Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing (SOSMT), Slovak Republic recently. G Gurucharan, IAS, director general BIS signed the agreement with HE Zigmund Bertók, Ambassador of Slovak Republic.
This MoU will allow exchange scientific and technical information on rules and procedures for standards formulation, comments on international standards at various stages of development, the rules and procedures for third party product certification and the Management Systems Certification and technical information on certification activities.
Information related to in-house manuals for product certification and management systems certification and testing facilities available in their laboratories and/or network et al. will also be exchanged.
The objectives of this MoU are to facilitate closer cooperation and provide a mechanism by which BIS and SOSMT can work together towards the common aim of strengthening standardisation, and conformity assessment activities and facilitate sharing of expertise and mutual trade.
BIS is the national standards body of India engaged in harmonious development of activities of standardisation, marking, and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith. SOSMT is the central state administration body for technical standardisation, metrology; and quality and conformity assessment in Slovak Republic.