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Meetings
14th online COOMET TС 1.1 "General metrology" meeting:
5 October 2020
Meetings
25th online COOMET TC 1.6 "Mass and related quantities" meeting & Webinar "The new definition of the kilogram and its impact to the mass metrology":
6 October 2020
Slovakia
Area: 49,035 km2
Population: 5.44 million
Capital: Bratislava
Information updated as of 25.05.2020.
Law on metrology
Law on Metrology No. 157/2018 adapted on the 1st of July 2018.
Metrological infrastructure
The institution responsible for national and other measurement standards and scientific metrology in Slovakia is the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMU), which in accordance with the Law on Metrology is a contributory institution, responsible for the mentioned areas.
The institutions responsible for legal metrology are: Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing (UNMS), Slovak Legal Metrology (SLM), Slovak Metrology Inspectorate (SMI).
Calibration of operating instruments is mainly carried out by individual calibration laboratories, located at factories and other organizations. Some of these laboratories are accredited by the Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025. SMU and SLM also provide services on calibration of measuring instruments.
