WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.84 
22 February 2005 
 
 (05-0735) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
 
Communication from the Republic of Macedonia
 
 
Addendum  
   The following communication under Article 15. 2 of the Agreement has been received from 
the Republic of Macedonia
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I. RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
1. The process of implementation and administrati on of the TBT Agreement is supported by the 
following legislative acts: 
A. LAW ON STANDARDIZATION   
2. The Law on Standardization (Official Gazette 54/2002) regulates the objectives and principles 
of the Macedonian national standardization, the st atus of the Republic of Macedonia Institute for 
Standardization, its scope of activities, member ship and funding, the preparation, adoption and 
publication of the Macedonian national standards and their application. 
B. LAW ON PRESCRIBING PRODUCTS ' TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONFORMITY 
ASSESSMENT  
3. The Law on Prescribing Products' Technical Requirements and Conformity Assessment 
(Official Gazette 55/2002) governs the procedures fo r prescribing technical requirements which the 
products should conform with before they are placed on the market or otherwise put into use;  the 
product conformity assessment procedures consistent with the technical requirements prescribed;  the 
validity of foreign certificates and marks of conform ity;  and the supervision of the compliance with 
the requirements prescribed with the regulations.  
C. LAW ON ACCREDITATION  
4. The Law on Accreditation (Official Gazette 54/2002) regulates the establishment, 
organization and operation of the Macedonian In stitute for Accreditation as a public institution 
conducting the activities and responsibilities of a national accreditation service, the accreditation 
procedure which shall be carried out in accordance w ith this Law and with other laws and regulations 
based on a law, and the supervision of the fulfilment of the accreditation requirements. G/TBT/2/Add.84 
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 D. 
LAW ON METROLOGY  
5. The Law on Metrology (Official Gazette 55/2002) regulates the metrological system in the 
Republic of Macedonia, the competencies of the Bureau for Metrology, legal measurement units, measurement standards, reference materials, me asuring instruments’ placement on the market and 
usage, conformity assessment of the measuring instru ments’ type (pattern), measuring instruments’ 
verification, validity of the marks and the certif icates for the conformity assessment of measuring 
instruments’ type and marks and seals or cer tificates for verification of foreign measuring 
instruments, metrological supervision of quantities and marks on pre-packed products, supervision of 
the implementation of the Law, and other issues of importance to the metrological system for the 
purpose of ensuring measurement uniformity in th e Republic of Macedonia and compliance with the 
world standards. 
E. 
DECREE ON NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES ON STANDARDS , TECHNICAL REGULATIONS AND 
CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES AND SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES  
6. The Decree (Official Gazette 8/2005) sets out th e obligations and relations of competent 
government bodies and the Institute for Standardizati on of the Republic of Macedonia with regard to 
notification procedures on standards, technical re gulations and conformity assessment procedures 
related to the implementation of the TBT Agreement.  
II. TRANSPARENCY 
A. ENQUIRY POINT AND NOTIFICATION AUTHORITY  
1. The Enquiry Point foreseen in Article 10. 1 and 10.3 of the TBT Agreement has been 
established at the Institute for Standardization: 
 
 The address, telephone and fax numbers are as follows:   TBT Enquiry Point  Institute for Standardization 
 Vasil Glavinov bb 
 1000 Skopje  Republic of Macedonia   Tel:  + 389 2 3298 944  Fax:  + 389 2 3298 945 
 E-mail:  isrm.info@on.net.mk 
  Contact person: Zoran Dimitrievski  2. The Ministry of Economy acts as the notification authority under Articles 10.10 and 10.11 of 
the TBT Agreement. 
  The address, telephone and fax numbers are as follows:   Ministry of Economy  Jurij Gagarin 15 
 1000 Skopje 
 Tel: + (389 2) 3093 479  Fax: + (389 2) 3084 472  E-mail: wto@economy.gov.mk  G/TBT/2/Add.84 
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 B. PUBLICATIONS  
3. Technical rules adopted in the form of laws  and regulations are published in the Official 
Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia. Standards ar e announced in the Bulletin of the Institute for 
Standardization or on the Institute's Website.  
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