G/TBT/2/Add.110  
 
18 March 2013  
(13-1474)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL 
BARRIERS TO TRADE UNDER ARTICLE 15.2. 
COMMUNICATION FROM MONTENEGRO 
Addendum 
 The following statement under Article 15.2 of the TBT Agreement has been received from 
the delegation of Montenegro. 
  
_______________ 
 
1  TRANSPARENCY  
1.1  ENQUIRY POINT AND NOTIFICATION POINT  
1.1.  In accordance with the Regulation on the notification procedure in the field of technical 
regulations, standards and procedures for conformity assessment (Official Gazette No. 55/08) 
the official Enquiry Point on Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures was established within the Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME).  
1.2.  In accordance with the Decree on the Esta blishment of the Institute for Standardization of 
Montenegro (ISME) ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 21107, from 13 April 2007), and the Statute of the Institute for Standardization of Montenegro Article 9 (16), the Institute acts as a contact point in the procedures for notification, and as an Enquiry Point for WTO/TBT, both 
within the field of standards and related procedures for conformity assessment.  
1.3.  In accordance with the Law on Standardization published in the "Official Gazette of 
Montenegro", No. 13/08 from 26 February 2008, Article 10 (1) Montenegrin standards and 
related documents shall be adopted and issued in accordance with this Law and the Institute 
rules, which shall be in compliance with the rules of European and international organizations for standardization, as well as the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and 
Application of Standards of the World Trade Orga nization Agreement on Technical Barriers to 
Trade.  
1.4.  The address, telephone and fax numbers are as follows:  
TBT Enquiry Point on Standards  
Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME).  
VII Omladinske br. 28  81000 Podgorica  
Montenegro  
Tel: +382 20 227 108  Fax: +382 20 227 138 
E-mail: isme@t-com.me ; wto.tbt.standardsinfo@isme.co.me   
Contact person: Mr. Marko Saranovic 
 G/TBT/2/Add.110 
 
- 2 - 
 
  1.5.  The Institute for Standardization of Monten egro (ISME) performs notification procedures 
of standards and conformity assessment procedures as well as information exchange in accordance with Article 10.  
2  PUBLICATIONS  
2.1.  Montenegrin standards and information are published in the "Official Gazette of 
Montenegro" (Montenegro title: "Sluzbeni list Crne Gore") and on the website (http://www.isme.me ) of the Institute for Standardization of Montenegro.  
3  RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
3.1.  The Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME) administration is regulated by:  
a. The Law on Standardization (the "Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 13/08 from  
26 February 2008.)  
i. This Law shall govern the principles and objectives of standardization in Montenegro, 
the establishment, organization and activities of the organization for standardization of Montenegro, the adoption, issuing, and application of Montenegrin standards and 
related documents in the standardization area, as well as inspectoral supervision of 
the implementation of this Law.  
b. Decree on establishing the Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME) ("Official 
Gazette of Montenegro", No. 21/07, from 13 April 2007)  
i. By this Decree, the Government of Montenegro established an independent  
non-profit organization under the name "Institute for standardization of Montenegro -ISME" for the purpose of achieving standardization aims and performing the 
activities and tasks of the national standardization.  
c. Regulation on notification of technical regula tions, standards, regulations on information 
society services and conformity assessment procedures ("Official Gazette of 
Montenegro", No. 11/2013" from 21 February 2013)  
 
__________