s keep it simple: no membership fees, only voluntary work, simple exchange of information via an internet platform:

Page 9 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD Foundation of EUROCAL  multilateral agreement  focus on technical harmonisation  cross-border inter- intercomparisons, where partners are needed 23 Oktober 2012 Skalsky Dvur, Czech Republic

Page 10 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD The agreement of EUROCAL

Page 11 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD The agreement of EUROCAL

Page 12 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD The agreement of EUROCAL

Page 13 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD The homepage:

Page 14 of 15 Die Entwicklung des DKD The accession form

Page 15 of 15 Then there are four! We are happy to have our Serbian colleagues on board resp. in our group to start collaboration!!!

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig und Berlin Bundesallee Braunschweig Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Ulbig Division Q „Scientific-technical cross-sectional tasks“ Chairperson of Deutscher Kalibrierdienst (DKD) Telephone: Peter.