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Public debate on the Draft Law on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment held

In cooperation with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, the Ministry of Economy organized a Public debate on the Draft Law on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment.

A Public debate on the Draft Law on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment was held in the premises of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce in Belgrade on Thursday, 21st September 2017, organized by the Ministry of Economy and the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. This is the third and final public debate on the Draft of this Law, and apart from this, two more were organized in Zrenjanin and Niš, where the representatives of the Ministry of Economy, the Sector for Quality and Product Safety, presented the key provisions of the Draft Law on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment.

The aim of the public debate is to present to the economic operators, state institutions and all interested parties the Draft Law in order to present the main changes in relation to the existing law, as well as to simplify certain provisions, and discuss the comments and suggestions of all interested parties.

At the beginning of the public debate e.g. Assistant Minister Aleksandar Starčević welcomed all the attendees and explained the importance of passing the new law. Afterwards, Nikola Mirković, the head of the Department for Harminized Technical Regulations, Appointment and Supervision at the Ministry of Economy, presented the key provisions of the Draft Law in the field of harmonized technical regulations. Then, Tanja Petrović, the Head of the Gropup within the Department for Non-harmonized Technical Regulations, Notification and Registers, presented the important provisions from the Draft Law i the area of Non-Harmonized Technical Regulations. Afterwards, Jovan Petrovic, Head of Infrastructure and Projects Development Department, explained the importance of putting on products in R. Serbia the Serbian conformity mark.