8th meeting of the Czech-Russian Working Group for cooperation in the field of standardization, metrology and conformity assessment

On 24-25 July 2019, the 8th meeting of the Working Group on Cooperation in the Field of Standardization, Metrology and Conformity Assessment of the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Industrial and Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic took place in Moscow.

Representatives of the Czech Republic, the Czech Metrology Institute (CMI) and the Association of Accredited and Authorized Organizations (AAAO) participated in the meeting of the working group, while representatives of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandard), the Russian Scientific and Technical Centre for Information on Standardization, Metrology and Conformity Assessment (Standartinform), the Metrology Institute D.I.Mendeleev (VNIIM), the Scientific Research Institute for Physical Engineering and Radiotechnical Metrology (VNIIFTRI), the Academy for Standardization, Metrology and Certification and the Russian Export Center (REC).

The main topic of discussion was the results, current status and prospects of Czech-Russian relations in the field of standardization, metrology and quality infrastructure - see agenda negotiations.

The next 9th meeting of the Czech-Russian Working Group was originally planned for 2020 in the Czech Republic. Due to the global pandemic situation, the meeting has been postponed and is likely to be held in the framework of the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Industrial and Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic, which is planned to take place in the Czech Republic in 2021.