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Fiji


Economy
Fiji
Capital City
Suva
Time in Suva
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​MOU
Signed: 2024
GDP
 $4.98 billion (2022 World Bank)
​Surface Area
18,274 sq km
Population
929,766 (2022 World Bank)
​Legal Metrology Authority
Department of National Trade Measurement and Standards​, Ministry of Trade, Cooperative, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise and Communications
Legal Metrology Contact
Harish Kant and Virisila Tuimanu
Information Updated
​2024

​​Economy Detail

​1. Laws of Metrology


 
1.1 Legal Requirements for Traceability
 

​​2. Legal Units of Measurement
​​3. Structure of Metrological Control Authorities
3.1 National Organization for Legal Metrology
Directorate of Metrology
Directorate General of Consumer Protection and Trade Compliance
Ministry of Trade
Jalan Pasteur No. 27 Bandung 40171
Telephone: 62-22-4203597
Fax: 62-22-4207035
 

 
3.2 Custodian of National Standards



3.3 National Organization Responsible for Maintaining Primary Standards
 

 
3.4 Regional and Local Verification Organizations

 
3.5 Instrument Calibration and Evaluation System
 

​​4. Range of Equipment Subject to Legal Metrology

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​​5. Type Approval
5.1. Legal and Technical Requirements for Type Approval

5.2  Authority Responsible for Issuing Type Approval
 
5.3  Recognition / Acceptance of OIML Certificates

5.4  Authority Responsible for Testing for Type Approval
 
5.5 List of Major Test Facilities Available

 
5.6 Fee Structure
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6. Verification (Conformity Assessment), Inspection and Reverification
6.1 Legal and Technical Requirements for Verification and Reverification.
 
 
6.2  Range of Equipment Verified and Reverified and any Statistical Information Available.
 
 
6.3  Fee Structure



​​7. Accreditation and Certification Systems
7.1 Accreditation systems for legal metrology, calibration and testing laboratories. Traceability to national, regional, international or foreign measurement standards.


 7.2  Legal and applied metrological activities in products certification
 
 
7.3  Legal and Applied Metrological Activities in ISO Quality Management System.
 
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8. Legal Metrology Practitioners
8.1 Numbers
 
 
8.2 Qualification / Training

 
8.3 Training Organizations and Courses Organized

 
8.4 Range of functions
 


9. Packaging
9.1 Legislative Control for packaging
 
 
9.2  Organizations responsible
 

10. Sanctions
Under the Law on Legal Metrology 1981: 

Article 32:

 -  Anyone doing any of the conducts referred to in Articles 25, 26, 27 and 28 of this Law shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a maximum of 1 (one) year and/or fined to pay a maximum amount of Rp. 1.000.000,- (one million rupiahs).
 -  Anyone doing any of the conducts referred to in Article 30 and 31 of this Law shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a maximum term of 6 (six) months and/or fined to pay a maximum amount of Rp. 500.000,- (five hundred thousand rupiahs). 
 -  A violation against any of the provisions stipulated in Articles 22, 23 and points (1) and (3) of Article 29 of this Law shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a maximum term of 6 (six) months and/or fined to pay a maximum amount of Rp. 500.000,- (five hundred thousand rupiahs).
 
Article 33:

 -  The conducts referred to in points (1) and (2) of article 32 criminal offences.
 -  The conduct referred to in points (3) of Article 32 are violation against statutory regulations.
 -  Any goods which are an evidence of a criminal offence and/or a violations against regulation may be held for the Government’s interest.
 
Article 34:

(1) If a criminal offence of a violation against statutory regulations which is indictable under this law is done by a natural person, charges and/or punishment shall be made against/or to:
 
 -  its members of the board of management, if the legal person is a company;
 -  its active partners, if the legal person is a firm / partnership;
 -  its members of the board of management, if the legal person is a foundation/institute/non-profit making body;
 -  its representative or agent in Indonesia, if its head office is located outside the territory of the Republic of Indonesia.
 
(2) A conduct referred to in point (1) of this Article shall be included in all conducts done by the legal person’s management members, employees of agents which are working/acting for and on behalf of the legal person concerned.
 
(3) If a person referred to in (a), (b), (c) and (d) of point (1) above of this Article is found not guilty in the conducts, the charges and punishment shall be made against, and to those who lead to commit, ask others to commit or due to their fault, has caused such a criminal offence or violation against statutory regulations.
 
(4) If the conduct of anyone referred to in point (2) of this Article arises any financial obligation, such and obligation shall become the responsibility of the natural person concerned.

(5) If the conduct referred to in point (1) of this Article is done by other natural person who is acting for and on behalf of the natural person concerned, the provisions of in (a), (b), (c) and (d) of point (1) above of this Article shall also be applicable to the other natural person.
 
Article 35:

 -  Any instruments for measuring dimension and content and of weight, which is held but not confiscated shall not be returned to the rightful owner before, for his/her/its account, such an instrument being calibrated or recalibrated.
 -  Confiscation shall be done in compliance with the rules under the applicable Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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