At the 77th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on control and marking of articles of precious metals (Hallmarking Convention), held on September 10, 2015 in London, United Kingdom, where as representatives of the Republic of Serbia participated Mrs. Jelena Popović, M.Sc., Assistant Minister for Quality Infrastructure and Mrs. Vida Živković, M.Sc., Director of Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals, a representative of the Depositary of the Convention, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, reported the attendees that the Depositary sent to Government of the Republic of Serbia the official invitation for its accession to the Convention.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, by note of September 4, 2015, informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia that has the honor to invite Republic of Serbia to accede to Convention.

Invitation for accession of Serbia to the Convention came after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden has been granted by all States parties to the Convention information on their compliance for admission of Serbia to the Convention and after the set deadline of four months was not reached even one objection.

With this invitation, the process of accession to full membership of the Republic of Serbia to the Convention on control and marking of articles of precious metals (Hallmarking Convention), which was launched on October 25, 2013, by submitting an application of Republic of Serbia to the Convention, entered the final phase. Accession of Serbia to the Convention will enter into force three months after submission of the instrument of accession with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden.