I had the impression that it was the International Earth Rotation
Service (www.iers.org), also headquartered in Paris, that was in
charge of leap seconds, as stated here
http://www.iers.org/nn_11252/IERS/EN/DataProducts/EarthOrientationData/bulC__MD.html

Thanks,
Donald
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Marshall Eubanks <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Jan 21, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Clint Chaplin wrote:
>
>> Hey, Paris lobbied heavily to have the Prime Meridian be fixed in Paris.  
>> That would have really made them the center of the navigational world.
>>
>
> Yes, and then they got the BIH, which got them the power to change GMT to 
> UTC. (GMT no longer has any official existence.)
>
> Marshall
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>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM, todd glassey <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> On 1/21/2011 10:22 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ole Jacobsen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone see the irony of us even discussing concerns about, of all
>>> things, FOOD when it comes to Paris?
>>>
>>> What else is there to discuss in Paris?
>>>
>> Making Paris the center of the world - ever look at French Navigation Charts 
>> - relative to Admiralty charts from any other nation?
>>
>> Todd
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