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Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC) has kicked off its verification plans for all measurement instruments for lengths, especially those used in selling fabrics, in line with its plans for ensuring legal control over measurement instruments in accordance with mandatory requirements, legislation and regulations.
Sultan Al Mehairi, Director of Information Services and engagement at QCC, said: "This comes in line with the objectives set by Abu Dhabi's plan to build a sustainable and globally competitive economy. The implementation of the metric system is an important step in consolidating measurement units used in the country in line with the strategy of the council and its role as a contributor to economic growth through adopting international best practices. Many countries of the world apply metric units of measurement, as the metric system takes into account all international requirements that contribute to reducing barriers to intra-trade, and provides mutual recognition in the fields of measurement and calibration services.”
The implementation of the meter unit will take place in two phases: the first phase features an awareness campaign to promote the application of the meter as the legal measurement unit, while the second involves the process of verifying the accuracy of length measurement tools to international reference standards, which were introduced earlier this month.
The Council is calling on all fabric traders in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to adhere to the new requirements of the application of the meter unit in transactions by advertising all prices ‘per meter’ and changing their sales and billing systems to the same unit. The Council will conduct inspections and monitoring campaigns throughout July 2019 to ensure that all measurements made in sales and purchases are using the meter unit, and that all shops have the appropriate measurement tools for the purpose.
This service comes within the authorization agreement signed by the Council and the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology to verify legal measuring instruments and the implementation of the new system to convert measurement units used in the trade of fabrics in all the markets of the country from yards to meters. The use of yards in length measurements has been canceled completely and is no longer allowed in official transactions. This is in implementation of the UAE Cabinet’s decision regarding the national system of measurement, which states, "International measurement units shall be used exclusively in measurements and trade in the UAE".
Traders and sewing shops selling fabrics should use meter scale measuring tools in both buying and selling from now on.
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The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council was established in 2009 to raise the quality of the emirate’s exports and locally traded products while protecting the interests of consumers and support the UAE’s competitive economy. QCC empowers regulators to establish and implement product safety, metrology and conformity schemes. The Council also sets guidelines and benchmarks to verify that products manufactured and traded in Abu Dhabi conform to the highest quality standards.
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