Algeria renames its metrology office and sets out its duties

Executive decree no. 24-276 of 13 August 2024, published in the Journal officiel no. 57 of 21 August 2024, sets the missions, organisation and operation of Algeria's national metrology body. The former National Office of Legal Metrology becomes the Algerian Metrology Office, abbreviated OAM. It is a public administrative body with its own legal personality and financial autonomy, placed under the supervision of the minister responsible for metrology, and based in Algiers.

The decree lists the office's duties in several areas: national metrology policy, the custody and dissemination of national measurement standards, legal metrology checks on measuring instruments and pre-packaged goods, approval and oversight of installers and repairers, calibration networks, international cooperation, training and public awareness. The office is run by an orientation council, headed by a director general, and supported by a scientific council. The orientation council meets twice a year and includes representatives of several ministries.

The decree does not state a date from which these changes take effect beyond its publication, and it gives no figures on fees or penalties in the part reproduced here.