Describes the country's standards landscape, identifies the national standards and accreditation bodies, and lists the main national testing organization(s) and conformity assessment bodies.
Last Published: 7/26/2019

 

Overview

The Institution for Standardization in Montenegro was established in 2007. The Law on Standardization, adopted in 2007, establishes the regulatory framework.  

Standards

The Institute is responsible for drafting standards – 19,164 have been adopted thus far and are in line with EU principles.  According to the Institute's plan, an additional 2,200 standards should be adopted by the end of 2019.  The Institute for Standardization has signed twelve bilateral agreements on cooperation (with Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Turkey, Germany, France and China) in order to transfer materials and expertise in this field. Also, in 2015, the Institute signed a MoU with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International).

Contact information 

Institute for Standardization
Marko Saranovic, Authorized person
81000 Podgorica, VII Omladinske 28
Phone: +382 20 227 123; Fax: +382 20 227 135
www.isme.me     

Ministry of Economy
Ms. Dragica Sekulic, Minister
81000 Podgorica, Rimski trg 46
Phone: (+382 20) 482 163
www.mek.gov.me 

Testing, inspection and certification

Publication of technical regulations
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are required under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) to notify to the WTO proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that could affect trade. Notify U.S. (www.nist.gov/notifyus) is a free, web-based e-mail registration service that captures and makes available for review and comment key information on draft regulations and conformity assessment procedures. Users receive customized e-mail alerts when new notifications are added by selected country(ies) and industry sector(s) of interest, and can also request full texts of regulations.  This service and its associated web site are managed and operated by the USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. 

Contact Information

Ministry of Economy
Directorate for Multilateral and regional Trade Cooperation and Economic Foreign Relations 
81000 Podgorica, Rimski trg 46
Phone: (+382 20) 482 163
www.mek.gov.me 
 

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