Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals of the Ministry of Economy and the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Serbia today signed an agreement on cooperation in Agency. Signatories of the agreement were on behalf of the Directorate Mrs. Vida Živković, M.Sc., Director, and on behalf of Agency Mr. Saša Jaćović M.D.,sp., Managing Director.

This agreement aims to formalize the relationship between these two reference institutions of the Republic of Serbia on matters of common interest in the field of metrology and measuring instruments which are used as medical devices, as well as to set the grounds for future cooperation. For this purpose, it is envisaged linking and pooling of resources in areas of common interest in order to contribute to better addressing of professional and business-technical problems, especially in the field of application of these measuring instruments or medical devices.

Also, this agreement is of special importance bearing in mind significant responsibilities of the Directorate and the Agency for European Integrations of the Republic of Serbia and work on harmonization with the EU acquis in the context of the negotiations and accession of our country to EU. Finally, it provides for cooperation in carrying out systematic and spot checks of the market for medical devices.