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Bureau International des Poids et Mesures

The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (International Bureau for Weights and Measures, or BIPM) is one of the three organizations established to maintain the SI system under the terms of the Metre Convention.

The others are

the Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM) and
the Comité International des Poids et Mesures[?] (CIPM).

External links:

http://www.bipm.fr (http://www.bipm.fr/) and http://www.bipm.org (http://www.bipm.org/)

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