1. Metrology creates respect for the law

   • P. De Bièvre

   EDITORIAL Pages: 497 - 497

2. Homogeneity studies of reference materials by solid sampling – AAS and INAA

   • M. Rossbach
   • K. -H. Grobecker

   PRACTITIONER'S REPORT Pages: 498 - 503

3. Uncertainty of nitrogen determination by the Kjeldahl method

   • T. Anglov
   • I. M. Petersen
   • J. Kristiansen

   PRACTITIONER'S REPORT Pages: 504 - 510

4. The concept of population and maximum difference between two results of analysis

   • I. Kuselman

   DISCUSSION FORUM Pages: 511 - 511

5. Workshop on "Quality Management in Analytical Chemical Research and Development"

   • W. Kleiböhmer

   MEETING REPORT Pages: 517 - 520

6. Information on the activity of the IUPAC Interdivisional Working Party on harmonization of quality assurance schemes for analytical laboratories 1997–1999

   • A. Fajgelj

   MEETING REPORT Pages: 520 - 521

7. BCR Report: Metrology in chemistry and biology

   • EURACHEM Secretariat

   RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Pages: 524 - 524

8. Alphabetical index of defined terms and where they can be found Part I: A–F

   • D. G. Holcombe

   TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS Pages: 525 - 530

9. News from ILAC

   • Heather Baigert

   INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES Pages: 531 - 532

10. Observing validation, uncertainty determination and traceability in developing Nordtest test methods

    • M. Holmgren

    INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES Pages: 533 - 533

11. The ETACS European project for testing the comparability of sensors and analysers

    • A. Ríos
    • A. Lynggaard-Jensen
    • A. Boenke

    POLICIES AND CONCEPTS Pages: B512 - B517

12. Harmonized guidelines for the use of recovery information in analytical measurement

    • A. Fajgelj

    POLICIES AND CONCEPTS Pages: A512 - A512