The representative of the Directorate for Measures and Precious Metals, Ljiljana Micic, Head of the Group for Volume and Flow, in the period from September 12 to 14, 2023, participated in the 9th regular annual meeting of the WELMEC working group for water meters and heat energy meters (WELMEC WG 13) and the 5th joint meeting of CEN 92 / WG 2 and WELMEC WG 13, which were held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

The organizer of the meetings was the National Metrological Institute of Slovakia (SMU).

The meetings were chaired by Miroslava Benkova, ČMI, Czech Republic.

The meeting of WELMEC WG 13 was attended by about 20 eminent experts, representatives of the National Metrological Institutes (NMI), designated institutes (DI), a representative of the Association of European Manufacturers of Water Meters and Heat Energy Meters (AQUA) and a representative of the German manufacturer SENSUS.

The joint meeting was held hybridly, and representatives of the organization CEN 92 / WG 2 for water meters were also present.

The meetings discussed proposals for amendments to the European Directive 2014/32/EU (MID) in the parts related to Annex MI-001 (water meters), Annex MI-004 (heat energy meters) and Annex 1 (essential requirements).

Final proposals for amendments to the European Directive 2014/32/EU (MID) with explanations will be submitted to the Committee for European Cooperation in Legal Metrology (WELMEC) and the European Commission (EC WG MI).

Also, cooperation with other organizations, such as EC WG MI, ISO/TC30/SC7/WG9, CEN, OIML, WELMEC WG 7, WELMEC WG 8, was presented at the meeting.

A decision was made to amend WELMEC Guide No. 13.1 in the following period.

The next annual meeting of WELMEC WG 13 and the joint meeting of WELMEC WG 13 and CEN 92 / WG 2 are planned to be held in September 2024 in Helsinki, Finland.