Monday, April 29, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MCI), through the Legal Metrology Service of the Department of Quality Control and Consumer Protection, has launched the operations of verification of the accuracy of the amount of fuel debited to the pump, in the gas stations of Port-au-Prince.

As of Monday, four inspectors of MCI have controlled a gas station in Lalue, where they carried out their operations on the 14 vending pumps of this station [diesel, gasoline (91 and 95) and kerosene] in order to ensure the accuracy of standardized measures. The verification completed technicians put a sticker "accepted" on each approved equipment.

"This work, which aims to put the consumer and the seller in confidence is of paramount importance," explained Junior Dorçant the Head of Metrology stressing that this operation is part of the process of Consumer Protection of MCI in particular and of the Government Martelly-Lamothe, in general.

As part of these operations, technicians of MCI will visit an average of four gas stations per day, and similar operations of verification will be conducted in a timely manner in the provincial towns.

Learn more about the Metrology Laboratory :

The Metrology Laboratory opened December 14, 2012, has for main missions the verification, calibration and/or adjustment of the measuring instruments used in trade and industry and the certification of measuring instruments. It provides services to both control agencies (legal metrology) and economic operators (Industrial Metrology) in order to ensure fairness in business transactions, the improvement of the quality of the health and safety of the population.

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