Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals (DMDM) took part in the Nineth CROLAB conference „ Laboratory Competence 2013 & Regional Conformity Assesment Workshop” - Opatija, from November 06 - 09, 2013. Conference was supported by the EU/EFTA project “Quality Infrastructure in the Western Balkans and Turkey” and dedicated to the position of conformity assesment bodies in Croatia and in region and role of the National Metrology Institutes, National Accreditation Bodies and corresponding Ministries in creation of Regional Conformity Assesment Association, with the aim of improving cooperation and contacts between laboratories in neighboring countries, EU member states and future EU member states.