6. Abbreviations and acronyms

COFRAC: French Accreditation Committee

LNE: national laboratory for metrology and testing

DIRECCTE: Direction régionale des entreprises, de la concurrence, de la consommation, du travail et de l'emploi (Regional directorate for business, competition, consumer affairs, labor and employment)

DRIRE: Direction régionale des industries de la recherche et de l'environnement (Regional Directorate for Industry, Research and the Environment)

MID: measuring instrument directive