SVC-045 / Competent referral
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Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
STAauthorityUnion-wide competence
Reproducible references for receiving institutions
Standards, Time and Measurement is the independent foundation for comparable evidence and interoperable systems. It serves laboratories, public operators, manufacturers, statistical offices and everyone relying on a certificate or timestamp. A standard is useful only when its scope, reference method and limits are clear.
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Office output: Reference standard
People and households
SVC-041 / Competent referral
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Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Companies and cooperatives
SVC-057 / Specialist intake
Accredit a calibration laboratory
Decision owner: Standards, Time & Measurement Authority
SVC-045 / Competent referral
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Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
SVC-041 / Competent referral
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Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Research and civic organisations
SVC-057 / Specialist intake
Accredit a calibration laboratory
Decision owner: Standards, Time & Measurement Authority
SVC-045 / Competent referral
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Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
SVC-041 / Competent referral
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Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Public administrations
SVC-057 / Specialist intake
Accredit a calibration laboratory
Decision owner: Standards, Time & Measurement Authority
INT-007 / Specialist intake
Publish a shared engineering standard
Decision owner: Standards, Time & Measurement Authority
INT-018 / Specialist intake
Publish a federated statistical release
Decision owner: Standards, Time & Measurement Authority
SVC-045 / Competent referral
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Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
SVC-041 / Competent referral
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Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Metrology, time, standards and bounded accreditation
Directorates cover metrology, clock conventions, interoperability, safety standards, accreditation and public statistics. A certificate identifies what was measured or tested, against which reference and under what conditions. Time records distinguish local receipt, effective event and later reconciliation; a statistical release includes method and revision history.
The powers we hold and the powers we refer
The Authority does not approve a product for every use or turn a laboratory scope into an unlimited operating licence. Sector agencies own deployment decisions. Sparse-community data receives an appropriate disclosure review, and competing technical evidence has an independent reproduction route.
A case in practice
Illustrative case / STA
A remote workshop proposes a locally fabricated replacement part. The laboratory records its calibration chain and tested scope; the receiving operator checks the relevant engineering acceptance through Infrastructure & Public Works Commission. A measurement certificate supports that decision but does not silently authorise every installation.
Responsibilities and programmes
Metrology
Metrology brings together mass and length references, laboratory calibration and measurement traceability.
Explore this programme →Time Coordination
Time Coordination brings together union reference time, local civil calendars and clock synchronization.
Explore this programme →Interoperability
Interoperability brings together docking interfaces, utility connectors and data exchange standards.
Explore this programme →Safety Standards
Safety Standards brings together pressure equipment standards, material certification and hazard symbols.
Explore this programme →Accreditation
Accreditation brings together testing laboratory accreditation and inspector qualification.
Explore this programme →Public Statistics
Public Statistics brings together population estimates, statistical methods and data quality assurance.
Explore this programme →Where our powers stop
Standards are public; enforcement lies with sector regulators.
Public records and accountability
STA/REGRecords and reasoned determinations
STA/CONTACTAnnual service plan; public decisions; performance and expenditure report.
Contact the competent office
Accessible assistance, evidence alternatives, institutional handoffs and review.