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The 41st meeting of the Reference Material Committee of ISO, ISO/REMCO, was held in Ottawa, Canada, from 10 to 13 July 2018 and was hosted by the National Research Council of Canada. This report details and summarises the two brainstorming sessions that was held as part of the meeting, as well as the discussions and findings of the associated group sessions and meetings. Emphasis is placed on the two new guidance documents that the committee is drafting.

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  1. ISO 17034 (2016) General requirements for the competence of reference material producers. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland, p 24

  2. ISO/IEC 17025 (2017) General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland, p 30

  3. ISO/IEC Guide 99 (2010) International vocabulary of metrology—basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM). International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland, p 92

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  5. ISO TR 79 (2015) Examples of reference materials for qualitative properties. Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland, p 38

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  7. ISO 19229 (2015) Gas analysis—purity analysis and the treatment of purity data. In: International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland, p 9.

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  1. National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA), CSIR, Meiring Naude´ Road, Brummeria, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

    Angelique Botha

  2. Starna Scientific Limited, 52/54 Fowler Road, Hainault, Essex, IG6 3UT, UK

    John P. Hammond

  3. ISO Central Secretariat, BIBC II, Chemin de Blandonnet 8, CP 401, 1214, Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland

    Stéphane Sauvage

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Botha, A., Hammond, J.P. & Sauvage, S. Report on the 41st meeting of ISO/REMCO. Accred Qual Assur 24, 313–315 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-019-01387-7

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