2025 World Metrology Day: ‘Measurements for all times, for all people’

20 May is World Metrology Day, celebrating a century and a half of international collaboration in metrology.
This year marks 150 years since the Metre Convention was signed in Paris in 1875, which later founded the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM).
This treaty provides the basis for a worldwide coherent measurement system that underpins scientific discovery and innovation, industrial manufacturing and international trade, as well as the improvement of the quality of life and the protection of the global environment.

EEPLIANT4 Launch Event

The EU co-funded Concerted Action EEPLIANT4 is ready to be officially launched. 25 MSAs and 3 other organisations from 22 countries will work together to support the implementation and enforcement of the EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations for energy-related products and durably improve market surveillance in these fields. The project is coordinated by PROSAFE and will run until April 2029.

We are building on our work that started in 2015 with EEPLIANT1, and further developed during the implementation of EEPLIANT2 and EEPLIANT3.

The Launch Event will be held online, on 20 September 2024, 9:30 to 13:30 CET.

During the event, we will discuss why coordinated actions like EEPLIANT4 are important for EU market surveillance authorities, consumers and the industry and present the 13 project activities (Work Packages):

First Press Release EEPLIANT4 

The Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 4 (EEPLIANT4) is an EU co-funded Concerted Action that builds on the success, good practices, and lessons learnt from the former EEPLIANT Actions (EEPLIANT1, EEPLIANT2 and EEPLIANT3). The project is funded by the European Union under the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) and aims to support the implementation and enforcement of the EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations for energy-related products and durably improve market surveillance in these fields.

The First Press Release of EEPLIANT4 informs about the launch of the action and the first wave of activities, focused on assessing the level of compliance of refrigerating appliances, tyres, electronic displays, solid fuel local space heaters, as well as horizontal topics such as training and study visits, emerging issues and challenges, and the development of digital tools for market surveillance. You can also find information about novelties in the governance structure of EEPLIANT4.

PROSAFE is hosting a Final Conference to commemorate the end of the EEPLIANT3 activities!

The EU-funded EEPLIANT3 Concerted Action (June 2019 to March 2024) involved 24 Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs) and 5 organisations from 21 countries and represented a powerful tool to help deliver the intended economic and environment benefits of the regulatory framework for Energy Labelling and Ecodesign.

During two half days, on 06 (closed meeting) and 07 (open event) March 2024, the project participants, stakeholders, and the European Commission will convene in Brussels to discuss the conclusions and findings from the inspection and testing activities, as well as takeaways and suggestions for improvement.