1. SADCMEL SADCMEL REPORT TO RLMO MEETING 20 September 2010 PRESENTED BY: D Tau SADCMEL Chairperson

2. LEGAL METROLOGY Table of contents n Background to SADCMEL n Aims n SADC SQAM meetings n Capacity building n Liaisons SADCMEL

3. LEGAL METROLOGY Background to SADCMEL n Established under SADC Trade Protocol n 5 Sister organisations in SQAM arena n Resort under SQAMEG n 15 Member states n 4 Associate members n Member of AFRIMETS SADCMEL

4. LEGAL METROLOGY Aims of SADCMEL n Develop and maintain confidence in Legal Metrology activities in Region n Maintain equivalence of LM activities n Remove LM regulatory TBTs in Region n Promote consistent application of technical requirements SADCMEL

5. LEGAL METROLOGY Achievement of Aims To harmonise technical requirements: n Members agreed to adopt OIML Recommendations n Draft and adopt SADC requirements where OIML not available e.g. Mechanical counter scales Sale of commodities SADCMEL

6. LEGAL METROLOGY SADCMEL TC 1 meeting n Held 21 March in Swaziland n 6 members attended n 1 associate member attended n Discussed proposed amendments to SADCMEL 1 & 4 n Agreed to propose amendments to SADCMEL SADCMEL

7. LEGAL METROLOGY SADCMEL Annual meeting n Held 25 March in Swaziland n 12 members attended n 2 associate members attended n Observers OIML, PTB, EU Fund delegation n Addressed by Ian Dunmill of BIML n Ratified amendments to SADCMEL documents SADCMEL

8. LEGAL METROLOGY SQAMEG meetings n 2 Coordinating meetings held to discuss admin matters n Annual meeting held in Swaziland on 27 March 2010 SADCMEL

9. LEGAL METROLOGY Capacity Building n 2 Year funding project concluded n 17 different training courses - 413 persons trained n Model law based on OIML D1 developed n Final needs workshop n Awareness and evaluation visit to 7 member countries n No equipment supplied for sustainability SADCMEL

10. LEGAL METROLOGY International liaisons OIML n Received report from BIML at 24 th SADCMEL meeting n Presented report at the RLMO meeting in Kenya, Mombassa during October 2009 SADCMEL

11. LEGAL METROLOGY International liaisons AFRIMETS n SADCMEL attending the AFRIMETS GA in Egypt September 2010 n Mr. Albasini (SADCMEL Mozambique) is vice Chair for Legal Metrology n Mr. Carstens (SADCMEL SA) heads the secretariat SADCMEL

12. LEGAL METROLOGY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING SADCMEL