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Application of Republic of Serbia for accession to the Convention on Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metals was accepted

The 77th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on control and marking of articles of precious metals (Hallmarking Convention), held on September 10th, 2015 in London.

At the 77th meeting of the Standing Committee, where, as representatives of the Republic of Serbia, participated Mrs. Jelena Popović, M.Sc, Assistant Minister and Mrs. Vida Živković, M.Sc, Director of Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals, a representative of the Depositary of the Convention, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, reported the attendees that the Depositary sent the official invitation to Serbian Government for its accession to the Convention.

Sweden Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by note of September 4^th, 2015, informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia that has the honor to invite Republic of Serbia to accede to Convention.

Invitation for accession of Serbia to the Convention came after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden has been given consent by all States parties for admission of Republic of Serbia to the Convention deadline of four months was.

With this invitation, the process of accession to full membership of the Republic of Serbia to the Convention on control and marking of articles of precious metals (Hallmarking Convention), which was launched on October 25^th, 2013, by submitting an application of Republic of Serbia to the Convention, entered the final phase. Accession of Serbia to the Convention will enter into force three months after submission of the instrument of accession to the Sweden Ministry of Foreign Affairs.