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<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; height: 1047.77px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50.0522%;"><col style="width: 49.9478%;"></colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="vertical-align: top; height: 0px;"> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="height: 349.385px; border-width: 1px; border-style: hidden;"> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: rgb(35, 111, 161);">ABOUT US</span></strong></p> <p>The COMAR database lists a number of<span style="color: rgb(251, 238, 184);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">high-quality CRMs</span></span> that have been prepared and certified in line with ISO 17034. Their producers hold an ISO 17034 accreditation for at least part of the materials they list, or provide their CRMs as a National Metrology Institute (NMI) or a Designated Institute (DI).</p> <p>The COMAR database is issued by the COMAR Consortium, a group of NMIs, DIs and national laboratories worldwide. This effort dates back to the 1970s, when the Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais (LNE) in France proposed a <em>Code d'Indexation des Matériaux de Référence</em> or COMAR. In the early 1980s, they joined forces with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the United Kingdom and the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) in Germany to issue a database that listed the CRMs available in their countries, an effort that was financially supported by the European Commission. United in the so-called COMAR Consortium, they laid down the rules of their cooperation in a joint <a href="r/eptiscomar/f_103106107107200990333500400/pdf-viewer?p11_id=22&clear=Y&session=0&cs=1rwaJ5M8Pu_nS0kFAXgQCL5b9a78">Protocol</a> (which has mainly historic value today). The project grew over the years in terms of CRMs listed and economies who joined the Consortium.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The previously offline database went online in 2001 and was completely recoded in 2022 and again in 2024 – the version on this website. The last recoding became necessary as BAM, where the COMAR server is physically operated, made a shift away from its labor-intensive Java applications towards Oracle APEX, which is a powerful standard package that is easy to maintain and runs out of the box.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The members of the COMAR Consortium are presently:</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 349.385px;"></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top; height: 698.385px;"> <td style="border-style: hidden; height: 698.385px; border-width: 1px;"> <h2 style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161); font-size: 24pt;">Americas</span></h2> <div> <div><strong>Brazil</strong></div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.br/inmetro" title="">Inmetro Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Janaína Marques Rodrigues Caixeiro jmrodrigues-at-inmetro.gov.br</div> <div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Mexico </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.gob.mx/cenam/" title="">CENAM National Center of Metrology</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Judith Sainz Uribe gsainz-at-cenam.mx</div> <div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2 style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161); font-size: 24pt;">Asia</span></h2> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">India </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.nplindia.org/" title="">NPL National Physical Laboratory</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"> S. Swarupa Tripathy tripathyss-at-nplindia.org</div> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Japan </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://unit.aist.go.jp/nmij/english/refmate/" title="">NMIJ National Metrology Institute of Japan</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Shigetomo Matsuyama s.matsuyama-at-aist.go.jp</div> <div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Korea </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.kriss.re.kr/" title="">KRISS Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Seung Hwan Nam nams-at-kriss.re.kr</div> <div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Mongolia </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>ask Secretariat</em> <em>ask Secretariat</em> <em>ask Secretariat</em></div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <h2 style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161); font-size: 24pt;">Australia</span></h2> <strong>Australia</strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.industry.gov.au/national-measurement-institute" title="">NMI National Measurement Institute</a></div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Stephen R. Davies stephen.davies-at-measurement.gov.au</div> </div> </td> <td style="border-style: hidden; height: 698.385px; border-width: 1px;"> <div> <h2 style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161); font-size: 24pt;">Europe</span></h2> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Belarus </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="http://belgim.by/" title="">BelGIM Belarussian State Institute of Metrology</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Maxim Shabanov metrol-at-belgim.by</div> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Bulgaria </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="http://bim.government.bg/" title="">BIM Bulgarian Institute of Metrology</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Ljudmila Dimitrova l.dimitrova-at-bim.government.bg</div> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">China </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://en.nim.ac.cn/taxonomy/term/122" title="">NIM National Institute of Metrology</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Lin Lu lulin-at-nim.ac.cn</div> </div> <div><span class="pull-right"><strong>Czech Republic</strong> </span></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.cmi.cz/" title="">CMI Czech Metrology Institute</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Jan Beranek jberanek-at-cmi.cz</div> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">France </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.lne.fr/" title="">LNE Laboratoire National d'Essais</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Patrick Bironneau patrick.bironneau-at-lne.fr</div> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Germany </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.bam.de/" title="">BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Johannes van de Kreeke johannes.kreeke-at-bam.de</div> </div> <div><span class="pull-right"><strong>European Commission </strong> </span></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/joint-research-centre_en" title="">Directorate-General Joint Research Centre</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Thomas Linsinger thomas.linsinger-at-ec.europa.eu</div> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Netherlands </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.vsl.nl/" title="">VSL Dutch Metrology Institute</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Peter van Otterloo rvotterloo-at-vsl.nl</div> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Poland </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.gum.gov.pl/" title="">GUM Central Office of Measures</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Ewa Malejczyk ewa.malejczyk-at-gum.gov.pl</div> </div> <div><span class="pull-right"><strong>Russian Federation</strong> </span></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.uniim.ru/" title="">Ural Scientific Research Institute for Metrology</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Sergej Medvedevskikh gsso-at-gsso.ru</div> </div> <div><strong><span class="pull-right">Sweden </span></strong></div> <div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.trollboken.se/" title="">Trollboken</a> </div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;">Bertil Magnusson bertil.magnusson-at-trollboken.se</div> <div><span class="pull-right"><strong>United Kingdom</strong> </span></div> <div style="padding-left: 40px;"> <div> <div><a data-original-title="Institute Website" data-toggle="tooltip" rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.lgc.co.uk/" title="">LGC Ltd.</a> </div> <div>Gill Holcombe gill.holcombe-at-lgc.co.uk</div> </div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p 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<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.9365%;"></colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-style: hidden;"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: rgb(35, 111, 161);">GET LISTED</span></strong></p> <p>Are you a producer of Certified Reference Materials and would like to list some, or all of your materials on the COMAR database? You are welcome if:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Your CRMs meet our requirements <br></strong>We have laid down those requirements in our <a data-original-title="COMAR Publication Policy" data-toggle="tooltip" href="r/eptiscomar/f_103106107107200990333500400/pdf-viewer?p11_id=23&clear=Y&session=0&cs=1-uwbkjMhFTYaoQUknQUBvB66fC0" style="text-align: justify; background-color: var(--a-rte-table-background-color, transparent); font-size: var(--a-rte-table-font-size, 13px); font-family: var(--a-base-font-family);">publication policy</a><span style="text-align: justify; background-color: var(--a-rte-table-background-color, transparent); font-size: var(--a-rte-table-font-size, 13px); color: var(--a-field-input-focus-text-color, var(--a-field-input-text-color)); font-family: var(--a-base-font-family);">. In a nutshell, we expect a certain quality of the materials you list. This quality should be underpinned by a valid accreditation to ISO 17034 for (preferably) all the materials you list, though there may be exceptions. Alternatively, you may have produced the materials as a national or regional National Metrology Institute (NMI) / a Designated Institute (DI), or demonstrate their quality otherwise. Preferably, we include certified materials, but exceptions are possible, e.g., if the material is difficult to certify or very innovative.<br><br></span></li> <li><strong>You are based in one of our membership countries <br></strong>If you are based in one of the economies that are covered by our membership (see the tab "about")<span style="text-align: justify; background-color: var(--a-rte-table-background-color, transparent); font-size: var(--a-rte-table-font-size, 13px); color: var(--a-field-input-focus-text-color, var(--a-field-input-text-color)); font-family: var(--a-base-font-family);">, you can contact the member in your economy and ask for a listing. They will then check your compliance with our policy, and help you open an account. If this mechanism does not work, e.g., because our member organization does not have the capacity to help you, or does not have a contact person for this, please ask the Secretariat.<br><br></span></li> <li><strong style="background-color: var(--a-rte-table-background-color, transparent); font-size: var(--a-rte-table-font-size, 13px); color: var(--a-field-input-focus-text-color, var(--a-field-input-text-color)); font-family: var(--a-base-font-family);">You agree with our Terms of Use<br></strong>Please agree with our <a href="r/eptiscomar/f_103106107107200990333500400/pdf-viewer?p11_id=68&clear=Y&session=0&cs=1n62LQ0RVjaHvalS-YTuzGCvFE40" style="text-align: justify; background-color: var(--a-rte-table-background-color, transparent); font-size: var(--a-rte-table-font-size, 13px); font-family: var(--a-base-font-family);">Terms of Use</a><span style="text-align: justify; background-color: var(--a-rte-table-background-color, transparent); font-size: var(--a-rte-table-font-size, 13px); color: var(--a-field-input-focus-text-color, var(--a-field-input-text-color)); font-family: var(--a-base-font-family);"> during registration / opening your account. You cannot register without giving us your agreement. Your account and listed materials will be inactivated if you withdraw your agreement. </span></li> </ul> <p>Please read our short one-pagers that will help you getting started: <a href="r/eptiscomar/f_103106107107200990333500400/pdf-viewer?p11_id=88&clear=Y&session=0&cs=1_HRNRlwP297NbJr2J3scsaHe8cI">Guidance for new Editors</a> | <a href="r/eptiscomar/f_103106107107200990333500400/pdf-viewer?p11_id=109&clear=Y&session=0&cs=1lEndmuPMlkAPAek6C0oa0YZyTVA">How to register as a new Editor</a> | <a href="r/eptiscomar/f_103106107107200990333500400/pdf-viewer?p11_id=108&clear=Y&session=0&cs=1v7zb0lqBGr1Ny8WcPcArF7HFYSg">Guidance for Coordinators</a>. The latter is intended for members of the COMAR Consortium, but is included here for transparency. Are you an Editor having CRM entries on an older version of COMAR? Let us know at <a href="mailto:comar@bam.de">comar@bam.de</a> and we will guide you through the process. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="text-center"> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>