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The international organisation that governs the definition of the Standard Units is the General Conference on Weights and Measures (French: Conférence générale des poids et mesures - CGPM). This inter-governmental organisations was set up in 1875.


There are national standards institutions which ensure that their measures are consistent with the international standards. And finally, there are trading standards offices which ensure compliance at a local level.

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