Section 1: Organisation and operation

The Director General of the laboratory is appointed by decree on the report of the Minister for Industry. He represents the establishment in all civil acts.He prepares the meetings of the Board of Directors, implements its decisions and reports to it on the execution of these decisions.He manages the laboratory’s departments and, in this capacity, has authority over the staff.Within the framework of the rules defined by the Board of…

Scientific and technical steering committees may be asked by the Board of Directors to give an opinion on the studies and research conducted by the laboratory in particular areas of activity.

A metrology committee is attached to the laboratory. It is made up of representatives of the main public bodies carrying out metrology activities, representatives of the Minister for Industry and the Minister for Research and leading figures qualified in metrology, in particular leading scientific figures, appointed for three renewable years by joint order of the Minister for Research and the Minister for Industry. The chairman of the committee is appointed…

The annual report on the laboratory’s activities is sent by the Chairman of the Board of Directors to the Minister for Industry, who forwards it to the Prime Minister and to all the ministers concerned.This report, which is published, includes a section relating to the general conclusions that can be drawn from the laboratory’s work in areas of particular interest to consumer health and safety, the quality and durability of…