The representative of the Directorate for Measures and Precious Metals, Jasmina Zukan Banović, metrologist for metrology in chemistry - coordinator, in the period from March 20 to 22, 2024, actively participated in the work of the EURAMET Technical Committee for Quality (EURAMET TC-Q), which was held this year in Delft, in the Netherlands.

The EURAMET TC-Q meeting was attended by over 40 eminent experts, representatives of national metrology institutes and designated laboratories from most European countries. The organizer and host of the meeting was the National Metrological Institute of the Netherlands (VSL).

At this year's meeting, the five-year reports of committee members were presented with the aim of confirming the functioning of the quality system of metrology institutes and designated laboratories.

The next meeting of TC-Q contact persons will be held from 26 to 28 March 2025 in Oslo/Kjeller organized by Justervesenet – Norwegian Metrology Service (JV).

Based on the Law on Time Calculation ("Official Gazette of the SCG", No. 20/06), daylight saving time in 2024 begins on March 31, 2024 at 2 h, 00 min, 00 s, so that, moving by one hour ahead, the time at 2 h, 00 min, 00 s counts as 3 h, 00 min, 00 s.

The Rulebook on certification of gauges and measuring systems for continuous and dynamic measurement of quantities of liquids other than water - devices for liquids used for washing windshields was published in the "Official Gazette of the RS", number 24/24 of March 22, 2024, which enters into force on March 30, 2024, and begins to be applied from January 1, 2025.

This regulation prescribes in more detail the method and conditions of periodic and extraordinary verification (hereinafter: verification) of gauges and measuring systems for continuous and dynamic measurement of the amount of liquids other than water - devices for liquids used for washing the windshield (hereinafter: device ), the requirements that the device must meet during authentication, as well as the method of determining the fulfillment of the requirements for the device.

The Rulebook on certification of medical thermometers was published in the "Official Gazette of the RS", number 19/24 of March 13, 2024, which will enter into force on March 21, 2024.

This regulation prescribes in more detail the method and conditions of periodic and extraordinary verification (hereinafter: verification) of medical thermometers used for health protection in healthcare institutions (hereinafter: thermometers), the requirements that thermometers must meet during verification, as well as the method determining the fulfillment of those requirements.

For the first time, this rulebook prescribes the requirements for certification of ear thermometers.

The representative of the Directorate for Measures and Precious Metals, Jasmina Lazarevic, Metrologist for Alternating Voltage and Current in the The Section for Electrical Quantities, on March 6 and 7, 2024, participated in the work of the EURAMET Technical Committee for Interdisciplinary Metrology (EURAMET TC-IM) which this year was held hybridly.

The organizer of the meeting was the National Metrological Institute of Sweden (RISE). The meeting was held in Gothenburg and Boras with the participation of 43 representatives of national metrological institutes (NMI).

Important topics presented at the meeting were about important ongoing EURAMET projects, such as projects for the development of digital certificates, data management in European metrology and sensor network metrology. The activities of Mathmet (mathematics and statistics) within EURAMET European metrology networks and the working group for digital transformation in metrology (WGM4D) were presented.

Also presented were topics on the creation of calibration guides, news in EURAMET's work, activities within EURAMET Capacity Building and the platform for knowledge transfer (e-learning) set up on the BIPM website.

Proposals and initiatives for new projects that will contribute to the further development of metrology are expected in the further work of EURAMET TC-IM.

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, on March 6 and 7, 2024, the traditional 33rd manifestation "Quality Week 2024" was held at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. The organizer of "Quality Week 2024" is the Foundation for the Culture of Quality and Excellence (FQCE) with the support of the Directorate for Measures and Precious Metals (hereinafter: DMDM).

This manifestation gathers experts in the field of quality - experts from business and science, with the aim of pointing out new trends and requirements for improving quality on the way to business excellence, with the possibility of exchanging experiences and socializing with business partners.

Representatives of DMDM, Nikola Petrovic Acting Assistant Director of the Sector for Development of Metrology, Marina Radojevic, Quality Manager and Jasmina Zukan Banovic, Metrologist for Metrology in Chemistry - Coordinator, attended this event, and Nikola Petrović addressed the attendees and thanked the organizers on behalf of DMDM.

At the ceremonial opening of this event, Nikola Vitas, Acting Assistant Minister of Economy, Sector for Product Quality and Safety, indicated in his address, among other things, that in the previous period the Ministry of Economy established a stable legal and institutional framework in the field of standardization, metrology, accreditation and conformity assessment and that it continuously works on its improvement.

The Rulebook on certification of active electricity meters of accuracy classes A, B, C, 2, 1 and 0.5 S was published in the Official Gazette of the RS", No. 14/2024 of February 23, 2024, which enters into force on March 2, 2024, and it begins to be applied from January 1, 2025.

This regulation prescribes in more detail the method and conditions of periodic and extraordinary verification (hereinafter: verification) of active electricity meters (hereinafter: meter), the requirements that the meter must fulfill during verification, as well as the method of determining the fulfillment of those requirements.

The rulebook on certification of heat energy meters was published in the Official Gazette of the RS, No. 14/2024 of February 23, 2024, which enters into force on March 2, 2024, and begins to be applied from January 1, 2025.

This regulation prescribes in more detail the method and conditions of periodic and extraordinary verification (hereinafter: verification) of heat energy meters (hereinafter: meters), the requirements that the meter must fulfill during verification, as well as the method of determining the fulfillment of those requirements.

The Rulebook on the certification of exhaust gas analyzers was published in the Official Gazette of the RS, No. 14/2024 of February 23, 2024, which enters into force on March 2, 2024, and begins to be applied from January 1, 2025.

This regulation prescribes in more detail the method and conditions of periodic and extraordinary verification (hereinafter: verification) of exhaust gas analyzers (hereinafter: analyzers), the requirements that the analyzer must fulfill during verification, as well as the method of determining the fulfillment of those requirements.

The representative of Directorate of  Measures and Precious Metals, Dr Jelena Bebić, Head of Group for Metrology in Chemistry, from 6.  to 8. February 2024, has actively participated in the work of the EURAMET Technical Committee on Metrology in Chemistry (EURAMET TC-MC) as well as at the subcommittee meeting for organic and bio analysis in  Delft, Netherlands.

The EURAMET TC-MC meeting was attended by over 60 eminent experts, representatives of the National Metrology Institutes (NMI) and designated laboratories from most European countries. The host and the organizer of the meeting was VSL, National Metrology Institute of Netherlands.

Reports from all subcommittees within TC-MC, the status of current EPM projects, current European Metrology Networks (EMNs), projects related to various types of cooperation between National Metrology Institutes, key comparisons, as well as information regarding the status of  submitted and published calibration and measurement capabilities  (CMCs) were discussed at the meeting.