RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/CGR/29 
19 June 2008 
 
 (08-2913) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Montenegro Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF MONTENEGRO 
 
Implementation and Administration of the Agreement  
on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)  
 
 
 The following submission, dated 12 June 2008, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Montenegro.  
 
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  Draft Statement Under Article 15.2 of the Agreement
 
I. RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
1. The process of implementation and administra tion of the TBT Agreement is supported by the 
following laws and regulations: 
A. Standards  
2. The Law on Standardization (Official Gazette of Montenegro No. 13/08) regulates principles 
and objectives of standardization in Montenegro, the establishment, organization and activities of the organization for standardizati on of Montenegro, the adoption, issuing and 
application of Montenegrin standards a nd related documents, as well as inspectoral 
supervision of the implementation of this Law. 
B. Technical Regulations
 
3. The Law on Technical Requirements And Co nformity Assessment of Products with 
Prescribed Requirements (Official Gazette of Montenegro No. 14/08) regulates the manner of prescribing of technical requirements for produc ts, procedures of conformity assessment of 
products with prescribed requireme nts, adoption of technical regulations, register of technical 
regulations, supervision of fu lfilment of requirements prescribed in technical regulations, 
validity of foreign documents on c onformity and conformity marks. 
C. Accreditation
 
4. The Law on Accreditation (Official Gazette of  Serbia and Montenegro No. 44/05) regulates 
the accreditation procedure. 
5. The Decision on Establishing the Accreditation Body of Montenegro (Official Gazette of 
Montenegro No. 21/07)  regulates the establishing of the A ccreditation Body of Montenegro, 
which is responsible for determining the co mpetence of organizations for performing the 
activities of conformity assessment. 
D. Metrology  
6. The Law on Metrology (approved by the Government, pending parliamentary passage) 
regulates the system of measurement units and measurement standards of Montenegro, 
procedures for assessment of conformity of measuring instruments with prescribed metrological requirements, authorization in the area of metrology, metrological control of pre-
packaged products, validity of foreign mark s and documents, metrological supervision, as 
well as the responsibilities of the Institute for Metrology. 
E. Notification and Enquiry Point
 
7. The Regulation on the Procedure of Notifica tion of Technical Regulations, Standards and 
Conformity Assessment Procedures (Official Ga zette of Montenegro No. 13/08) regulates the 
procedure of notification of technical regul ations, standards and conformity assessment 
procedures and establishes appropriate enqui ry points in accordance with relevant 
international agreements binding on Mont enegro, including the TBT Agreement.  WT/ACC/CGR/29 
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  II. TRANSPARENCY 
A. Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
8. The Enquiry Point and the notification authority with respect to standards and related 
assessment procedures has been established at the Institute for Standardization of 
Montenegro.  The details are the following: 
 Institute for Standardization of Montenegro 
 Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog 91  81000 Podgorica  Montenegro  
 Tel:  + 382 81 225 863 
 Fax:  + 382 81 225 863  E-mail:  isme@cg.yu   Contact person: Dusan Vukotic 
   dusan.vukotic@isme.cg.yu 
9. The Enquiry Point and the notification authority with respect to technical regulations and 
related assessment procedures has been est ablished at the Ministry for Economic 
Development.  The details are the following: 
 Ministry for Economic Development 
 Rimski Trg  46 
 81000 Podgorica 
 Montenegro   Tel:  + 382 81 232 283  Fax:  + 382 81 232 042 
 E-mail:  kvalitet@mn.yu 
 Contact person: Dragan Vuk čević 
B. Publications
 
10. Technical regulations adopted in the form of laws or regulations are published in the Official 
Gazette of Montenegro. 
11. Acts on adopting or withdrawing Monteneg rin standards are published in the "Official 
Gazette of Montenegro".  The Institute for Standardization makes the information on draft 
standards and adopted standards ava ilable on its Web Site (www.isme.me). 
 
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