RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/CGR/21 
16 February 2007 
 
 (07-0666) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Montenegro Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF MONTENEGRO 
 
Action Plan of the Republic of Montenegro for Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)  
 
 
 The following submission, dated 11 January 2007, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Republic of Montenegro.   
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  Note:  
 Following the referendum and the independence of Montenegro (May 2006), the Government of 
Montenegro (Parliament) enacted Declaration on Independence by which former Union TBT Laws (Law on 
Standardization (S&M OG No. 44/05), Law on Accreditation (S&M OG No. 44/05) Law on Metrology (S&M 
OG No. 44/05) and the Law on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment of Products with Such Requirements (S&M OG No. 44/05)) and follo wing regulations (Decree on Measurements Prescribed 
by the Law (S&M OG No. 10/06), Decree on Manner of Authorizing Conformity Assessment Bodies, Register 
of Authorized Conformity Assessment Bodies, Records on  Certificates of Conformity, Conformity Marks and 
Conformity Assessment Bodies, and the Conditions for Applying Technical Regulations of Other Countries 
(S&M OG No. 22/06), Decree on Manner and Procedures of Conformity Assessment (S&M OG No. 22/06), Decree on Manner of Preparing and Adopting Technical Regulations and Register of Such Regulations (S&M 
OG No. 17/06) remain in effect and will be enforced 
 In accordance with the latest developments , the Ministry for Economic Development is 
assigned responsibility for TBT issues and the Depa rtment for Quality Infrastructure has been 
established within the Ministry.  The Ministry for Economic Development drafted acts on establishment of the Bureau for Measures and Preciou s Metals and it has already worked, as well as 
draft of Decision on Establishment of the Institute  for Standardization of Montenegro and draft 
Decree on Establishment of Accreditation Body of  Montenegro, which shall be adopted by the 
Parliament by the end of February 2007. 
 This Action Plan outlines actions that the Govern ment of Montenegro must take in order to 
complete legal and institutional framework in TBT area. 
-  Actions Related to the TBT Regime 
1. Relevant authorities of the Republic of Montenegro should take the following actions: 
− The Government of Montenegro shall adopt  the Decree on Notification Procedure of 
Technical Requirements, Standards and C onformity Assessment of Products, which 
will regulate notification procedures in accordance with TBT Agreement.  The 
Decree is in under the drafting process and it shall be adopted by the June 2007. 
2. In addition to overall responsibility for technical  regulations and standards, the Ministry of 
Economic Development, Department for Quality Infrastructure, should be given the following 
specific responsibilities: 
− Maintaining the Register of Technical Regulations; 
− Acting as the Enquiry Point required by the relevant WTO TBT Agreement; and 
− Administering notifications pursuant to  relevant international agreements. 
 The Register of Technical Regulations is unde r preparation and it shall be adopted by the 
Parliament by the end of June 2007.  
3.  The Government of Montenegro shall establish the Institute for Standardization by the end of 
February 2007.  Draft of Decision on Establishment of the Institute for Standardization has been done 
and today it is under the adopting process.  
 In addition to of general responsibility for prep aring and adopting standards, the Institute for 
Standardization will be responsible, inter alia , for:  
− Accepting  the Code of Good Practice from the WTO Agreement on Technical 
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  − Providing information as Enquiry Point in the area of standards in accordance with 
the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade; 
− Providing notification in the area of sta ndards in accordance with obligations related 
to standardization arising fr om international agreements. 
4.  The plan of the Government of Montenegro  is to establish the accreditation body.  The most 
likely is that Accreditation Body shall for the fi rst time, sign agreement with a relevant foreign 
accreditation body to perform accreditation servi ces for them until the accreditation body of 
Montenegro is fully capable  to perform these activities. 
 The Government of Montenegro shall a dopt the Decision on Establishment of the 
Accreditation Body by the end of June 2007.   
 
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