KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
COOMET MoU year of signing
Area
Population
last update: 15.05.2025
Law on metrology
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 9, 2014 No. 118 "On ensuring the unity of measurements". (As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated March 4, 2020 No. 23, August 1, 2022 No. 75).
Metrological infrastructure

State management activities to ensure traceability in the country is regulated by The Ministry
of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic (MEC KR) in accordance with the law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On ensuring the Unity of Measurements" No. 118 from 09.07.2014 (As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated March 4, 2020 No. 23, August 1, 2022 No. 75).
The organizational structure of the National Metrology System consists of the Ministry of Economy and commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic, Center for Standardization and Metrology under the Ministry of Economy and commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstandard) and Department of Metrological Supervision of State Agency of Antimonopoly Regulation under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic (MEC KR)
Major activities are as follows:
- development and implementation of State Policy on Ensuring Unity of Measurements;
- creation and maintenance of an integrated technical regulation information system in the Kyrgyz Republic;
- ensuring the uniformity of measurements in the Kyrgyz Republic in accordance with international norms and rules;
- coordination of the Center for Standardization and Metrology;
- confirmation of units allowed for use;
- determination of the procedure for the development and approval of documents on ensuring the uniformity of measurements.
Center for Standardization and Metrology under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstandard)
number of personnel involved in research and development: 19
including:
number of personnel with a PhD degree: -
number of personnel with a DSc degree: -
The basic activities include:
- carrying out work to ensure the compliance of the measurement system with the International System of Units (SI) to strengthen the role of measurements and standards in the development of the republic's economy;
- storage and improvement of national standards of units, reproduction and transfer of dimensions of basic and derived units of the International System of Units (SI);
- provision of metrological services to business entities for calibration, verification, type approval of measuring instruments, certification of measurement procedures;
- approval of reference materials;
- maintaining the state register of measuring instruments and reference materials;
- carrying out work on the recognition of the results of metrological works in accordance with the international agreements entered into force in accordance with the procedure established by law, to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party;
- participation in the comparison of standards at the international, regional and national levels to ensure the international recognition of national standards and calibration and measurement certificates;
- participation in the work of granting and revoking the right to conduct testing of measuring instruments or certification of reference materials for the purpose of type approval or calibration of measuring instruments;
- implementation of research works in the field of metrology;
- the exchange of information in the field of ensuring the uniformity of measurements with international metrological organizations and national metrology bodies of other countries.
International cooperation of KYRGYZSTANDAR in the field of metrology is carried out in the framework of:
- International Organization for Legal Metrology (OIML);
- Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (EASC);
- Interregional Association for Standardization (ISO);
- Euro-Asian cooperation of national metrological institutions (COOMET).
The structure of the state metrological service also includes 10 regional metrological centers
Department of Metrological Supervision of State Agency of Antimonopoly Regulation under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic
Main activities:
- This organization is responsible of the release, condition and application of measuring instruments, including reference materials of the composition and properties of substances (materials), compliance with the requirements of regulatory legal acts in the field of ensuring the uniformity of measurements, in the field of state regulation, in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic пїЅOn ensuring the uniformity of measurementsпїЅ;
- in case of revealing violations of the requirements of regulatory legal acts in the field of ensuring the uniformity of measurements:
- in the prescribed manner shall issue instructions on the elimination of violations identified during the inspection and shall set a time limit for their elimination;
- according to the results of the inspection, takes measures to eliminate the consequences of violations of the requirements of regulatory legal acts in the field of ensuring the uniformity of measurements;
- in the cases stipulated by the regulatory legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic, sends materials on violation of metrological rules and regulations to judicial and investigative bodies;
- oversees the correctness of the state register of measuring instruments and reference materials;
- makes to the ministries, departments and local governments proposals for the elimination of violations revealed during the inspection and improvement of the metrological provision of subordinated objects.
- supervises the requirements of the rules of manufacture of the State Flag of the Kyrgyz Republic and the State Emblem of the Kyrgyz Republic.
National measurement standards
Status of participation in Metre Convention
The Republic of Kyrgyzstan is currently not a signatory to the CIPM MRA or an associate member of the CGPM, nor is it entitled to use the CIPM MRA logo.
Certificates of recognition of QMS of NMIs (within COOMET)
Accreditation in the German body DAkkS ILAC MRA.
Accreditation certificate D-K-20448-01-00 (according to ISO/IEC 17025: 2017).
Certificate(s) of recognition of the NMI QMS (within COOMET)
Accreditation in the German body ILAC DAkkS ILAC MRA.
Accreditation certificate D-K-20448-01-00 (according to ISO/IEC 17025: 2017).
OIML membership status
Kyrgyzstan is an associate member of OIML.