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Dear representatives of the accredited conformity assessment bodies, you can view the 2012 Annual Report of the Accreditation Body of Serbia here.

We are presenting the eleventh issue of the ATS e-bulletin in electronic format. This issue’s main topic is “World Trade Organization and the Process of Accession of the Republic of Serbia to the World Trade Organization”. Please send us your suggestio...

Dear clients, We hereby inform you that the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) finalised the Project to Extend Activities to Include Accreditation of PT Providers. The accreditation activities are carried out as per SRPS ISO/IEC 17043:2011, Conform...

Dear clients, In order to improve the operation of the assessment teams of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS), and increase their efficiency and harmonise the assessor interpretations when performing assessments, ATS started collecting data rel...

The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) and Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals (DMDM) are organising, as part of the International convention on quality – JUSK ICQ 2013 - (www.jusk.org), the fifth Special Conference “National accreditation syst...

On 15th April 2013, the Accreditation Body of Serbia organised a lecture on the subject of “ATS, accreditation and legal framework governing accreditation in the Republic of Serbia”. The lectures were given by Jasna Stojanović, ATS Acting Director, and...

The Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS) published the Serbian version of the publication entitled “Building trust – the conformity assessment toolbox” with a support from the German Organisation for International Cooperation (GIZ) as part of ...

In April 2013, the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) made decisions on accreditation for three testing laboratories, one calibration laboratory, six inspection bodies, and one certification body providing certification of products, and a series of dec...

20th May is World Metrology Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875. The Principality of Serbia joined the Metre Convention on 21st September 1879 when it undertook to introduce the International System of Unit...

The information that the Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals became a EURACHEM member as a contact organisation through which other national organisations (Serbian Chemical Society, Serbian Biochemical Society, etc.) can get involved in EURACHE...

The Regulation on Non-automatic Weighing Instruments was published in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” No. 17/13 of 21st February 2013, whereas it shall enter into force on 1st March 2013. This Regulation is a transposed Directive 2...

Information about the content of the assessment report/calibration certificate when a laboratory has to state compliance with specifications (based on ILAC-G8:03/2009, Guidelines on the Reporting of Compliance with Specification) The information is i...

The Accreditation Body of Serbia hereby informs all accredited conformity assessment bodies that, pursuant to the published Regulation on Personal Protective Equipment (published in the Official Gazette of the RS Number 100 in 2011), certain regulation...

ISO/IEC 17065:2013 - Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services   New edition of ISO/IEC 17065:2012 - Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services was p...

SRPS ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Conformity assessment – General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons New edition of ISO/IEC 17024, ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Conformity assessment - General requirements for bodies operating certification of p...

The fourteenth meeting of the ATS Management Board (MB) was held at the premises of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) on 9th April 2013. MB adopted the new Charging Policy Document to be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia ...

9th June 2012 will mark World Accreditation Day, a global initiative jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) to raise awareness of the importance of accreditatio...

We hereby inform conformity assessment bodies that the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) issued on 26th March 2013 the new ATS-UP29 Guides for the Application of ISO/IEC 17025 When Performing Assessments of and Granting Accreditation to Sensory Testin...

We hereby inform conformity assessment bodies that the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) issued on 28th March 2013 the new ATS-UP28 Laboratory Accreditation Guide for Flexible Scopes. These Guides specify the requirements for laboratories wishing to ...

9th meeting of the EA Horizontal Harmonization Committee (EA HHC) was held in Brussels, Belgium, in the period between 19th and 20th March 2013.     The meeting included several key issues relating to the following: - harmonised application of ...

In March 2013, the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) made decisions on accreditation for one testing laboratory, four inspection bodies, and three certification bodies providing certification of products, and a series of decisions on accreditation mai...

Serbian Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA), awarded, for the eighth year in row, grants to fund activities contributing to the increase in export from the Republic of Serbia. In order to strengthen the Serbian economy at international lev...

25th meeting of the EA Laboratory Committee (EA LC) was held in Riga, Latvia, in the period between 7th and 8th March 2013 and was hosted by the Latvian Accreditation Bureau (LATAK). During the EA LC meeting information and decisions adopted at the...

25th meeting of the EA Certification Committee (EA CC) and 25th meeting of the EA Inspection Committee (EA IC) were held in Belgrade in the period between 12th and 14th March 2013 and were hosted by the Accreditation Body of Serbia. In addition to ...

In the period between 4th and 5th December 2012 a meeting of the EA WG in the Health Care Sector Laboratory Medicine was held in Zagreb (Croatia). The meeting was organised and chaired by Rolf Straub (SAS). Biserka Bajzek Brezak MSc, Director of the C...