The administrative department of technical supervision of the district and county shall be responsible for the metrological supervision and management of the district and county. Article 4 The municipal, district and county people's governments shall incorporate metrological work into their local national economic and social development plans, encourage and support research on metrological science and technology, and adopt advanced metrological science and technology and management methods. Article 5 The municipal, district and county technical supervision administrative departments shall, according to the needs, establish public standard instruments of measurement. Article 6 The people's governments of cities, districts and counties or the administrative departments of technical supervision shall commend and reward the units and individuals that have made remarkable achievements in metrological work. Article 7 Any unit or individual shall have the right to report and accuse illegal measurement. Chapter II Use of Units of Measurement Article 8 The national legal units of measurement shall be used for the following activities:
(1) Making official documents, bulletins and statistical statements;
(two) the preparation of radio and television programs;
(3) Publishing research reports and academic papers;
(4) Making and publishing advertisements;
(five) to formulate standards, technical specifications and verification procedures;
(6) Publishing books, newspapers, periodicals and other publications;
(7) Printing bills, vouchers and account books;
(eight) the production and sale of goods, marking commodity identification, labels, price tags, the preparation of product specifications;
(nine) issued by the verification, calibration, testing, inspection and test data and documents;
(ten) other activities stipulated by the state and this Municipality that legal units of measurement should be used. Article 9 The provisions of Article 8 of these Regulations shall not apply to the republishing of ancient books and literary works. Article 10 Imported goods shall use the national legal units of measurement, unless there are special provisions in the contract. The unit of measurement used for export commodities shall be stipulated in the contract; If there is no agreement in the contract, the national legal unit of measurement shall be used. Article 11 No unit or individual may use units of measurement that are not legally prescribed by the state or those that have been explicitly abolished by the state, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations. Chapter III Verification and Use of Measuring Instruments Article 12 A metrological verification institution must conduct metrological verification within the specified verification items and measurement scope. Thirteenth metrological verification personnel shall obtain the metrological verification certificate issued by the administrative department of technical supervision according to law before they can engage in the metrological verification work within the approved verification items and grades.
The metrological verification personnel shall show their certificates when they go to the site for metrological verification. Fourteenth metrological verification institutions shall timely verify the measuring instruments submitted for inspection, and the verification time shall not exceed 15 days; If it is necessary to postpone due to special circumstances, it shall be determined in advance through consultation with the submitting unit or individual. Fifteenth units and individuals that use compulsory verification measuring instruments shall file with the administrative department of technical supervision. Any change of measuring instruments shall be filed with the original filing department.
The measuring instruments for compulsory verification include: public standard measuring instruments, the highest standard measuring instruments used by departments, enterprises and institutions, and working measuring instruments for trade settlement, safety protection, medical and health care and environmental monitoring listed in the national compulsory verification catalogue. Sixteenth units and individuals that use compulsory verification of measuring instruments shall apply for verification to the metrological verification institutions designated by the administrative department of technical supervision in accordance with the prescribed period. If it cannot be verified locally, it shall apply to the metrological verification institution designated by the administrative department of technical supervision at the next higher level for verification.
Units and individuals that use measuring instruments that are not subject to compulsory verification shall conduct their own verification or send them to metrological verification institutions for verification in accordance with the prescribed period.
The measuring instruments that have passed the verification shall be stamped or issued with the seal and certificate of measurement verification in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state. Seventeenth newly installed and self modified measuring instruments must be verified by the metrological verification institutions before they can be used. Eighteenth compulsory verification of measuring instruments need to be sealed or unsealed, must go through the formalities of sealing or unsealing at the district or county administrative department of technical supervision. Nineteenth units imported measuring instruments for their own use, must be qualified by the metrological verification institutions designated by the municipal administrative department of technical supervision, shall be allowed to use. Twentieth units and individuals using measuring instruments shall not have the following acts:
(a) damage the accuracy of measuring instruments;
(2) Forging, misappropriating or reselling seals and certificates that have passed the metrological verification;
(three) the use of substandard measuring instruments;
(four) the use of measuring instruments explicitly eliminated by the state and this Municipality;
(5) using measuring instruments for the purpose of deceiving consumers;
(6) Forging measurement data.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the use of measuring instruments in teaching demonstrations. Chapter IV Manufacturing, Repairing, Selling and Importing Measuring Instruments Article 21 Whoever manufactures or repairs measuring instruments shall obtain the License for Manufacturing Measuring Instruments and the License for Repairing Measuring Instruments issued by the administrative department of technical supervision according to law.
The license for manufacturing measuring instruments and the license for repairing measuring instruments shall be subject to the verification system.
* Note: In this paragraph, the administrative licensing item "The license for manufacturing measuring instruments and the license for repairing measuring instruments should be verified" has been stopped by the Decision of the Standing Committee of Tianjin Municipal People's Congress on Stopping the Implementation of Some Administrative Licensing Matters Set by Tianjin Local Regulations (release date: June 28, 2004, implementation date: June 28, 2004).
No unit or individual may forge, steal, transfer or lease the License for Manufacturing Measuring Instruments and the License for Repairing Measuring Instruments.