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This Document, elaborated in liaison with the Metre Convention and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation, gives elements to be considered when drawing up national laws related to metrology, the need for which is reinforced by the increasing participation of States in trans-national, regional and international trade-related agreements in which such laws provide the basis for dealing with the appropriate national measurement-based requirements. The laws for which this International Document provides advice may either be one general law covering all legal aspects of metrology or separate laws, each related to a specific aspect of metrology, such as a law on legal units, a law on traceability, a law on measuring equipment (weights and measures act), etc., or provisions related to metrology in more general laws such as law on consumer protection or conformity assessment. The bodies responsible for drawing up such laws are invited to select appropriate elements from this Document, to examine their relevancy and if necessary to adapt them to their needs. This Document is presented in five parts: - Part 1 (Introduction - Scope); - Part 2 (Rationale) providing elements which justify the need for setting up legal provisions related to metrology and to metrological infrastructures; - Part 3 (Proposed legal provisions) providing suggestions of Articles (i.e., specific language), which may be incorporated into laws; - Part 4 (Guidelines for setting up the structures) providing various considerations about the organization to be set up for the implementation of the legal provisions; and - Part 5 (Examples and explanations) providing comments and explanations which are not intended to be inserted in the legal provisions but which clarify the meaning and the consequences of some proposed legal provisions. The following proposals have to be considered, selected and adapted by each country according to specific needs, then incorporated into laws, government acts, ministerial acts, etc., according to the constitution and regulatory practice of the country. While the intention is to address the regulated sector, many of these provisions also relate, and are applicable to, best internationally accepted metrology practice in the voluntary sector.