The representative of the Directorate for Measurements and Precious Metals, Dr. Jelena Bebić, Head of the Group for Metrology in Chemistry, in the period from September 25 to 29, 2023, attended the training for the accreditation of reference materials according to the ISO 17034:2016 standard, which was held in Palace of Serbia, in Belgrade.

The training was given by colleagues from Greece: Dr. Ioannis Sitaras, Director of the Laboratory Accreditation Department of the Greek Accreditation Body (ESYD) and Dr. Harris Alexopoulos, Manager of the National Food Testing Laboratory.

The main objective of this expert mission for ATS was to provide training to technical experts, assessors and employees of ATS regarding the requirements of the standard ISO 17034:2016 - general requirements for the competence of producers of reference materials and to provide advice regarding the application of EU legislation in the field of producers of reference materials materials and other relevant documents.

It is in the interest of the Republic of Serbia to obtain accredited producers of reference materials whose competence will be confirmed in the accreditation procedure.