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Very often, small errors in either direction average out over a large number of measurements. But biased errors can create considerable financial prejudice and can have serious economic consequences for the end consumer.</p></div> <div class="col-sm-6 heading-right"> <p>This is why legislation on measurements and measuring instruments is required and virtually all countries provide such protection by including metrology in their legislation – hence the term “legal metrology”...</p> <p class="text-center"> <a class="btn btn-oiml" href="https://www.oiml.org/en/about/legal-metrology" target="_self">Read more</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="frontpage-slot beige" id="frontpage-slot-feat-b-2"> <div class="portlet-slot"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="feature-portlet-wrapper-Beige-2 col-sm-7 "> <div class="feature-portlet feature-portlet-White"> <div class="image"> <img src="https://www.oiml.org/en/ressources/portlet-images-2021/power-station.jpg" alt="Legal metrology and the Environment" style="object-position: 0px -33px; width: 100%" /> <h2 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