Thanks to the adopted European directives, local manufacturers of various kinds of measuring instruments can place products on the EU market.

Group for Metrology of the Association of accredited conformity assessment bodies at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce in the coming period will work to promote cooperation with relevant institutions in the field of interpretation and implementation of the new regulations.

Defined were priorities, including strengthening cooperation with the Accreditation Body of Serbia, Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals, the Institute for Standardization of Serbia and the relevant ministries in order to simplify and speed up procedures, harmonization of criteria, education and exchange of information and experience. Possibilities for the organization of expert seminars and trainings, international cooperation and taking over good practice were discussed.

Lucija Dujović, Assistant Director of the Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals and deputy chairman of the Group for Metrology, at the second meeting of the Group, presented the current developments and planned activities of the Ministry of Economy and Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals in the field of metrology. According to her, during the EU accession process metrology plays an important role. In the negotiation process within the chapter Subgroup 1 – Free movement of goods and services, in Brussels, where was held bilateral screening, the results achieved in harmonization and implementation of regulations were very highly rated in the area of quality infrastructure, particularly in metrology.

Over the past year, European Directive on measuring instruments (MID) was transposed into our Regulation on measuring instruments, Directive on non-automatic weighing instruments (NAWI) into Regulation on non-automatic weighing instruments, while the EU directives relating to pre-packaged products were transposed into Regulation on pre-packaged products.
This has created the conditions for local manufacturers may place their products, especially including various kinds of measuring instruments, on the EU market.