📋 Tender Overview
At the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade the issues of further development of technical regulation standardization certification and metrology systems and their harmonization with international standards were discussed. It was attended by the leadership of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade and the Uzstandard Agency.Proposals on harmonization of national legislation with modern international standards which is one of the main factors determining the competitiveness of domestic products in the international market and measures to ensure the recognition of certificates of conformity issued in Uzbekistan abroad were considered. The effectiveness of the Agency Uzstandard and its member organizations as well as the compliance of local standardization metrology and certification with international standards were studied. In addition based on the analysis of the introduction of international standards by local enterprises as well as taking into account market mechanisms for bringing existing regulatory requirements in line with generally accepted standards specific practical measures have been developed. It was noted that it is important to intensify the work of the Agency to provide direct support to local entrepreneurs and exporters in particular to provide practical assistance in obtaining international certificates. It is planned to review and approve a new version of a number of legislation in the field of standardization certification of products and services conformity assessment as well as technical regulation. At the end of the discussion specific instructions were given to simplify the process of assessing the compliance of domestic products with the requirements of technical regulations reduce certification time and financial costs as well as improve international rankings and indices in foreign trade.
