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PRIMET was originally established in November 1999 under the name "Association of Environmental Data Users in Europe" (AEDUE) and changed its name to PRIMET in September 2003. The association currently has 36 Corporate Members in 16 European countries. Additional members supporting in particular unlimited and efficient access to environmental data produced and/or funded by public agencies are welcomed.

The primary objectives of PRIMET are to support and advise its members as required by them by liasing with and acting as a pressure group towards international and national entities of relevance, and to follow events and where possible contribute to developments of potential significance for the commercial weather market. PRIMET can be seen as a private sector counterpart to the ECOMET.
PRIMET also provides guidance to its members through its web site www.primet.org and by producing letters and advisory documents as well as by responding to specific queries from the membership.

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Please contact PRIMET Secretary General Richard Pettifer on e-mail: richard.pettifer@dsl.pipex.com.


News and Events

8. Nov 2007 Richard Pettifer's, PRIMET General Secretary, Presentation at the recent EMS Annual Meeting.
28. May 2007 Letter to Daily Telegraph Friday
25. May 2007 From the London Daily Telegraph Friday 25th May 2007.
24. Apr 2007 Richard Pettifer, a new PRIMET Secretary General Letter of Introduction
28-29 Sep 2006 PRIMET Annual General Meeting 2006 in London. See details.
22-23 May 2006 Minutes from the PRIMET-ECOMET meeting
15 Mar 2006 PRIMET Position Statement on Environmental Data Management delivered to ECOMET
09 Mar 2006 Excerpt from Article in The Guardian (UK) on their campaign for free data
26 Feb 2006 Letter from PRIMET Secretary General to Prof. Anton Eliassen, ECOMET President, re. the "Continuation of dialogue between PRIMET and ECOMET"
24 Feb 2006 Johan Jaques, MeteoServices, Belgium: "Case against the Belgian Meteorological Institute (KMI), progress report"
24 Feb 2006 Minutes of PRIMET Annual General Meeting 2005
24-25 Feb 2006 Daniel Soderman appointed by the Annual General Meeting 2005 held in Milano to new PRIMET Secretary General, supported by a PRIMET Board with Jennie Campbell (Meteo Consult), Mette.Krohn-Hansen (Storm) and Pirkko Saarikivi (Foreca) as members
09 Feb 2006 Letter from Anton Eliassen to PRIMET Secretary General on PRIMET-ECOMET relations
24 Jan 2006 Meteo-Info d.o.o. of Zagreb (Croatia), METEOPRESS s.r.o of Prague (Czech Republic) and INFOMET s.r.o of Bratislava (Slovakia) have been approved by the PRIMET Board as new corporate members of the association
04 Jan 2006 Letter from Maria Asenius on behalf of EC Commissioner Olli Rehn in response to the message dated 18 Oct 2005 regarding the situation on the meteorological market in Croatia sent by the PRIMET Secretary General
31 Dec 2005 PRIMET letter to Prof. Anton Eliassen re. joint legal scrutiny of ECOMET rules and practices
28 Dec 2005 Antonio Verga resigns as PRIMET Secretary General
27-28 Dec 2005 PRIMET informal planning meeting in Helsinki to discuss preparations for the Annual General Meeting to be held in Milano on 24-25 Feb 2006 and other current issues
18 Oct 2005 Message providing a "Brief Overview of the Meteorological Market in Croatia" sent by PRIMET Secretary General to European Union Commissioner Olli Rehn
25 Sep 2005 Letter from Antonio Verga, PRIMET Secretary General, to Anton Eliassen, President of the ECOMET General Assembly, re. the planned joint ECOMET-PRIMET legal scrutiny
23 Sep 2005 Letter from Anton Eliassen, President of the ECOMET General Assembly re. the planned ECOMET-PRIMET legal scrutiny
08 May 2005 National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005 (introduced in US Senate by Rick Santorum)
04 May 2005 The Press Association acquires Meteo Consult B.V.
24 Mar 2005 Updated PRIMET NWP Data Survey released
11 Mar 2005
Message to Daniel Soderman, PRIMET Strategic Advisor, from Lillian Svendsen on behalf of ECOMET President Anton Eliassen re. the proposed joint scrutiny of ECOMET rules and practices
22 Feb 2005
Letter from PRIMET Secretary General to ECOMET President re. Planned Scrutiny of ECOMET rules and practices.
16 Feb 2005
16 Feb 2005
08 Feb 2005
Antonio Verga of Italy appointed new PRIMET Secretary General
31 Dec 2004
Daniel Soderman, PRIMET Secretary General, resigns at 68.
22 Dec 2004
13-14 Dec 2004
ECMWF Council, 61st meeting
09 Dec 2004
Draft Decisions of the ECOMET General Assembly on 9 Dec. 2004 re. PRIMET's concerns
03 Nov 2004
Summary report from meeting between PRIMET and ECOMET representatives, Oslo 3 November 2004
05 Oct 2004
05 Oct 2004
05 Oct 2004
1-2 Oct 2004
PRIMET Annual General Meeting 2004 in Berlin, with Dennis Schulze of MC-Wetter as local coordinator.
30 Sep 2004
29 Sep 2004
ARGOSS of The Netherlands, MOPI (Meteo Operations Italia srl) of Italy and Weather Services International of the Weather Channel Companies, Birmingham (UK) join PRIMET, bringing the total corporate membership to 32 members in 14 countries.
17 Sep 2004
14-16 Sep 2005
ECAM 2005 in Utrecht, The Netherlands
14 Sep 2004
Aura Centrum sp. z o. o. of Poznan (Poland) joins PRIMET, bringing the total membership to 29 members in 14 countries.
07 Sep 2004
30 June 2004
16 June 2004
Letter from Prof. Anton Eliassen, President of the ECMWF Council, re. the decisions of the Council on 3-4 June 2004 in response to recent PRIMET letters.
3-4 June 2004
60th ECMWF Council meeting
18 May 2004
Message from Prof. Anton Eliassen, President of the ECOMET General Assembly.
12 May 2004
PRIMET message on a possible 2nd ECOMET/PRIMET meeting in early autumn 2004 to Prof. Anton Eliassen, President of the General Assembly of ECOMET
12 May 2004
23 Apr 2004
Power Point presentation by Daniel Söderman at PSI Group meeting in Luxembourg
23 Apr 2004 Power Point presentation by Harry Otten at PSI Group meeting in Luxembourg
23 Apr 2004
Power Point presentation by Peter Weiss at PSI Group meeting in Luxembourg
23 Apr 2004
Summary Report on the PSI Group meeting in Luxembourg 23.04.2004
19 Apr 2004
Letter from Anne-Margrete Wachtmeister of the European Commission Competition Directorate-General on the entry into force of EC Regulation 1/2003 whereby Comfort Letters are phased out
14 Apr 2004
By arrangement with "Verband Deutscher Wetterdienstleister (VDW)" in Germany, 12 new members joined PRIMET bringing the total number of members to 28.
24 Mar 2004
PRIMET letter on ECMWF archive data - access and pricing sent to Prof. Anton Eliassen, ECMWF Council Chairman.
10 Mar 2004
PRIMET letter on ECMWF data access sent to Prof. Anton Eliassen, ECMWF Council Chairman.
10 Mar 2004
23 Feb 2004
BAMS-document by Saarikivi, Soderman and Newman again accessible - see documents/1 April 2000
20 Feb 2004