In the period from October 5-9, 2015, six employees from the Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals visited the Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV) in Vienna. This week of practical training was an important part of the long cooperation between German Institute PTB and DMDM to support the European integration process in Serbia, as a part of the project „Support to the quality infrastructure” in Serbia. Topic of practical training was „Market surveillance over measuring instruments and pre-packaged products”.

Between April 14-17, 2015 theoretical basis is given in the form of basic training for DMDM experts. Main objectives were European Directive 765/2008/EC (requirements for accreditation and market surveillance), Directive 2014/32/EU (MID – Directive on measuring instruments), Directive 2014/31/EU (NAWID – Directive on non-automatic weighing instruments) and 2007/45/EC (together with the basic rules and nominal quantities for pre-packaged products).