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30 years of the Single European Market

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This year, the single market is celebrating 30 years of its existence, and in addition to European institutions, European organizations for standardization (CEN and CENELEC) are joining this jubilee. For the European Union, this is also a significant year considering that the removal of administrative barriers means the facilitation of trade through the reduction of bureaucracy, while the application of EN standards contributes to the good functioning of the European market.

Since its creation in 1993, the Single Market has proven to be one of the EU's greatest achievements: by facilitating trade, cutting red tape, and ensuring the same levels of safety and quality across the block, it has helped make everyday life easier, boosting jobs across Europe.

You can view it in detail HERE

New issue of the guidance ATS-UP26

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The Accreditation Body of Serbia publishes the updated edition of the Guidelines for accreditation of certification bodies for certification of products in the field of organic production, ATS-UP26, edition 3/0, the implementation of which begins on the day of publication.

The document complies with the current Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council from 30.05.2018 on organic production and labeling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and with document EA-3/12 M: 2022- EA Policy for the Accreditation of Organic Production Certification.

You can download the mentioned guidance ATS-UP26 HERE

New edition of the Guidance ATS-UP01

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The Accreditation Body of Serbia publishes the updated edition of the guidance, a List of documents containing requirements to be met by applicants for accreditation and accreditation bodies, ATS-UP01, edition 10/0, the implementation of which begins on the day of publication.

The document is based on the current edition EA-INF/01:2023 List of EA publications and international documents, which you can view HERE

The aforementioned guidance, ATS-UP01, can be downloaded HERE

Public competition for the selection and appointment of the director of the Accreditation Body of Serbia

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We inform you that by the Decision of the Management Board of the Accreditation Body of Serbia, No. 1-01/2023-14 from 15.03.2023, a public competition was announced for the selection and appointment of the director of the Accreditation Body of Serbia for a mandate period of five years.

You can view the decision HERE

The announcement of the public competition will be published in the daily Politika on Friday, 17.03.2023.
 

Quality Week 2023

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In the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia in Belgrade, the 32nd traditional manifestation called: "QUALITY WEEK 2023" was held.

This gathering, which lasted from March 9th to 10th, brought together numerous experts in the field of quality, science, and business, with the aim of pointing out new trends and requirements for improving quality on the way to business excellence while exchanging experiences and socializing with business partners.

You can read in more detail HERE

Upcoming QUALITY WEEK 2023

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The traditional manifestation called: ‘’QUALITY WEEK 2023’’ will be held on March 9th and 10th, for the 32nd time, at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce in Belgrade.

For many years, this event has been organized by the Foundation for the Culture of Quality and Excellence – FQCE and the magazine ‘’Quality and Excellence’’, under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and in cooperation with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.

As in previous years, the consultation gathers experts in the field of quality – experts from science and business, with the aim of pointing out new trends and requirements for improving quality on the way to business excellence, with the possibility if exchanging experiences and socializing with business partners.

You can view it in detail: HERE

Sincerely,

Your ATS

The new poster for this year’s World Accreditation Day has been selected - #WAD 2023

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The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), announced the winner of the poster design competition for this year’s WAD, on the theme: ‘’Supporting the Future of Global Trade’’, which is traditionally celebrated on June 9th annually.

Vivek Vardhan won first place among many designers and won a prize of $1,500. This colorful design is inspired by the Sanskrit phrase: ‘’Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’’ which means: ‘’The world is one family’’, highlighting the importance of accreditation in promoting quality worldwide and facilitating trade as the global economy has gone through many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

You can view it in detail HERE

Sincerely,

Your ATS
 

ATS is extending its scope of activity to the new type of accreditation

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The Management Board of the Accreditation Body of Serbia, at its 8th session, held on January 27th, 2023, made the following decisions:

- the scope of activity of ATS is extended to a new scheme/type of accreditation of conformity assessment bodies according to the standard SRPS EN ISO 20387:2021 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking;

- the decision of the Management Board on the extension of the scope of activity of the Accreditation Body of Serbia – the accreditation scheme of validation and verification bodies, according to the standard  SRPS EN ISO/IEC 17029:2020 General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies (transition of the SRPS ISO 14065:2016 to the standard SRPS ISO/IEC 17029:2020).

Sincerely,

Your ATS

Notification of certification bodies for management system certification on the Plan for the transition to a new edition of the standard SRPS ISO/IEC 27001:2022

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On 25.10.2022 a new edition of the standard was published ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Information security, cybersecurity, and privacy protection — Information security management systems — Requirements.

On 14.12.2022 Serbian standard SRPS ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Information security, cyber security, and privacy protection – Information security management systems – Requirements, was published in 2011, with the information that it has been translated and is in the ‘’10.99 Entered into the work program’’ phase. Information regarding the relevant Serbian standard can be found on the website of the Institute for Standardization of Serbia.

On 15.02.2023 the new issue of the document IAF MD26 was published, Transition Requirements for ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (IAF MD26:2023, Issue 2)

When considering the activities required for the certification body to transition to certification according to ISO/IEC 27001:2022, the requirements of the mandatory document IAF MD26, Transition Requirements for ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (from 09.08.2022) shall be taken into account.

You can view it in detail: HERE

Sincerely,

Your ATS

A new issue of the standard was published ISO 15189:2022

A new issue of the standard was published ISO 15189:2022

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We inform accredited medical laboratories and all interested parties that a new edition of the ISO 15189:2022 was published on December 6th, 2022.

In accordance with the resolution of the International Organization for Accreditation of Laboratories (ILAC Resolution GA 26.08), which was also adopted by the European co-operation for accreditation (EA Resolution 2022 (52) 16), it was determined that the transition period for the application of the new edition of the standard is three years from the date of its publication.

You can see it in detail: HERE

Sincerely,

Your ATS

 

Ceremonial signing of the extension of the EA MLA agreement to the field of PT providers

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Regarding the decision on the extension of the EA MLA agreement to PT providers (EN ISO/IEC 17043) which is valid from October 15th, 2022  during the 52nd session of the General Assembly of the European co-operation for accreditation (EA General Assembly) held in Brussels, on November 23rd and 24th, 2022, ATS was honored and recognized for the results of work in the field of accreditation of PT providers, by organizing a ceremonial signing of extension of the EA MLA agreement to the field of PT providers (EN ISO/IEC 17043).

You can view it in detail: HERE►

Sincerely

Your ATS

Introductory workshop for the introduction of the CAF model in ATS

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The introductory workshop for the introduction of the CAF model of quality management in ATS was held on November 16th and 17th, 2022. The lecturers at the training (CAF support team) are Goran Paštrović, an expert in front of the EU4PAR project and Danilo Rodić, in front of the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, while participants are members of the self-assessment working group from among ATS employees.

During the two days of training, in a working and pleasant atmosphere, through theoretical lectures, practical examples and the exchange of experiences and knowledge, the main goals of the workshop were achieved: to familiarize the participants with the systems and models of quality management according to the CAF model and to train them to perform self-evaluation of institution independently based for the development of an action plan/improvement plan. 

You can view it in detail: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

Study visit to the institutions of the European Commission in Brussels

Study visit to the institutions of the European Commission in Brussels

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Within the framework of the IPA 2017 ''EU FOR SERBIA - Support for safer products'' for institutions of the quality infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia, under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, a study visit to the institutions of the European Commission was made possible in Brussels, 11th to 13th October 2022.

The delegation from Serbia consisted of representatives from the Ministry of Economy, the Accreditation Body of Serbia, the Directorate for Measures and Precious Metals, the Institute for Standardization of Serbia, and the Ministry of Trade, Tourism, and Telecommunications.

Representatives of institutions from Serbia were able to visit the European Commission (DG GROW) as well as other organizations such as CEN/CENELEC, Association ''Small Business Standards''.

You can view it in detail: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

 

EA Communications and Publications Committee (CPC) held in Rome

EA Communications and Publications Committee (CPC) held in Rome

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Summarizing impressions from the 42nd EA of the Committee for Communications and Publications (CPC) of the European co-operation for accreditation (EA), which was attended by representatives of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS), held on October 12th and 13th in Rome (Italy), which is also the first ''face to face'' meeting in the previous three years.

Many topics were discussed and activities were carried out, including new projects and digital materials, social media experiences, and other communication tools.

Through the implementation of interesting workshops and presentations, EA CPC members significantly contributed to the promotion of EA activities as well as the promotion of the value of accreditation at the national and international levels.

You can view it in detail: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

 

The status of ATS as a signatory of the EA MLA was confirmed and a decision was made to extend the EA MLA to PT providers

The status of ATS as a signatory of the EA MLA was confirmed and a decision was made to extend the EA MLA to PT providers

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The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) in the period from November 15th to 24th, 2021 was the subject of a new peer evaluation by the evaluation team of the European co-operation for accreditation in accordance with the procedure, EA-2/02 M: 2011 EA Policy and Procedures for the Multilateral Agreement (Annex 9).

The EA MAC Council has issued a decision confirming that ATS remains a signatory to the EA MLA in the field of calibration, and testing, including medical testing, inspection, certification of management systems, certification of products, processes, and services, and certification of persons.

Also, the EA MAC confirmed that ATS is compliant with all relevant requirements in the field of PT providers so that ATS can boast of extending its scope of activity, given that the decision was made to extend the EA MLA agreement to PT providers.

Detailed news you can read HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

47th EA MAC held in Torino

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The EA Multilateral Agreement (EA MAC) Council has just held its 47th meeting on 4-5th October 2022. 62 participants attended the EA MAC meeting, including one EA Advisory Board representative and members from 34 National Accreditation Bodies (NABs). On behalf of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS), MSc Dragan Pušara was present as the ATS Acting Director. 

At the MAC meeting, decisions were made on the statuses of EA MLA agreements of individual EA members, participants were introduced to new EA documents, and changes in individual NABs were officially confirmed. One of the changes that was confirmed was the change of leadership in ATS through a positive evaluation of the competencies of the new director, MSc Dragan Pušara.

Detailed news you can read: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

Introducing CAF model in ATS

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Following modern business trends, the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) in cooperation witht the Ministry of public administration and local self-government within the framework of the European Union (EU) project for public administration reform – EU4PAR, has started activites to introduce quality management through the Common Assessment Framework  CAF). 

CAF is a quality management tool, established by the EU member states, which is used jointly by managers and employees in the form of self-assessment and thus analyze and recognize their strengths and potential for improvement.

Detailed news you can read: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

New framework for accreditation of certification bodies in organic production

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On the premises of the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS), a meeting was held on September 12th, 2022 of representatives of ATS, the Ministry of Agriculture and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) with the aim of establishing renewed cooperation in the field of organic within the framework of implementation PSD (Private Sector Development in Serbia) project.

During the meeting, a project was presented, i.e. a component related to the segment of quality infrastructure in organic agriculture, i.e. accreditation of certification bodies for the certification of organic products (inspection bodies) in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 848/2018 (EU Regulation on organic production and labeling of organic products), which entered into force on January 1st, 2022.

Detailed news you can read: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

ATS issued the first scope of accreditation in the field of point-of-care testing (POCT)

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On July 20th, 2022 the Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) made a decision to extend the scope of accreditation of the accredited conformity assessment body University Clinical Center, Center for Medical Bicohemistry (accreditation number: 03-001) for the point-of-care testing (POCT) according to the standard SRPS EN ISO 15189 and SRPS EN ISO 22870.

On this occasion, this CAB was issed a new scope of accreditation on August 1st, 2022, in the premises of ATS by MSc Dragan Pušara, ATS Acting Director, he ceremoniously handed over the certificate to prim. Sanja Stanković, PhD, director of the Center for Medical Biochemistry of the Clinical Center of Serbia.

You can read detailed news: HERE►

Sincerely,

Your ATS

Celebration on the occasion of the Accreditation Day in the Republic of Serbia

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The Accreditation Body of Serbia (ATS) on 28th June, 2022 in ‘’mts Dvorana’’, Belgrade organized a celebration on the occasion of the Accreditation Day in the Republic of Serbia, when the first certificate of accreditation was issued 22 years ago. 

This was also an opportunity to mark and celebrate WAD, which is globally celebrated on June 9th, a date jointly established by ILAS (International Organization for Laboratory Accreditation) and IAF (International Accreditation Forum).

The ceremony in ‘’mts Dvorana’’ was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, representatives of state institutions and universities, distinguished guests from the region, members of ATS organs and bodies, assessors, experts as well as decision-making experts. 

ATS employees

Detailed news about Accreditation Day in Serbia read: HERE►

Sincerely, Your ATS