The procedure for providing information in the field of standardization is carried out in accordance with notification procedures, prescribed in the European Regulation 1025/2012/EC. In the Macedonian legislation, these procedures are set up and transposed into a Decree on the procedure for reporting to the European Commission for the adoption of non-harmonized regulations, technical specifications, and standards, and a Decree on procedures for notification of standards, technical regulations, and procedures for assessment of conformity and sanitary measures. It aims to:
By applying this Regulation, the national standardization bodies of CEN and CENELEC, and the national standardization bodies applying for full membership in CEN and CENELEC, shall keep each other informed of newly developed national standards or amendments to national standards, unless they are identical or equal to international or European standards.
Respecting this obligation, it is necessary for ISRSM to regularly inform the European standardization bodies, European commission, and WTO about the newly adopted national standards from the very beginning of their development.
Information - contact body for WTO TBT Inquiry point
The Ministry of Economy, which is the competent central coordinating body of the Government of the Republic of Northern Macedonia responsible for the implementation and realization of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade of the WTO (WTO TBT), with the "Regulation on procedures for notification of standards, technical regulations and procedures for conformity assessment and sanitary and phytosanitary measures ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Northern Macedonia" no. 8/05), designated ISRSM as the Information - Contact Body for WTO TBT.
Pursuant to this Decree, the Info Center provides information regarding: