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2011/01/25

AFNOR successfully implemented an EU funded project aiming at the harmonisation of Serbian's Quality Infrastructure

AFNOR successfully completed the project “Technical Assistance to Quality Infrastructure Institutions in the Republic of Serbia“. It will allow Serbian industrial products to become more competitive and insure a better level of safety for Serbian citizens, as consumers and users of these products.

EU Press Release - On 17 December 2010, the European Union together with the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development organised the final conference of the successfully completed project “Technical Assistance to Quality Infrastructure Institutions in the Republic of Serbia”. The 1.2 million € project which started in September 2008 has promoted legal, regulatory and institutional reforms in the area of quality infrastructure in the Republic of Serbia, in compliance with legislation of the European Union and WTO membership requirements.

Quality infrastructure is a general term covering all aspects of institutional and operational structures, such as standardisation, accreditation, conformity assessment, market surveillance, metrology, and aims at protecting the consumers by placing safe products on the market and ensuring fair competition. The project has delivered concrete results in reforming quality infrastructure:

A direct consequence of having a harmonised quality infrastructure will allow Serbian industrial products to become more competitive on domestic, European and international markets and on the other hand to insure a better level of safety for Serbian citizens, as consumers and users of these products.

The main beneficiaries of the project, funded by the EU and implemented by an international consortium led by AFNOR were The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, the Institute for Standardisation of Serbia, the Accreditation Board of Serbia and the Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals.

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