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8. 12. 2023
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of standardisation between the national standardisation bodies of the Czech Republic and the Republic of Korea

Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of standardisation between the national standardisation bodies of the Czech Republic and the Republic of Korea. On 8 December 2023, the President of the Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing and the Director of the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of standardisation in the presence of other representatives of both institutions and the First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Czech Republic. The Memorandum provides a framework for [...]

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22. 5. 2023
EU Council gives final approval to the new Machinery Regulation

This morning, the Competitiveness Council adopted a new regulation on machinery, which was discussed during CZ PRES. The ÚNMZ negotiating team reached a preliminary political agreement with the European Parliament and the European Commission in December 2022. The Regulation replaces the existing Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and creates a framework for the marketing of safe machinery and related products [...]

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2. 11. 2022
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy

On 31 October 2022, on the occasion of a joint meeting of the Governments of the Czech Republic and Ukraine, the "Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the Field of Standardization, Metrology and Conformity Assessment between the Office for Technical Standardization, Metrology and State Testing and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine" and the related Action Plan for the period 2022-2024 were signed in Kiev.

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