The Twinning project worth of One million Euros for greater competitiveness of Serbian economy in the EU was solemnly closed down at the premises of the Embassy of the Czech Republic. The project was aimed at improvement of consumers health and safety protection, respectively consumers interest protection, raising competitiveness of Serbian economy, removing unnecessary barriers in trade within negotiations with the EU, in order to facilitate trade in goods between the EU and Serbia and strengthening quality infrastructure institutions.

Twinning project started on October 1st, 2015 and its realization lasted 25 months. The project was partner implemented with consortium from the Czech Republic (Czech Metrology Institute, Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing and Czech Accreditation Institute) and Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia. Project helped building efficient and internationally recognized Quality infrastructure system in Serbia. That enabled domestic companies and industry better conditions for implementation of technical legislation and standard application for products and management systems.

Thanks to the project, technical legislation has been more harmonized with European regulations in the field of Metrology, pre-packaged products, aerosols, toys, ATEX and elevators.

Directorate representatives Ms. Slavica Simić, Ms. dr Branka Radanov PhD, Mr. Pavle Staničić and Mr. Dragan Pantić attended the event.