2014

Annual Report 2014

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ÚRAD PRE NORMALIZÁCIU, METROLÓGIU A SKÚŠOBNÍCTVO SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY

THE SLOVAK OFFICE OF STANDARDS, METROLOGY AND TESTING

The Contents

1. Identifi cation of the Organization 22

2. Address by the President 42

3. Mission and Midterm Perspective of the Slovak Offi ce of Standards, Metrology and Testing 62

4. Administration of the Civil Service Offi ce 82

5. Control and Internal Audit 132

6. Economy and Budget Implementation 162

7. Cyclotron Centre of the Slovak Republic 212

8. European Affairs and Standardization 242

9. Standardization 302

10. Metrology 352

11. Quality 382

12. Testing 422

13. Slovak Institute of Metrology 462

14. Technical Testing Institute Piešťany 555

15. Slovak Legal Metrology 592

16. Slovak Metrological Inspectorate 632

17. Slovak National Accreditation Service 712

1. Identifi cation of the Organization

Name: The Slovak Offi ce of Standards, Metrology and Testing (the UNMS SR, previously also the SOSMT)

Location: Štefanovičova 3, P. O. Box 76, 810 05 Bratislava 15

Sector: Central Government Administration

Statutory Authority: prof. Ing. Jozef Mihok, PhD.

Date of establishment: 1 January 1993

Company identifi cation number: 30810710

Contact: telephone.: +421 2 5249 6847, fax: +421 2 2549 1050

MANAGEMENT OF THE OFFICE IN 2014President prof. Ing. Jozef Mihok, PhD.

Head of the Civil Service Offi ce Ing. Jana Krivosudská

Advisor to the President Ing. Milan Holeček

DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS

Legislative and Legal Section and Personnel Offi ce Mgr. Lucia Held

Finance and Assets Management Department Ing. František Babuška

Ing. Lukáš Bobor

European Affairs Department Ing. Dana Králiková

Ing. Monika Laurovičová

Standardization Department Ing. Igor Hladík

Ing. Pavol Fischer

Ing. Jarmila Vajdová

Testing Department Ing. Monika Laurovičová

Metrology Department Ing. Zbyněk Schreier, CSc.

Chief Inspector Ing. František Babuška

Internal Auditor Ing. Iveta Harušťáková

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIESCreating and implementing the state policy in the area of standardization, metrology, quality, conformity assessment, and accreditation of conformity assessment bodies.

ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN FOUNDING COMPETENCE OF THE SLOVAK OFFICE OF STANDARDS, METROLOGY AND TESTINGSlovak Metrological Inspectorate (the SMI) Geologická 1, 821 06 Bratislava

Slovak Institute of Metrology (the SMU) Karloveská 63, 842 55 Bratislava

Technical Testing Institute Piešťany (the TSU Piešťany) Krajinská cesta 2929/9, 921 01 Piešťany

Slovak Legal Metrology (the SLM) Hviezdoslavova 31, 974 01 Banská Bystrica

ORGANIZATION UNDER MONITORINGSlovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) Karloveská 63, 840 00 Bratislava

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE UNMS SR

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2. Address by the President

In 2014 the Offi ce for Standards, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic (afterwards „the UNMS SR“ or ”the Offi ce”) continued in implementation of streamlining the processes and activities which, together with organizations within its founding competence, were initiated in previous year. The common goal of the UNMS SR and organizations within its founding competence is sustained pursuing new opportunities aimed at supporting quality infrastructure tools, creating thereby competitive environment with empha-sis being put on protection and safety of consumers that means us, the citizens of the Slovak Republic. The quality infrastructure within the UNMS SR covers quality in the fi elds of standardization, metrology, conformity assessment, accreditation and market surveillance, respectively.

2014 was a year of particular importance for the UNMS SR. A team comprised of experts both from the UNMS SR and the organizations within its founding competence have accomplished a lot of valuable work. It is a great pleasure for me and I would like to take this opportunity to express my thanks, and to high-light the results attained due to their effort, responsibility and commitment.

We have successfully transformed the Slovak Standards Institute including its incorporation into the UNMS SR organizational structure. Subsequently the CEN and CENELEC assessment took place in 2014. It was focused on fulfi lling the prerequisites for membership in these European standardization organiza-tions. Currently, the UNMS SR is the member of CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, ISO and IEC. We have improved the access to standards for SMEs through the application STN-online. Our intention was not to jeopardize the quality of standardization, but improve as much as possible the logistics and processes aimed at ensur-ing coverage and accessibility of standards for the interested public, businesses, public administrations, schools and universities, and last but not least for the citizens of the Slovak Republic, in accordance with international practice.

At the beginning of 2014 we have completed negotiations on eight product design Directives that were published on 29 March 2014 in the Offi cial Journal of the European Union. Those directives governing the requirements for products requiring higher level of consumer protection (for instance pyrotechnic articles, simple pressure vessels, lifts and their safety components, electromagnetic compatibility, non-automatic weighing instruments, measuring instruments). In the near future we are expected to provide transposition of these Directives with smooth transition of all responsible stakeholders (who include pro-ducers, importers and notifi ed bodies) to a new, stricter regime.

Within the framework of the EU Council Working Group on Technical Harmonisation three subsequent legislation proposals governing product safety requirements were submitted. These included draft regu-lation on personal protective equipment, draft regulation on design of the cableway installations, and draft regulation on gas appliances. As regards negotiations related to draft regulation on gas appliances (for instance gas cookers), Slovak Republic promotes precise indication of the documents issued and used by respective entities, with the aim to fulfi l one of the objectives of the proposal that is to clarify customer-supplier relationship.

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In our activities we also pay attention to the concerns of physically challenged or otherwise disad-vantaged fellow citizens and to climate change mitigation through the standards on intelligent and sustainable buildings that make substantial contribution to saving energy and natural resources, and prefer ecological solutions. At present, there is one crucial issue considered, it is the involvement of the SMEs in the preparation and use of standards.

As regards the fi eld of metrology, in near future we are expected to accomplish restructuring of the national metrology system with the stress being put on the effi cient allocation of activities be-tween the UNMS SR and organizations within its founding competence: SMU, SMI, and SLM. Within the framework of the third stage of the ESO reform (an abbreviation for effective, accountable and open public administration) we have effectively evaluated the SMU pertaining processes and activi-ties, so that in 2015 we are well prepared for transformation of the state contributory organization SMU based in Bratislava to a non-profi t body providing generally benefi cial community services.

For the UNMS SR there are also tasks related to introducing new types of controlled measuring in-struments based on intelligent measuring systems with remote data reading, and management of their parameters (so called smart-meters) into operation. This concerns in particular distribution gauges, the large number of which is used within the controlled measuring instruments segment.

At the same time we have been engaged in voluntary peer reviews titled „Voluntary Joint Assess-ment Process“ of the notifi ed bodies acting in the fi eld of conformity assessment of medical devices. The assessment carried out at the Slovak notifi ed bodies with the participation of European Com-mission representatives and the representatives from two EU Member States are important both for notifi ed bodies, as well as for the UNMS SR. They also serve as preparation for the required authori-zation assessment that will take place in 2016.

In the area of conformity assessment it is prerequisite to capture the trends, and to develop tools for voluntary certifi cation in accordance with the Government approved National Quality Programme of the Slovak Republic for the years 2013 — 2016 (afterwards NQP SR). Within the NQP SR imple-mentation framework, there is a priority for the NQP SR council expert section dealing with quality in standardization, metrology, testing, accreditation and certifi cation: enforcing the conformity assessment by an independent third party. The purpose of this priority activity is to enhance the level of quality and safety of products and services in the market, and thus also the consumers´ confi dence in the internal market.

In 2015 we await a great deal of work associated with accomplishing the changes initiated in previ-ous period. We are going to maintain current trends of development and sustainability of quality infrastructure in all areas covered by the UNMS SR, and contribute thus to the development of the Slovak economy as a whole.

Jozef Mihok

3. Mission and Midterm Perspective of the Slovak Offi ce of Standards, Metrology and Testing

The mission of the UNMS SR as the state administration central body is to create and maintain quality infrastructure trustworthy tools, primary objective of which is to ensure competitive and effi cient en-vironment in the Slovak Republic and promote consumer protection considering rights of every citizen. Internationally recognized quality infrastructure tools include standardization, metrology, testing and conformity assessment, as well as accreditation.

As regards the fi eld of standardization, it is necessary to fi nalize amendments to the Act No. 264/1999 Coll. on technical requirements for products and on conformity assessment and on change and amendment of some Acts (afterwards the Act on Technical Requirements for Products and Con-formity Assessment) taking into account the Regulation (EU) No. 1025/2012 of the European Parlia-ment and of the Council on European standardization. Attention will be paid to introduction of the draft standards „EN ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems 20XX. Requirements“, and „EN ISO 22300: 2014 Societal Security — Terminology“ into the Slovak Standards System. The involvement of the professional community in the process of technical standardization represents one of the key initia-tives of the European Commission. Commenting procedure related to standard does not pertain to Technical Committee members exclusively, it is a process available to interested public on wide scale. Particularly welcome are the SMEs participants. One of the challenges arising from the strategy of creating knowledge-based society, and part of the goal of increasing the competitiveness of the EU economy is also raising awareness related to standards and standardization in society. To achieve this, the UNMS SR makes efforts to disseminate information about standards and standardization among students through their inclusion in the curricula in vocational schools and technical universities, and to facilitate access to standards for students and teachers.

As regards the fi eld of metrology, in the coming year we await continuation of the legislative process related to the amendment to the Act no. 142/2000 Coll. on Metrology, as well as amendments and updating of the Decree of the UNMS SR No. 210/2000 Coll. on measuring instruments and metrological control, as amended. We are also going to prepare and provide for legislative process related to new approximation regulations of the government in terms of adopting new EU legislative framework and transposition of Directive 2014/31/EU related to non-automatic weighing instruments (NAWI) and Di-rective 2014/32/EU related to measuring instruments. As regards the third stage of the ESO reform, in 2015 we are going to transform the SMU, the contributory organization residing in Bratislava to a non-profi t organization providing public-welfare services. Emphasis will also be put on solution of scientifi c research tasks, reducing overhead costs, as well as the effective performance of metrological control of payment-related measurements which may be infl icted by confl ict of interests as regards the out-come of the measurement, or where incorrect measurement results may harm the interests of physi-cal persons, legal persons or companies including measurements for calculating duties, tariffs, taxes, bonuses, penalties, compensations from insurance.

As regards the fi eld of testing and conformity assessment, coming year will be primarily focused on ensuring transposition of more than ten EU Directives that have been adopted on the level of the Eu-ropean Parliament and of the Council, and are aligned with the New Legislative Framework formed by the Decision of the European Parliament and the Council. No. 768/2008/EC on a common framework for the marketing of products, and repealing Decision 93/465/EEC; and Regulation (EC) No 764/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State and repeal-ing Decision No 3052/95/EC. In this context, we expect challenging process of their implementation into Slovak law, assessment of the competence of the applicants for authorization in accordance with these new legal rules, granting the authorizations together with subsequent notifi cation submitted to European Commission and the other Member States with the goal of acceptance of their results throughout the European area. Furthermore, we expect two voluntary assessments of authorized/no-tifi ed bodies operating in the area of medical devices with the participation of the European Commis-sion representatives and representatives of two Member States, as well as international assessment of competence of an authorized person operating in the area of fi rearms and ammunition aimed at its recognition as the CIP approved testing laboratory.

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In the area of quality the UNMS SR will continue in acting as the co-ordinator of national quality policy with the aim to pursue strategic objectives of the National Quality Programme of the Slovak Republic (af-terwards the NQP SR) approved by the Slovak Government for the years 2013 — 2016. Within this role the UNMS will continue in co-ordinating the constituents involved in ensuring implementation of the NQP SR focused on supporting the development of quality of work, quality of production, services and promotion of sustainable quality of life and competitiveness in all fi elds of society in Slovakia.

As regards the mid-term perspective for the area of accreditation, we foresee providing for permanent rendering of high-quality accreditation services in all areas that are required in national economy, or that are underpinning the EU legislation, providing for assessment in new fi elds of accreditation, research related to needs of sectors connected to the accreditation services areas, effective co-operation with regulatory authorities of the Slovak Republic following the interest of accreditation application in regu-lated spheres, and (in) verifying and monitoring compliance of testing houses with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice.

4. Administration of the Civil Service Offi ce

The tasks in the area of human resources management, training, manpower management, remuneration, salaries, personal data protection, security and health protection and social welfare, set by the scope of the Labour Code, the Act on Civil Service, the Act on Performance of Work in Public Interest together with other tasks arising from the UNMS SR organizational chart, are performed in accordance with the valid or-ganizational policy by the Personnel Offi ce at the UNMS SR.

From 2010 till 2013 the number of employees at the UNMS SR recorded steady reduction by 9.5% in aver-age. However, the major events in 2014 issuing from the implementation of the ESO Program for effective, reliable and open public administration resulted in incorporation of the SUTN into UNMS SR. Accordingly, the SUTN staff was incorporated into the UNMS SR organizational structure from 1 January 2014 and caused increasing of the number of employees up to 127.5% when compared with the numbers of employees moni-tored in previous years.

Table No. 1: Comparison of the Numbers of Employees at the UNMS SR in the years 2008 — 2014 (number of employees according to the evidence on 31 December)

Year Calculated Average Number of Employees as Recorded

Number of Employees according to the Evidence

% increase (+) / decrease (-) of Number of Employees

according to the Evidence

2008 53 50 —

2009 55 60 + 20 %

2010 58 59 − 1.7 %

2011 50 48 − 18.7 %

2012 44 44 − 8.3 %

2013 38 40 − 9.1 %

2014 77 91 + 127.5 %

ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Personnel offi ce operating within the legislative and legal department provided for staff training under “the UNMS SR employee training plan 2014“ aimed at effective education of employees with regard to effi cient use of the UNMS SR funds. Trainings for new employees were provided according to professional areas of respective departments mostly on internal basis, i.e. by the UNMS SR own experts.

The implementation of educational events was conducted in different forms including training cours-es, professional seminars, workshops, language courses, conferences, individual-study activities fl ex-ibly adapted to learning needs of the employees.

Signifi cant part of educational activities was devoted to education oriented to the needs of the SUTN staff newly incorporated into the UNMS SR organizational structure with the aim to secure effective se-tup of processes and activities. Within the short-term seminars professional seminars prevailed. They were devoted to the issues of metrology, standardization, assessment process, public procure-ment, asset management, fi nancial control and changes in fi nancial, wage, social, and fi scal matters.

The UNMS SR introduced systematic and regular trainings for employees aimed at enhancing na-tional language culture as stipulated by the Government Resolution No. 238/2014 of 21 May 2014. The UNMS SR also organized English courses for its staff provided according various levels of know-ledge. In 2014 the UNMS SR introduced French language course attended by employees representing UNMS SR in committees and working groups of the Council and the Commission of the EU.

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Table No. 2: Overview of the Numbers and Structure of Employees

Indicator

31. December 2012 31. December 2013 31. December 2014

Total Number

of that women of that men Total

Numberof that women

of that men

Total Number

of that women

of that men

Civil ServiceAs regards 27.5 16

(58.2 %)11,5

(41.8 %) 23 13(56.5 %)

10(43.5 %) 60 37

(61.7 %)23

(38.3 %)

Permanent Civil Service 25 15

(60 %)10

(40 %) 23 13(56.5 %)

10(43.5 %) 44 29

(65.9 %)15

(34.1 %)

Temporary Civil Service 2.5 1

(40 %)1,5

(60 %) 0 0(0 %)

0(0 %) 16 8

(50 %)8

(50 %)

Works in Public Interest 16.5 12

(72.7 %)4,5

(27.3 %) 17 13(76.5 %)

4(23.5 %) 31 18

(58.1 %)13

(41.9 %)

TOTAL 44 28 (63.6 %)

16(36.4 %) 40 26

(65 %)14

(35 %) 91 55(60.4 %)

36(39.6 %)

Fig. No. 1: Overview of the Numbers and Structure of Employees

Table No. 3: Age Structure of the Employees

Indicator

31 December 2012 31 December 2013 31 December 2014

Total Number

of that women

of that men

Total Number

of that women

of that men

Total Number

of that women

of that men

Under 35 years 13 7(53.8 %)

6(46.2 %) 13 11

(84.6 %)2

(15.4 %) 33 19(57.6 %)

14(42.4 %)

From 36 to 50 years 13 10

(76.9 %)3

(23.1 %) 9 6(66.7 %)

3(33.3 %) 23 17

(73.9 %)6

(26.1 %)

From 51 to 60 years 15 9

(60 %)6

(40 %) 14 7(50 %)

7(50 %) 29 17

(58.6 %)12

(41.4 %)

Above 61 years 3 2(66.7 %)

1(33.3 %) 4 2

(50 %)2

(50 %) 6 2(33.3 %)

4(66.7 %)

TOTAL 44 28(63.6 %)

16(36.4 %) 40 26

(65 %)14

(35 %) 91 55(60.4 %)

36(39.6 %)

Table No. 4: Average Age of the Employees

Indicator Average Age of the Employees

31 December 2012 43.9

31 December 2013 45

31 December 2014 42.7

Fig. No. 2: Age Structure of Employees

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Table No. 5: Educational Structure of Employees

Indicator

31 December 2012 31 December 2013 31 December 2014

Total Number

of that women

of that men

Total Number

of that women

of that men

Total Number

of that women

of that men

University Doctorate Education

3 1(33.3 %)

2(66.7 %) 2 0

(0 %)2

(100 %) 62

(33.3 %)4

(66.7 %)

University Education 33 21

(63.6 %)12

(36.4 %) 31 20(64.5 %)

11(35.5 %) 65

41(63.1 %)

24(36.9 %)

College Education 1 1

(100 %)0

(0 %) 1 1(100 %)

0(0 %) 3

2(66.7 %)

1(33.3 %)

Completed Secondary Education

7 5(71.4 %)

2(28.6 %) 6 5

(83.3 %)1

(16.7 %) 1710

(58.8 %)7

(41.2 %)

Elementary Educati on

0 0(0 %)

0(0 %) 0 0

(0 %)0

(0 %) 00

(0 %)0

(0 %)

TOTAL 44 28(63.6 %)

16(36.4 %) 40 26

(65 %)14

(35 %) 91 55(60.4 %)

36(39.6 %)

Fig. No. 3: Educational Structure of Employees

LEGISLATIVE AND LEGAL SECTION

The Legislative and Legal Section is dealing with legislative and legal matters related to legislation pro-posals within the scope of the UNMS SR, commenting on proposals of other generally binding legal acts, formulating decisions on administration procedures, drafting and commenting on internal procedures, and conducting the legal agenda including the representation of the UNMS SR in judicial proceedings and other public authorities proceedings. It also includes providing internal and external consultations for law enforcement and dealings with legal issues arising from the activities within the scope of the UNMS SR activities.

In the year 2014 the Legislative and Legal Section collaborated with other departments of the Offi ce and worked on the following legislative documents of the UNMS SR:

1. The Act amending and supplementing Act No. 505/2009 Coll. on Accreditation of Bodies Responsible for Conformity Assessment and on Amendment of Certain Acts,

2. Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic amending and supplementing Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 397/1999 Coll., laying down details on technical require-ments and conformity assessment procedures for fi rearms and ammunition, as amended,

3. Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic amending and supplementing Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 243/2001 Coll., laying down details on technical require-ments and conformity assessment procedures for marine equipment, as amended,

4. Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic repealing the Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 229/2003 Coll., laying down details of the energy labelling of electric ovens for households,

5. Draft law amending and supplementing Act No. 142/2000 Coll. on Metrology and on amendment of some acts, and amending the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 145/1995 Coll. on administrative fees, as amended,

The Legislative and Legal Section also co-operated with other departments of the Offi ce in drafting the UNMS SR non-legislative proposals and submitting them to the meetings of the Government of the Slo-vak Republic. The employees of the Legislative and Legal Section drafted and submitted approximately 390 opinions as a part of the inter-departmental comment and review procedure in 2014.

At the same time Legislative and Legal Section prepared the Decisions of the UNMS SR, and the Deci-sions of the President of the UNMS SR related to appeals against fi rst-level decisions issued by the Offi ce (approx. 5 Decisions of the President related to appeals) as well decisions of the Offi ce in cases when appeals had been fi led against decisions of the Slovak Metrological Inspectorate on imposing penalties for infringement against the Act on Metrology. There were about 136 decisions of this nature. The Leg-islative and Legal Section participated also in drafting the Offi ce contracts and participated consider-ably in setting-up several Internal Management Acts of the Slovak Offi ce of Standards, Metrology and Testing.

The Legislative and Legal Section dealt with other legal issues related to the UNMS SR activities. These included preparation of legal submissions to courts of the Slovak Republic (in 2014 there were 14 court proceedings, 4 of which were legally completed court proceedings), and other public authori-ties, preparation of legal statements and opinions, participation in the advisory bodies of the President of UNMS SR for the organizations within the Offi ce founding competence, participation in the Commis-sion for Damages, the Selection Commission and other internal bodies of the UNMS SR, in the processes related to the court orders for receivables, providing of consultation to other departments in matters of law enforcement and legal interpretation issues arising from the Offi ce activities, participation in adversarial proceedings to some drafts of generally binding legal regulations. The Legislative and Legal Section co-operated with other governmental departments and public administration bodies.

5. Control and Internal Audit

CONTROL DEPARTMENT

The Control Department work is aimed at fulfi lling state administration tasks and tasks related to the state administration execution in accordance with the Act No. 10/1996 Coll. on the State Administra-tion Control, as amended, and subsequent fi nancial control within the scope specifi ed by the Act No. 502/2001 Coll. on the Financial Control and the Internal Audit and on amending certain laws, as amended (afterwards „the Financial Control and Internal Audit Act“).The Control Department verifi es the objec-tive status of the controlled facts and their compliance with specifi c regulations, decisions issued on the basis of specifi c regulations or internal acts of management, focusing on compliance with economy, ef-fi ciency and effectiveness in the management of public funds, compliance with conditions for the grant of public funds, and monitors factual fulfi lment of tasks issuing from respective resolution of the Gov-ernment of the Slovak Republic. Further it verifi es fulfi lment of measures taken to remedy of defi cien-cies identifi ed by the follow-up fi nancial control and to eliminate their causes. Control Department also maintains central register of complaints and petitions and is responsible for their handling in accordance with Act No. 9/2010 Coll. on complaints in wording of the Act No. 289/2012 Coll. (afterwards „the Act on Complaints“) governing the procedure for submission, receipt, keeping records, handling and surveil-lance as regards handling of complaints submitted by natural and legal persons.

To ensure carrying out the above mentioned activities, following Internal Management Act were issued by the UNMS in 2014: The UNMS SR Internal Management Act No. 11/2014 — Directive on the internal control system, The UNMS SR Internal Management Act No. 13/2014 — Directive on procedures related to complaints and petitions, and an updated strategic plan for the fi ght against Corruption under the UNMS SR conditions.

CONTROL

In accordance with the UNMS SR Control Plan for 2014 there were nine control activities performed. They were focused on

▪ Fulfi lment of tasks issuing from the Government Resolutions represented by four controls, two of which were the follow-up fi nancial controls. The controls were focused on fulfi lment of tasks related to the Government Resolution No. 319/2002 “Control of the costs of transport with an emphasis on its effectiveness“ and the Governmental Resolution No. 318/2002 “Control of contracts concluded for lease of immovable property of the state with an emphasis on effi ciency and economy in the state assets management“.

▪ Implementation of the Strategic plan for the fi ght against Corruption under the UNMS SR conditions. There were two controls related to “Activities of authorized/notifi ed body in accordance to the Act No. 264/1999 Coll. on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment” and “Control of handling process related to decisions for authorized bodies to exercise the verifi cation of legal measuring instruments or offi cial measurements in accordance with the Act No. 142/2000 Coll. on Metrology“.

▪ Adherence to the obligations arising from internal management acts by the UNMS SR employees. These included controls of the employees’ attendance, annual leaves, or checking the proper use of the WINASU administrative system.

The controls carried out did not reveal any substantial violations or shortcomings in the areas checked. The UNMS SR experience and knowledge from the controls will be used in the future for improving its management and control activities as well as for drafting internal management acts and the control plans for the next term.

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COMPLAINTS AND PETITIONS

▪ In course of 2014 the Control Department recorded thirteen complaints. There was one complaint passing from 2013 to 2014. The total number of fourteen complaints was completely solved of these eight by the UNMS SR. Remaining six complaints were dealt with by relevant sectorial bodies.

▪ As regards eight complaints solved directly by the UNMS SR, fi ve of them were addressed via direct examina-tion. One complaint was assessed as unsubstantiated, remaining and four were substantiated, making thus 80% of complaints investigated by the UNMS SR classifi ed as substantiated. Remaining three complaints were forwarded to sectorial organizations entrusted to deal with a particular question of complaints.

▪ As regards six complaints solved by sectorial organizations, two of them were addressed via direct examination. One complaint was assessed as unsubstantiated (SNAS) and one was assessed as substantiated, which makes 50% of complaints found substantiated. Remaining three complaints were forwarded to other responsible bodies, and 1 complaint was postponed pursuant to § 6, subparagraph 3 of the Act on Complaints.

▪ As regards total number of 14 complaints dealt with by UNMS SR and sectorial organizations, seven of them were investigated altogether. Of this number two complaints were unsubstantiated and fi ve complaints were substantiated, which makes 70 % of complaints investigated by UNMS SR and sectorial organizations found as substantiated complaints.

▪ As regards category titled “other administrative concerns — applications, suggestions, proposals and commu-nications,“ there were 154 items of this type submitted to the UNMS SR and organizations within its founding competence. The concerns were comprised of particular written submissions, requests for investigation or requests for opinion on the subject of administration. There were also ten items passing from 2013 to 2014. Total number of 146 other administrative concerns was completely solved. In comparison with 2013 when there were 106 completely solved items, this number represents increase of 39 submissions, which makes 37 %. On 31 December 2014 there were eight item registered as non-solved.

▪ In 2014 there was no citizens’ petition submitted either to the UNMS SR or organizations within its founding competence.

INTERNAL AUDITInternal audit is carried out in accordance with current legislation that is the Act on Financial Control and Internal Audit. It concerns the central body itself, its internal organizational units, as well as budgetary organizations and subsidized organizations under its founding competence. The UNMS SR is the founding body of SMU and SMI. While the fi rst is a state subsidized organization, the second one is a state budgetary organization. The task of internal auditor is to develop medium-term plan of internal audits for three fi scal years.The annual plans for internal audits are being developed every year. These documents are annually sent to the Slovak Ministry of Finance and to the Supreme Audit Offi ce of the Slovak Republic by the end of January. In addition internal auditor prepares the annual report on activities performed within the preceding calendar year which is sent to the President of the UNMS SR and to the Slovak Ministry of Finance by the end of February. Internal audit is conducted in accordance with the medium-term plan of the internal audit, the annual plan stipulating respective internal audit tasks, and the program for individual internal audit.Additionally, internal auditor´s task is to secure collection and management of the relevant fi les related to each audit action. When securing the internal audit procedures, internal auditor makes use of procedures pertaining to fi nancial audit, compliance audit, performance audit, system audit, and audit of information systems. Within her activities, the internal auditor is responsible for paperwork related to disclosure of information, for fulfi lment of the resolutions of the Slovak Government and for other activities related to internal audit, as well as other tasks assigned to her by the President of the UNMS SR.The fi nal goal of the internal audit is to assist fulfi lling of the tasks, meeting the targets and objectives of audited subjects and bring systematic, methodological approach to improving the effectiveness of risk management issuing from the activities of audited entity. This is accomplished by providing for an independent objective assessment and consulting activities aimed at improving management and control processes.In accordance with the annual audit plan for 2014 following audit actions were carried out by the internal auditor:

▪ The compliance audit was aimed at evaluating the UNMS SR internal management acts (afterwards “the IRAs”) of administrative character (AA No. 1). Its objective was to verify lawfulness, functional-ity and enforceability of selected valid IRAs after dissolving SUTN and its subsequent inclusion into the organizational structure of the UNMS SR. Internal auditor evaluated information relating to the activities of the audited entity, as regards performance of managerial operation of the organization, especially from the view of organizational changes launched at the beginning of the fi nancial year 2014, including dissolution of the subsidised organization SUTN, as the body within the founding com-petence of the UNMS SR, with subsequent transfer its rights and obligations to the founding body, and with regard to the fact that the original SUTN was substituted by new organizational unit, namely the Technical Standardization Department. The objective of the audit was to evaluate setting of the managerial processes effectiveness, as regards subsequent inclusion of a new organizational unit to the UNMS SR structure, and whether the tasks and responsibilities are addressed in full scope respon-sibility and quality, both as regards the UNMS SR as a whole and the new Department solely. Within this action 13 internal management acts were audited.

▪ The compliance audit and system audit were aimed at verifying and evaluating the UNMS SR internal management acts (the IRAs) of economic nature (AA No. 2/2014). The objective of this audit action was to evaluate and adopt reasonable assurance regarding the actual status of the setting of the control system within internal regulatory acts of economic nature with regard to implemented organi-zational changes valid from 1 January 2014 and to verify legality, enforceability and functionality of selected existing IRAs after dissolution of the SUTN and creation of the new organizational unit (De-partment of Technical Standardization). This time it was to be judged whether the lawfully required activities are provided not only in accordance with applicable legislation, but also in effective manner suffi cient for prevention of irregularities, in particular infringements related to fi nancial discipline within management of state budget funds.

▪ The system audit was aimed at verifying the correctness and legality of set circulation of the account-ing documents after the establishment of Technical Standardization Department at the UNMS SR. The assessment was focused on the implications of organizational changes accomplished by 1 January 2014, as well as on circulation of the accounting documents already introduced and used by the Offi ce (AA No. 3/2014). The audit action also assessed implications resulting from the implementation of or-ganizational change from 1 January 2014 within the framework of the UNMS SR State Budget Chapter, i.e. from abolition of state subsidized organization in its founding competence of the UNMS SR (SUTN).

▪ The compliance audit and system audit (AA No. 4/2014) were focused on verifi cation of conformity of the procedures as regards administration of the property of the state, accomplished by the UNMS SR in 2013 and accordance with the Act on State Property Administration, verifi cation of compliance of the set control system in the verifi ed area with current legislation, and in respect of securing the tasks stipulated by state administration, audit and evaluation of the effectiveness of management and performance during the administration of state property in the UNMS SR conditions in 2013.

▪ Compliance audit and system audit (AA No. 5/2014) was aimed at verifi cationc and evaluation of the inventory records related to the assets, liabilities and the difference between assets and liabilities of the state in UNMS SR conditions in 2013. There were verifi ed and assessed: preparation and or-ganizational arrangement of state property inventory, liabilities, the difference between assets and liabilities; availability, correctness and completeness of the information related to inventory records related to state assets, liabilities, difference between assets and liabilities, fulfi llment of obligations of an accounting entity, and conditions stipulated by the Act. No.431/2002 Coll. on Accounting, as amended. Further, the procedure related to implementation of physical, documentary and combined inventory, as well as the inventory of the assets of the state, liabilities, differences between assets and liabilities within relevant accounting classes, as well as conduct of the inventory of the assets of the state, liabilities, the differences between assets and liabilities, evaluation and processing of the results, including quantifi cation and accounting of inventory differences were also verifi ed and assessed.

▪ Compliance audit (AA No. 6/2014) was aimed at verifying implementation of recommended and adopted measures by audited entities, i.e. UNMS SR and SMI.

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6. Economy and Budget Implementation

The UNMS SR is representing a separate chapter within the State Budget and managing its public funds in accordance with the Act No. 523/2004 Coll. on budgetary rules in public administration. The UNMS SR is founding body of the subsidiary organizations — Slovak Metrological Inspectorate (SMI) and Slovak Insti-tute of Metrology (SMU). Within the founding competence of the UNMS SR belongs also Technical Testing Institute Piešťany (TSU Piešťany) with individual management of property, as well as non-profi t organiza-tion Slovak Legal Metrology (SLM). An organization under monitoring is the Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS), a body that is not directly linked to the UNMS budget and it is managing its funds indepen-dently. Still the UNMS SR as a state administration central body performs respective monitoring activities upon the SNAS, SLM, and TSU Piešťany. This monitoring is not related only to economic issues but also to material and expert areas. The UNMS SR is also a stockholder of 5 % at BIONT, Joint Stock Company.

BUDGET PERFORMANCE

Binding indicator for revenue of the UNMS SR as a state budget fi nanced organization was assigned for the year 2014 in amount of € 900 000. In the course of 2014 binding indicator for revenue was modi-fi ed after the implementation of the budget measure to € 870 000. The total budget of the UNMS SR expenses is represented by fi nancial provision for implementation of determined tasks of the UNMS SR. Following accomplishment of the budget measures it amounted to € 4 062 983. Five budget measures of the Slovak Ministry of Finance were implemented throughout the year 2014.

EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE IN INCOMES AND EXPENSES

Total revenue of the UNMS SR in 2014 amounted to € 892 303 (which means 102.56 %). The highest share was represented by revenues from technical standardization € 799 948 and from the sale of property € 70 000. In 2013 it was € 26 037. Compared to year 2013, the performance in incomes was increased because the technical standardisation revenues became the revenue of the state budget in 2014, while till 2013 these revenues belonged to SUTN, subsidized body that was dissolved on 31 December 2013.

Total expenses of the UNMS SR reached the amount of € 4 061 406 (which represents 99.96%). That means the current expenses were decreased in 2014 by € 1 410 623, it means 25.78%. Execution of expenses in the previous year 2013 was € 5 472 029. Due to dissolution of the SUTN, subsidized body and transformati-on process SMU, subsidised body, within the ESO Government Programme the structure of expenses is dif-ferent in contrary to previous periods. The most important share of expenses (49.00%) was represented by wages and insurance and contributions to insurers. They were in total amount of € 1 990 179 in 2014. Goods and services belonging to UNMS SR current expenses made in total € 1 007 393 which represents 24.80 %. The current transfer for the SMU, subsidized body, in sum of € 750 000 (i.e. 18.47 %) represen-ted the important share, and it was used for fulfi lling the national metrological institution tasks. The transfers for this subsidized body were provided on basis of contract signed between the UNMS SR and the respective organization. Fulfi lling the tasks defi ned in respective contracts is subjected to fi nancial and factual evaluation in the fi rst quarter of 2015.

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Table No. 6: Execution of Revenues and Expenses in €

IndicatorBudget 2014 Performance % čerpania rozpočtu Index

2014/2013adopted amended 2014 2013 2012 2011 adopted amended

A Tax revenue - - - - - - - -

B Non tax revenue 900 000 870 000 892 303 26 037 17 826 20 059 99.14 102.56 34.27

1 Revenue from own business and property ownership - - - - - - - -

2 Administrative fees and other fees and payments 900 000 785 500 806 174 12 683 10 560 7 659 89.57 102.63 63.56

3 Capital revenue - 70 000 70 000 - - - 100.00 -

4

Interests from domestic credits loans, subsidies, returnable fi nancial subsidies, deposits and premiums

- - - - - - - -

5

Interests from foreign credits loans, subsidies, returnable fi nancial subsidies, deposits and premiums

- - - - - - - -

6 Other non-tax revenue - 14 500 16 129 13 354 7 266 12 400 - 111.23 1.21

C Grants and transfers - - - - - - - -

REVENUES TOTAL 900 000 870 000 892 303 26 037 17 826 20 059 99.14 102.56 34.27

ACurrent expenses (without the CC SR fi nancial settlement *)

3 310 530 4 040 485 4 038 908 5 472 029 5 823 450 6 154 448 122.00 99.96 0.74

Current expenses in total 3 310 530 4 040 485 4 038 908 5 472 029 14 485 410 6 154 448 122.00 99.96 0.74

1Wages, salaries, service-related income and other personal compensations

1 431 901 1 428 709 1 428 709 638 106 697 917 874 969 99.78 100.00 2.24

2 Insurance and contributions 572 093 561 470 561 470 261 259 257 751 288 856 98.14 100.00 2.15

3Goods and services (without the CC SR fi nancial settlement)

1 261 536 1 008 190 1 007 393 1 165 984 1 682 204 1 429 713 79.85 99.92 0.86

Goods and services (the CC SR fi nancial settlement) - - - - 8 661 960 - - -

4 Current transfers 45 000 1 042 116 1 041 336 3 406 680 3 185 578 3 560 910 2 314.08 99.93 0.31

of that: transfers to organizations subsidized from the State Budget

- 750 000 750 000 2 964 345 2 893 784 3 291 947 - 100.00 0.25

5Paid interests and other payments related to credits, loans and returnable

- - - - - - - -

B Capital expenditures 70 000 22 498 22 498 - - 30 043 32.14 100.00 -

1 Procurement of capital assets 70 000 22 498 22 498 - - 30 043 - - -

2 Capital transfers - - - - - - - -

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 3 380 530 4 062 983 4 061 406 5 472 029 14 485 410 6 184 491 120.14 99.96 0.74

EXECUTION OF CURRENT EXPENDITURESThe amount of € 4 038 908 was spent by the UNMS SR in 2014 that represents an annual decrease of 26.19 %. This considerable decrease in comparison to 2013 is related to the ESO Government Programme. It was connected also to dissolution of the SUTN, subsidized body, as well as considerable decrease of current transfer for the SMU, subsidized body, at the same time there was a need for fi nancial coverage of tasks related to transferring the agenda of the SUTN, dissolved body, there was also targeting to the expenses that provide for generating state budget revenues. As regards total current expenditures the major share was made by wages including insurance, (49.28 %), current transfers (25.78 %), the expen-ditures on goods and services (24.94 %).

610 — Wages, salaries, service related incomes and other personnel compensationsIn 2014 expenditures on wages, salaries, service related incomes, and other personnel compensations amounted to € 1 428 709 which makes an annual increase of 123.90 %. This increase was caused by in-creasing limit for expenditures on wages connected with transferring a number of employees from the SUTN. They became the UNMS employees which required modifi cation of employee number limit for the state administration central body from 56 to 104.

620 — Insurance and contributions to insurersIn 2014, expenditures on insurance and contributions to insurers amounted to € 561 470 which is an an-nual increase of 114.91 %. This increase issued from modifi cation of the wages limit in 2014.

630 — Expenditures on goods and servicesIn 2014 expenditures on goods and services amounted to € 1 007 393 which represents a yearly decrease of 13.60 %. This considerable decrease in comparison to 2013 is related both to restructuring of the re-sort and savings. Thus, it was possible in spite of increased number of tasks falling under the UNMS SR after dissolution of the SUTN to attain lower expenditures for these “operational expenditures”.

640 — Expenditures for current transfersIn 2014 these expenses amounted to € 1 041 336 and decreased by 69.43 % when compared to the previ-ous year. This happened mainly due to the decrease in transfer to the SMU, subsidized body, and leaving out the expenditure for current transfer to the SUTN rendered in previous periods. Contributions issu-ing from the membership in respective international metrological, standardization, and accreditation organizations as well as international organisations were fi nanced from this part of the budget in total amount of € 207 165.

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Table No. 7: Execution of Current Expenses in €

Items of budgetary classifi cation

Budget 2014 Performance % Budget Performance Index 2014/2013adopted amended 2014 2013 2012 2011 adopted amended

610 wages, salaries, service related income and other personnel compensations

1 431 901 1 428 709 1 428 709 638 106 697 917 874 969 99.78 100.00 2.24

620 insurance and contributions to insurers

572 093 561 470 561 470 261 259 257 751 288 856 98.14 100.00 2.15

630 items and services 1 261 536 1 008 190 1 007 393 1 165 984 10 344 164 1 429 713 79.85 99.92 0.86

631 travel compensations 83 000 57 180 56 516 45 971 67 460 47 346 68.09 98.84 1.23

632 energy, water and communications

89 000 123 475 123 475 97 435 60 433 77 523 138.74 100.00 1.27

633 material 135 000 41 823 41 823 78 318 45 870 58 660 30.98 100.00 0.53

634 transportation 46 800 21 715 21 715 24 806 40 669 51 811 46.40 100.00 0.88

635 standard and routine maintenance

80 000 97 405 97 405 136 915 45 214 46 286 121.76 100.00 0.71

636 rent for rental 53 846 148 739 148 621 113 144 95 176 27 009 276.01 99.92 1.31

637 services 773 890 517 853 517 838 669 395 9 989 342 1 121 079 66.91 100.00 0.77

640 regular transfers 45 000 1 042 116 1 041 336 3 406 680 3 185 578 3 560 910 2 314.08 99.93 0.31

641 Transfers within public administration

- 750 000 750 000 2 964 345 2 893 784 3 291 947 - 100.00 0.25

642 transfers to individuals 45 000 84 171 84 171 90 698 27 487 20 348 187,05 100.00 0.93

649 transfers abroad - 207 945 207 165 351 637 264 307 248 615 - 99.63 0.59

600 TOTAL CURRENT EXPENSES

3 310 530 4 040 485 4 038 908 5 472 029 14 485 410 6 154 448 122.00 99.96 0.74

EXECUTION OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

In 2014 there was execution of the capital expenditures by the UNMS SR in amount of € 22 498. They were used for purchasing multifunction devices.

BALANCE SHEET

Table No. 8: Selected Balance Sheet Data in Euros as of 31 December 2014 in €

ASSETS2014

2013Gross Correction Net

Non-current assets 115 169 991 11 196 830 103 973 161 103 815 344

Long-term intangible assets 662 779 628 158 34 621 -

Long-term tangible assets 110 190 861 9 109 962 101 080 899 100 957 703

Long-term fi nancial assets 4 316 351 1 458 710 2 857 641 2 857 641

Current assets 12 209 688 11 743 12 197 945 12 819 191

Inventories 846 - 846 656

Claims among entities of public administration 10 727 783 - 10 727 783 11 640 824

Long-term receivables - - - -

Short-term receivables 32 336 11 743 20 593 12 438

Financial accounts 1 448 723 - 1 448 723 1 165 273

Accruals/deferrals 131 138 - 131 138 198 303

Prepayments 131 138 - 131 138 198 303

Accrued interests - - - -

Relationships with accounts of State Treasury Clients - - - -

ASSETS TOTAL 127 510 817 11 208 573 116 302 244 116 832 838

LIABILITIES 2014 2013

Equity 2 185 126 1 085 276

Differences from evaluation of assets and liabilities - -

Funds 2 563 703 2 563 703

Profi t: -378 577 -1 478 427

Undistributed profi t of the previous years -341 620 -1 492 614

Profi t result of the current period -36 957 14 187

Provisions 17 091 907 18 927 825

Reserves 88 921 135 652

Accounts among entities of public service 16 606 383 17 531 438

Long-term liabilities 7 804 5 573

Short-term liabilities 388 799 1 255 162

Bank credits and other forms of assistance received - -

Accruals/deferrals 97 025 211 96 819 737

Prepayments - -

Accrued interests 97 025 211 96 819 737

Relationships with accounts of State Treasury Clients - -

OWN RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES 116 302 244 116 832 838

PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT

Table No. 9: Selected data of profi t and loss statement to 31 December 2014 in €

Expenditures 2014 2013

Consumption purchases 121 474 145 036

Services 632 712 854 764

Personnel expenditures 2 273 421 1 117 254

Taxes and fees 14 287 7 002

Other expenditures for operational activities 292 084 264 749

Amortization and value adjustment of operating and fi nancial activities and accruals 195 775 192 997

Financial expenses 28 981 25 700

Extraordinary expenses - -

Expenses for transfers and income deductions 911 537 26 037

Expenditures in total 4 470 271 2 633 539

Revenues 2014 2013

Income for actual outputs and goods 777 845 -

Alternation in status of internal organization resources - -

Activation - -

Tax and custom revenues and revenues from fees 7 593 8 663

Other revenues form operational activities 82 414 6 787

Reserve accounting and correction items related to operational and fi nancial activities and time resolution accounting 158 119 65 738

Financial incomes 13 1 508

Extraordinary incomes - -

Incomes of transfers and budget incomes in state budget and subsidiary organizations 3 407 330 2 565 030

Incomes total 4 433 314 2 647 726

Result of economy management before taxation -36 957 14 187

Due tax on earnings - -

Additionally due tax on earnings - -

Result of economy management after taxation -36 957 14 187

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7. Cyclotron Centre of the Slovak Republic

As regards most effective utilization of the Project of the Cyclotron Centre of the Slovak Republic (afterwards “CC SR“), the procedure adopted is leaning on the Resolution of the Slovak Government No. 14 of 8 January 2014 and the material noted by the Slovak Government on 12 March 12 2014, with determination to continue in negotiations with the Russian Party aimed at establishing a joint Russian-Slovak establishment in order to attain mutually benefi cial agreement. In case of failure of this option, it would be appropriate to continue the negotiations with the Russian Party in order to fi nd a prospective buyer for CC SR technological equipment located in the Russian Federation (afterwards “RF“), directly from the RF, and with the assistance of the Russian Party. This is reasoned by the fact that the Russian Party till the end of 2013 did not express any defi nitive binding opinion relating to their participation in the establishment of a joint Russian-Slovak business as stated within the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a Joint Slovak-Russian CC SR scientifi c-research company.

The UNMS SR in cooperation with the CC SR Project coordinator, the Slovak Ministry of Education, Scien-ce, Research and Sports (afterwards “MŠVVaŠ SR“) and other cooperating Ministries, held negotiations with the Russian Party in 2014. Negotiations on CC SR and its utilization in expert and social practice were aimed at creating joint Russian-Slovak establishment. The result of these negotiations is that the Russian side is willing to co-operate with the SR only on expert level, on commercial basis.

Due to the failure of negotiations related to Slovak-Russian joint establishment, Slovak Minister of Edu-cation, Science, Research and Sport, bearing in mind that any prolonged negotiations regarding possible completion of the CC SR would incur the SR additional costs, the utility of which can be regarded as ineffective, and considering high costs for building up, launching the operation, and high amortization costs of technology together with minimum Slovak options for completing the CC SR, recommended in his letter dated 26 May 2014 to take all steps for fi nding a buyer for CC SR technological equipment located in the Russian Federation, directly from the RF with the assistance of the Russian Party. As regards the “J Pavilion Building“ now under construction for the purpose of placing the technological equipment in question, other type of utilization will be found for it. Issuing from above mentioned, there were several meetings with the Russian Party in July and September 2014 held to discuss the option of selling the CC SR technology.

On 28 November 2014 the negotiations continued in Russian Federation. The Russian Party was repre-sented by the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna (the “JINR Dubna“), and the Slovak Party was represented by Mr. Štefan Chudoba and Mr. Peter Plavčan for the MŠVVaŠ, and Mr. Igor Derco, Repre-sentative of the Slovak Embassy to Russian Federation. At the meeting the Russian Party reaffi rmed the intention to purchase SR CC technological equipment C, provided that the CC SR will be completed in the “J Pavilion Building“ in Karlova Ves, Bratislava. An option of selling only the technology was also discus-sed. For the Russian Party this would mean necessary infrastructure construction including new building, which would take three to four years. This would signifi cantly worsen conditions for the sale of the CC SR technology. Slovak party confi rmed the interest to sell CC SR technological equipment. Slovak party also informed of the option consider forming a joint venture without a state body participation, with an al-ternative of selling the plot to a commercial entity. At this meeting it was agreed, that the Slovak Party would consider the sale of the plot under the Pavilion “J“ building under construction, the Russian Par-tye would prepare a draft implementation plan for completion of the joint venture, and wouild draft an agreement for the purchase of CC SR technological equipment. Further the Slovak Party would appoint a coordinator in charge of CC SR sale, would draft and submit to the Government a documet that would be decisive on further action. On 16 December 2014, a meeting was held with representatives from JINR Dubna at the MŠVVaŠ SR headquarters . However, the Russian Party failed to comply with the conclusions of the previous meeting held on 28 November 2014, and due to this fact this meeting did not result in fi nding defi nitive solution to the CC SR project.

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As the SR is currently not in a position to expend additional funds for delaying the fi nal solution of the CC SR project which would incur further depreciation both of the CC SR technological equipment and Pa-vilion „J“ building under construction, there is a consideration for most rational and the most effective solutions - the inclusion of completed and uncompleted parts of the CC SR project into BIONT, Joint Stock Company. This solution is proposed, referring to the original intent of creating CC SR as a single entity consisting of fi ve functional units. Considerig that the non-nfi nished constituents of the CC SR project (functional unit 1 — Pavilion “J“ and functional unit 5 — electron accelerators UELR 10-10S) cannot tbe utilized without functional units 2 to 4, which have been transferred to BIONT company (Pavillion „I“, Pavilion “C“ and Auxiliary Services Building — Pavilions “D“ and “E“), as CC SR project was designed as a whole, and the individual functional units are interlinked. The BIONT coimpany could be the commer-cial entity that could create, in accordance with the vision of the Russian Party, a joint establishment with JINR Dubna. This joint establishment would be aimed at launching the main CC SR building — Pavi-lion “J“, into operation which would be targeted at fulfi lling tasks of commercial production, internati-onal scientifi c base and international centre for education, including expert training. The said draft of the CC SR project is currently the subject of negotiations among concerned departments.

8. European Affairs and Standardization

The task of the Department of European Affairs is to assist in reducing barriers to trade either by par-ticipation in the development of common rules governing the marketing of products, by application of the mutual recognition principle in non-harmonised area, or by the codifi cation of the principles of good practices for their enforcement by market surveillance authorities both on European and global level.

The basic function of the Department of European Affairs is to prepare positions of the Slovak Republic related to the EU draft legislation including their promotion at the Council meetings, their surveying through meetings of the Departmental Coordination Group (afterwards the RKS) set up at the UNMS SR, and their national co-ordination through the meetings of the European Affairs Commission (KEU1) at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. The Department carries out a number of substantive activities related to the performance of notifi cation obligations under various laws of the EU and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). These activities are aimed at ensuring fulfi lment of the obliga-tions of the Slovak Republic in the area of removing obstacles to free movement of goods, and securing the principles for mutual recognition of products. Subsequent activities are related to the transfer of in-formation and knowledge gained to the international level, and their implementation within the fi eld of the UNMS SR activity. Specifi c issues related to the UNMS SR international commitments are represented by the cooperation within the UNECE WP.6 related to market surveillance aimed at creating favourable conditions for the development and improvement of global trade and economic cooperation, and the Permanent International Commission for Testing Small Arms (CIP). The Department is also involved in activities related to the preparation of legislation under the responsibility of the UNMS SR and submits proposals in the area of labelling of the energy-related products

The most important activities of the Department during the year 2014 were as follows:

▪ Promotion of Slovak interests within preparation of several New Approach Directives that have been revised during the year or aligned to the New Legislative Framework for products.

▪ Accomplishment of all relevant information exchange obligations binding for the Slovak Republic, and coordination of respective technical regulation submitters to ensure fulfi lling these commit-ments.

▪ Transferring the EU practice to the international level through the UNECE WP.6 Working Group, the CIP, and preparation of international cooperation agreements drafts.

▪ Preparation of draft legislation within the department scope:

▪ Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 378/2014 Coll, repealing the Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 229/2003 Coll. via which the details on the energy effi ciency labelling of household electric ovens are laid down.

PREPARATION OF THE OPINIONS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC WITHIN THE WORKING GROUPS OF THE COUNCIL

Preparing the positions of the Slovak Republic on EU draft legislation is one of the key tasks of the De-partment. In 2014, the Department staff participated in the negotiations of the Council Working Party on Technical Harmonisation which is a subgroup of the Competitiveness Council.

Since 2013 preparation of the positions related to legislative and non-legislative drafts within the EU is carried out under the “Revised Mechanism for the Creation of the Positions to the Proposals of Acts adopted by the Council of the European Union” that is better refl ecting the scope of the EU policy co-ordination.

In 2014, the representatives of the Department participated in negotiations on following EU legal acts:

▪ Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the pressure equipment. During the nego-tiations the representative of the department advocated for the solutions that change of classifi cation of fl uids and categorization of pressure equipment would not have such an impact on changes in the construction, design and manufacture of pressure equipment which would cause excessive burden for Slovak businesses. Negotiations were launched in 2013 and the adopted Directive was published on 27 June 2014 under designation 2014/68/EU.

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▪ Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on marine equipment for which the UNMS SR submitted positions of the Slovak Republic in co-operation with the Ministry of Transport, Construc-tions and Regional Development. The Directive was published in the Offi cial Journal of the European Union on 23 July 2014 as the Directive 2014/90/EU.

▪ Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on appliances burning gaseous fuels; the proposal harmonizes provisions of the New Legislative Framework (NLF - New Legislative Framework) and introduces recasting of the legal framework on the marketing of gas appliances. Regulation stipu-lates the obligations of all concerned parties in more precise manner, as well as required technical documentation of these appliances. Negotiations are not completed, yet, one of the outstanding con-cerns is the proposal of Germany related to abolition of the obligation to draw up an EU declaration of conformity to the accessories. Slovak Republic following the opinion of the Departmental Coordina-tion Group disagrees with this proposal.

Related activity of the Department is a linguistic review of draft wording of the directives prior to their publication in the Offi cial Journal of the European Union. These include checking of the Slovak wording of directives and in some cases also the comments on the inaccuracies in the English version of the Direc-tive with regard to the fact that English is the language of the working group meetings of the Council.

DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION GROUP OF THE UNMS

The Departmental Coordination Group activities are linked to the previous structures, namely the Working Group for Chapter 01 (Free Movement of Goods) and the UNMS SR President´s Council for Free Movement of Goods. The main task of the Departmental Coordination Group (DCG) is preparation of “preliminary opinion“, “position“ as well as draft “instruction“ and “position of the Slovak Republic“ for the repre-sentatives of Slovakia in the EU institutions in areas under the responsibility of the UNMS. The vast major-ity of the DCG meetings was related to the proposals of New Approach Directives which were subjected to alignment with the Regulation (EC) No. 768/2008 establishing a common framework for the marketing of products in the year 2014.P

Table No. 10: Number of DCG meetings in the years 2011 to 2014t zasadnutí Rezortnej koordinačnej skupiny v rokoch 2010 — 2012

2011 2012 2013 2014

Departmental Coordination Group Meetings 13 13 12 1

Departmental Coordination Group Meetings accomplished by correspondence, the e-mail communication 4 8 4 1

CENTRAL UNIT FOR DIRECTIVE 98/34/EC AND THE WTO ENQUIRY POINT

The Central Unit for the Directive 98/34/EC, the WTO Enquiry Point and the National Product Contact Point, established at the Department is the only point responsible for the exchange of information stipu-lated by several information exchange procedures issuing from the Slovak and European legislation and international agreements by which the Slovak Republic is bound in the area of technical barriers to trade and the free movement of goods. These procedures create a complementary structure, resulting in a comprehensive and coherent approach to addressing the various aspects of the reporting obligations and the exchange of information.

Notifi cation obligations have been implemented in accordance with the following legal frameworks aimed at prevention of technical barriers to trade and removal of remaining barriers to trade in goods in the common market of the European Union, European Economic Area and Turkey:

▪ Directive 98/34/EC laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the fi eld of technical standards and regulations and of rules relating to information society services,

▪ The WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO TBT Agreement) and the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (WTO SPS Agreement),

▪ Council Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 on the functioning of the internal market in relation to the free movement of goods among Member States,

▪ Regulation (EC) No 764/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State and repealing Decision No 3052/95/EC.

Performance of information exchange is carried out under the principles of transparency and in accord-ance with the requirements of the European Commission and the WTO Secretariat.

Table No. 11: Number of notifi cations processed according to individual information processes

2011 2012 2013 2014

The number of notifi ed technical regulations under the Directive 98/34/EC

699 755 734 691

▪ the number of notifi ed Slovak technical regulations 35 28 33 23

The number of all messages under the Directive 98/34/EC 3235 4727 4529 4908

▪ the total number of notifi cation communications processed by the Central Unit

178 220 200 197

The number of Slovak comments related to notifi ed technical regulations

17 66 51 8

The number of consultations on the Directive 98/34/EC 31 35 22 30

The number of notifi cation under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

1114 1474 1592 1516

The number of notifi cations under the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

940 824 979 1169

The number of notifi cations under the Regulation 2679/98/EC 229 269 308 331

In 2014 the Slovak Republic notifi ed to the European Commission 23 drafts of national technical regula-tions. More than half of this number passed the notifi cation procedure without any comments. There was just one detailed opinion submitted by European Commission. Five proposals were commented either by European Commission or the Member States. The Slovak Republic continued to support enforcing the principle of free movement of goods and submitted comments to the two notifi cations of the EU Member States and six detailed opinions.

In the course of 2014 the Central Unit for Directive 98/34/EC at the UNMS SR continued in its intensive co-operation with contact persons appointed at respective bodies of the central state administration and with other stakeholders in order to improve the notifi cation procedure and processing of comments and detailed opinions. The department has also actively cooperated with the Committee for Technical Regulations of the Legislative Council of the Slovak Government. This cooperation has been focused on preparation and submission of the Slovak drafts of technical regulations, on receiving and adequate re-sponding to the reactions submitted by Member States or the European Commission, and on mediating the responses of the Slovak Republic related to the proposals of other Member States.

In addition to these activities, the Department staff fulfi lled the tasks of the WTO Enquiry Point and car-ried out other relevant activities in the area of communicating information related to draft technical regulations of other Member States, as well as distribution of documents circulated within the WTO. The activities also included consultancy services for interested stakeholders. When pursuing its activities the WTO Enquiry Point developed co-operation and accepted instructions and guidelines provided by relevant Directorates-General of the European Commission and the WTO Secretariat with the aim to enhance proper functioning of the internal market, strengthening transparency and overall quality performance of information and notifi cation obligations falling under the UNMS SR scope of activities.

THE NATIONAL PRODUCT CONTACT POINT

National Product Contact Point is carrying out tasks related to the implementation of the EP and Coun-cil Regulation (EC) No. 764/2008 laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State.

The aim of this Regulation is to remove the barriers to trade in goods occurring within the Single Market of the European Union, the European Economic Area and Turkey, to reinforce the mutual recognition principle and secure free movement of goods that are not subject to the harmonisation legislation of the EU. The National Product Contact Point provides free of charge information on technical requirements related to products, on the need of prior-authorization procedures which may apply on certain products in the Slovak Republic, on application of the mutual recognition principle relating to the product which is the subject of the query, and the contact details of the competent authorities which can be contacted directly to obtain more detailed information. Annually the National Product Contact Point provides for answering one hundred information requests approximately (see Table No 12).

In the year 2014 the National Product Contact Point registered and answered 82 requests for information in total, the structure of enquires is represented in Table No 13. The enquiries were submitted both by domestic and foreign subjects, manufacturers and importers in particular. Till now there was not regis-tered any decision under Article 2 of the Regulation No. 764/2008/EC which could potentially result in a restriction of the free movement of goods.

Table No. 12: Numbers of enquiries addressed to the National Product Contact Point

Period Number of enquiries

Year 2010 (13. 5. 2010 – 12. 5. 2011) 134

Year 2011 (13. 5. 2011 – 31. 12. 2011) 96

Year 2012 (1. 1. 2012 – 31. 12. 2012) 135

Year 2013 (1. 1. 2013 – 31. 12. 2013) 115

Year 2014 (1. 1. 2014 – 31. 12. 2014) 82

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Table No. 13: Structure of enquiries received by commodity groups in 2014

Commodity group Number Commodity group Number

construction products 13 fi rearms and ammunition 2

electrical equipment 6 metrology equipment and instruments 1

food supplements 6 hygiene related issues 1

transport means 4 noise related issues 1

environment related issues 3 playground equipment 1

foodstuffs and beverages, 4 gas appliances 1

items coming into contact with foodstuffs 2 toys 1

items coming into contact with potable water 1 plynové spotrebiče 1

machinery products 4 miscellaneous (e.g. information on products marketing, GPSD, CE marking information, other information)

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fertilizers 1 ENQUIRIES IN TOTAL: 82

FOREIGN CO-OPERATION

A study visit of experts resulting from The Memorandum of Understanding in the fi eld of standardiza-tion, metrology and conformity assessment concluded between the UNMS SR and the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) and the Bureau of Accreditation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam took place in December 2014. The aim of the study visit was mutual exchange of experience in respective areas of standardization and technical regulation, metrology, conformity assessment and ac-creditation, as well as approval of co-operation planned for 2015.

In respect of fulfi lling the conclusions of the 7th Session of the Slovakia-India Joint Economic Committee, the UNMS SR prepared a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the UNMS SR and the Bureau of In-dian Standards (BIS). This Memorandum is aimed at co-operation in the area of standardization, conform-ity assessment, education and exchange of information. It will be prepared for signing back to back the 8th session of the Common Slovak-Indian Committee for Economy that is to take place in February 2015.

In the course of 2014 negotiations were held as regards wording of The Memorandum of Understanding between the UNMS SR and the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO), a suc-cessive step related to till-now valid Agreement signed between the Government of the Czechoslovak Re-public and the Government of the Federal Republic of Brazil. The Memorandum is ready for signing now.

As regards international projects activities, the UNMS SR drafted and submitted proposals related to two Twinning Projects (afterwards TW) of the EU, as well as one project of technical assistance. They were:

▪ TW Project for Moldova „MD/13/ENP/TR/14 — Strengthening standardization and metrology sectors in line with the EU Member States best practice“, in a consortium with the Czech Offi ce for Standards, Metrology and Testing.

▪ TW Project for Egypt „EG/14/ENP-AP/TR/26 — Support for Egyptian quality infrastructure and regu-latory environment in line with best international practice (Egyptian Standardisation Organization EOS)“, in consortium with the Czech Offi ce for Standards, Metrology and Testing.

▪ Technical assistance (TA) project for Georgia — „ENPI-GEORGIA/EuropeAid/135852/DH/SER/GE — support the further development of standardization and metrology infrastructure in Georgia aimed at meeting best EU practices“, in consortium with AENOR (Spain) and AFNOR Group (France).

Within the cooperation with the Slovak Centre for the Transmission of Transformation and Integration Ex-perience (CETIR), the UNMS SR was involved in the programme aimed at providing assistance to Albanian institutions dealing with standardization, metrology and testing planned for 2015.

In 2014 there were also negotiations related to updating the Memorandum on co-operation in stand-ardization, metrology and conformity assessment that was concluded between the UNMS SR and Federal Agency on Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) of the Russian Federation, as well as updat-ing of cooperation agreement between the UNMS SR and the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Committee on technical regulation and metrology — Gosstandart). Working versions texts were drafted in this respect.

MARS — THE UNECE WP.6

The UNMS SR regularly participates in the activities of the UNECE WP.6 which is aimed at creating favour-able conditions for the development and improvement of global trade and economic cooperation. It is responsible for the formulation of best practice tools in the implementation of market surveillance and for codifi cation of principles of procedures for authorities implementing it. In cooperation and under the auspices of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardisation Policies WP.6 UNECE works the MARS Group (an acronym for MARket Surveillance). It is an expert forum on market surveillance which holds it meetings once a year on specialized seminars with aimed at sharing knowledge, experience and best practice in the UNECE region. The MARS Group meeting took place in Beograd, Serbia on 23 — 24 April 2014.

Conclusions from the MARS-group discussions compiled into the fi nal report were submitted for approval on 24th Annual Meeting of the UNECE WP.6, held in November 2014, in Geneva. The work of the MARS-group always obtained positive response at this forum. The president of the UNMS SR was elected a Vice-President of the WP.6 for the next term at this Session. More detailed information on group activities is available on the UNECE website: http://www.unece.org/trade/wp6/SectoralInitiatives/MARS/MARS.html.

PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXAMINATION OF SMALL ARMS (C.I.P.)

The Department fulfi ls also the function of the national secretariat of C.I.P. and in this context it is fo-cused on application of procedural actions on international and European level. Permanent International Commission for the testing of small arms (C.I.P.) was established to ensure implementation of the inter-governmental Convention on Mutual Recognition Proof Marks Small Arms of 1st July, 1969. The Conven-tion is a multilateral agreement of 14 Contracting Parties and its Depositary is the Kingdom of Belgium. The Slovak Republic is a full member of the Convention since 20th September 1996. The measures related to the implementation of this Convention were approved by the Government Resolution No 465 of 24 June 1997. This Resolution appointed a Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic to the C.I.P. and also the Head of this Permanent Delegation, who is the President of UNMS.

In 2014 the C.I.P. Decisions No. XXXII 27- 43 were agreed by the CIP Session that took place on 20 — 21 May 2014. These Decisions are in force since January 2015. There was also the XXXII Plenary Session convened on 14 — 15 October 2014 that agreed upon the C.I.P. Decisions No. XXXII 44 - 49 the validity of which is expected since June 2015, provided there is no objection submitted.

Participation in the deliberations of the C.I.P. sub-commissions and direct awareness on recent develop-ments in the fi eld of weapons and ammunition for civilian should also ensure the safety of their users. The results of C.I.P. activities are refl ected in the work of all organisations involved in manufacturing, testing and marketing of weapons for civilian use, as well as in to the legislation in this area. More infor-mation about C.I.P. is available on the website http://www.cip-bp.org/

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9. Standardization

By virtue of the UNMS SR President’s Decision No. 28/2013, the contributory organization SÚTN as a le-gal entity designed to develop, approve and publish Slovak standards was abolished as of 31 December 2013. The subject-matter and fi nancial delimitation of assets, including related rights and obligations, have devolved as of 1 January 2014 upon UNMS SR. The activities provided by SUTN have devolved within UNMS SR upon the Standardisation Section (afterwards referred to as “OTN”).

In 2014, the OTN had provided for activities in accordance with Act on technical requirements for products and on conformity assessment and with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parlia-ment and of the Council on European standardisation which took effect on 1 January 2013.

The mission of the OTN was to develop, approve, publish and distribute Slovak standards (STNs) and to make STNs and standards of other standards organizations available to the general public. Being a member of European standardization organizations (European Committee for Standardization — CEN, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization — CENELEC, and the European Telecommu-nications Standards Institute — ETSI) and of international standards organizations (International Orga-nization for Standardization — ISO and International Electrotechnical Commission - IEC), OTN was also involved in the development of European and international standards.

Through the elaboration of standards containing safety requirements, the OTN took part in ensuring the protection of Slovak citizens’ legitimate interests, i.e. the safety of products, the protection of health, property and the environment, contributed to higher competitiveness of Slovak producers, and facilitated their access to the international markets. An equally important mission of standardization is to disseminate and make use of knowledge in practice.

The cooperation with public authorities was undertaken through the membership of ministries’ and other central state administration authorities´ representatives on the relevant technical committees (afterwards referred to as TKs) as advisory bodies of OTN Director and within their activities they were continuously involved in the preparation of strategic statements for the respective areas, the elabo-ration of national positions on draft European standards, and in the establishment of criteria to select standards for the Plan of Standardization in terms of their relation to legal regulations as a supportive component of legislation.

An important task of the OTN in 2014 was to develop new operating guidelines under UNMS SR conditi-ons, to prepare for a CEN-CENELEC audit whereby UNMS SR activities was assessed as per CEN-CENELEC Guide 20 on Membership Criteria because of the national standards body transformation from SÚTN into UNMS SR, and to implement a new UNMS SR website.

In 2014, preparations for the foundation of a Council for Standardization (afterwards referred to as “Council”) were underway based on the recommendation of aforesaid CEN-CENELEC Guide 20. A Coun-cil preparatory meeting was held on 11 December 2014 and an inaugural meeting is scheduled for January 2015. A standing special advisory body of the UNMS SR President, the mission of the Council is to help the national standards body perform the tasks arising out of its membership in European and international standards organizations, to contribute to the development of standardization and to the optimal fulfi lment of requirements in this fi eld under the generally binding legal regulations and international treaties whereby the Slovak Republic is bound, under requirements from ministries, other central state administration authorities, and the economic sphere. Based on the principles of independence, balanced representation of the stakeholders and special sectors, transparency and openness, the Council brings together representatives of ministries and other central public admini-stration authorities, the economic sphere, social institutions, professional unions, small and medium-sized enterprises, independent scientifi c, research and educational experts, UNMS SR, and the like. The competencies of the Council include particularly guidance on conceptual and methodological activities, the assessment of draft standardization plans and, as necessary, TK activities.

DEVELOPMENT OF SLOVAK STANDARDS

The development of standards in 2014 took place in accordance with the Guidelines for the Develop-

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ment of Testing, Standardization and Metrology (hereinafter referred to as “RSTNaM”). The selection procedure of elaborators of standardization tasks in 2014 was carried out in accordance with the RSTNaM Guidelines. The selection procedure of elaborators of standardization tasks carried forward from 2013 was still undertaken in 2014 as per the SUTN internal regulations and guidelines prepared in compliance with Act No. 25/2006 Coll. on public procurement and alteration and amendment to certain laws, as amended, as well as according to the guidelines for the preparation of standardization plans for 2013 and to the TC Statutes and Rules of Procedure.

The development of Slovak standards was mainly focused on the implementation of all European Stan-dards published by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in the national standards system. The development and upda-ting of the original Slovak standards as well as the implementation of international and foreign standards in the Slovak standards system was conducted to the extent required to maintain the functionality of the national standardization system.

In 2014, there were 1 539 standardization projects included in the Plan of Standardization (PTN) and structured as follows:

Table No. 14: Classifi cation of standardization projects in the PTN

Number Share in %European standards 1 478 96.04International standards 30 1.95Other STNs and foreign standards 31 2.01

An important role of Standardization Department personnel was to improve cooperation with experts working in national technical committees (TK), subcommittees (SK) and working groups (PS) that are advisory bodies of OTN Director. Within the PTN Standardization Department personnel worked with TK members in the inclusion into the PTN of new projects, international cooperation, the elaboration of standpoints and comments on draft European and international standards, translations of titles of Euro-pean standards, and also in reviewing standards in the given fi elds. In 2014, there were held 23 regular and 6 extraordinary TK/SK/PS meetings. New Statute and Rules of Procedure of technical bodies to be sent to the TK chairs for comments in 2015 began to be prepared in 2014.

As of 31 December 2014, there were established 98 TKs, 44 SKs, 7 PSs and 1 consultation group (KS). Lists and data on TKs/SKs are presented on the UNMS SR website.

Special attention was paid to commenting on draft legislation brought forward for inter-ministerial comment procedure in terms of both the proper use of references to standards and of correctness and completeness of those references. The texts of about 400 legal regulations published in the Collection of Laws were thereafter being monitored in terms of this.

Much attention was paid to harmonized and mandate European standards as a supportive component of technical legislation of the so-called New Approach and to ensuring the implementation of new and revised harmonized standards into the national system. Lists of harmonized STNs on the respective go-vernment ordinances and laws implementing EU directives were then published in the UNMS SR Offi cial Journal.

Table No. 15: Notifi cation of harmonized STNs

Year 2012 2013 2014Number of notices 20 26 19

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

In 2014, UNMS SR representatives also attended meetings of governing bodies of the international and Euro-pean standards organizations ISO, IEC, CEN, and CENELEC. European standards organizations refl ected the efforts to comply with the market needs to cut back on the development of European standards and also co-ver with standards the needs of the so-called silver economy due to the aging European population. The ISO Strategic Plan for 2016 - 2020 was being prepared at international level. The ISO priority areas include the capability to better understand the requirements of standard users, the capability to adapt over the current period of rapid development of novelty technology, and the increase in the share of educational activities to standard makers, employees of national standards organizations and national regulators. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) underlines the importance of young peoples´ involvement in standardiza-tion and encourages their participation in standardization using the Young Professional Programme.

Table No. 16: UNMS SR involvement in technical bodies of European standards organizations

Organization (number of TCs/SCs)

National membership P-membership O-membership Total Total

%

ISO + JTC 1 826 – 54 408 462 55.9

IEC (excl. 18 JTC 1) 174 – 9 89 98 56.3

CEN 470 470 – – 470 100

CENELEC 202 202 – – 202 100

ETSI 34 34 – – 34 100

MEMBERSHIP IN ISO TECHNICAL BODIES

The Slovak Republic is an active P-member (participant) in 54 ISO technical bodies (ISO/TC/SC). Over the course of 2014 UNMS SR applied for P-membership in two ISO technical committee and one subcommittee (ISO/TC 258, ISO/TC 292 and ISO/TC 92/SC 1). At the same time ÚNM applied for membership for external national experts in three ISO/TCs/WGs. Over the followed period UNMS SR nominated six delegates for the meetings of ISO committees in which the Slovak Republic is a P-member (ISO/TC 69, ISO/TC 92 and SC 1, ISO/TC 154, ISO/TC 258, ISO/TC 274).

MEMBERSHIP IN CEN TECHNICAL BODIES

As of 31 December 2014, UNMS SR is a member in all the 470 CEN/TC and CEN/TC/SC committees. Over the followed period UNMS SR applied for membership for external national experts in six CEN/TCs/WGs.

UNMS SR nominated a total of 13 delegates for CEN/TC, SC and WG meetings. The delegates were not pro-vided any fi nancial support for attending CEN/TC, SC and WG meetings.

One UNMS SR expert attended in 2014 the joint meeting of TK 45 Steel and aluminium, and TK 62 Steel at Častá - Papiernička.

On 6 - 7 May 2014, a meeting of CEN/TC 102 Sterilizers for medical purposes was held at the UNMS SR pre-mises. The meeting was attended by 17 delegates from 11 European countries and a Slovak sponsor repre-sentative.

On 17 June 2014, a meeting of CEN/TC 172 Cellulose, paper and cardboard was held at the UNMS SR premi-ses. The meeting was attended by 14 delegates from 7 European countries.

Additionally, a meeting of CEN/TC 318 Hydrometry took place on 22 - 23 September 2014 in the Slovak Re-public. The meeting was provided in organizational and fi nancial terms by SHMÚ Bratislava.

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Five agreements on cooperation in developing European and international standards prepared by CEN and ISO were drawn up by OTN in 2014. Valid agreements and framework contracts on ISO and CEN in-ternational cooperation totals 54 and they provide for cooperation with 92 CEN/TCs and SCs and with 51 ISO/TCs and SCs.

MEMBERSHIP IN IEC AND CENELEC TECHNICAL BODIES

During 2014 UNMS SR applied IEC for one new P-membership and for change in two P-membership to O-membership. One new contract for international cooperation was signed.

There are currently nine signed IEC and CENELEC contracts for active P-membership in TCs/SCs. In CENELEC there are currently 9 experts entered in 10 TCs/WGs. No delegates attended IEC/TC and CLC/TC meetings over the period followed.

NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTRE FOR STANDARDIZATION

Hard-copy STN standards published through translation were continuously processed and made available to the public and simultaneously all the published standards were also accessible via STN-online service in the National Information Centre for Standardization (hereinafter referred to as “NIS TN“).

UNMS SR as a member of European and international standards organizations collaborated with national standards organizations of the member states in the area of standard documents exchange. Documents from international, European and foreign standards organizations were received and made available to the public by NIS TN over the period followed.

NIS TN performed making standards available to the public, enabling the study thereof, providing infor-mation, standards and publications, with a total of 1 184 customers making use of all its services in 2014. In addition, NIS TN operation information was also provided by either phone or e-mail.

PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTION OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

The UNMS SR Offi cial Journals and two issues of the Metrology and Testing journal were processed, pub-lished and distributed (monthly) by NIS TN over the period followed.

The printing and reprinting of the STN stan-dards were carried out exclusively based on the consumer demand, which considerably contributed to the effi ciency and cost-effec-tive use of funds. There were 249 STNs and TNIs graphically processed and published in print (or CDs) and a further 1 193 STNs and TNIs were published in other way over the period followed. All these standards are also available to the public via STN-online portal.

A total of 14 198 STN and TNI titles, publicati-ons, international and European standard do-cuments were distributed on direct demands from the public. In addition to the above printing and reprinting, xerographic work relating to the production of photocopies of STN standards, foreign standards, promoti-onal and other materials was provided.

STN EN23 965 74%

STN IEC248 1%

Ostatné STN30

0%

STN ISO1 437 4%

STN7 013 21%

Fig. No. 4: An overview of valid STNs according to origin

as of 31 December 2014

In 2014, UNMS SR issued a publication titled “Mechanical engineering tables — selection of standards“ by J. Bajla, J. Bronček, J. Antala, and D. Sekerešová. Intended primarily for students of universities, technical faculties, designers, technologists, workers in mechanical engineering and related branches, the publication offers in particular the basic technical data for the design and manufacture of structural machine elements.

In 2014, UNMS SR focused, inter alia, on making available of the STN-online service which allows its users online to access STN standards online in the PDF via a web interface based on their annual subscription. Over the course of the year, professional unions and associations, schools and educational institutions were approached with offers of this type of access. At the same time contents of standards were added on the website to facilitate better orientation and to simplify the access to information about STNs for the general public. Within the promotion a number of presentations were held for secondary school and university students and products and services were presented directly to potential customers interested in STNs.

KEYMARK — SINGLE EUROPEAN CONFORMITY MARK

The designated Offi ce representative on the CEN Certifi cation Board (CCB) provides for the respective activities related to the certifi cation of products and services under the relevant European standards in accordance with a set of the CEN rules and the CEN Certifi cation Board Internal Regulations.

In 2014, the CCB members approved the authorization to Keymark for Kiwa Italia SpA (Italy) as of 24 April 2014 and for Eurovent Certita Certifi cation (France) as of 21 November 2014 in the area of thermal solar collectors and components - Solar Keymark. The product indication with this mark testifi es for users and consumers its conformity with the requirements of the relevant European standards. In December, the new chairman Pambos Kammas from CYS (Cyprus) was approved by the CCB members for the years 2015 through 2017.

The license to use the Keymark can be granted by a certifi cation authority empowered by the CEN Cer-tifi cation Board which has signed a contract (Transfer Agreement) with the relevant national standards body on the assignment of such rights. There are currently 14 Solar Keymark authorized certifi cation authorities, and there were issued 1,508 licences for solar collectors and 215 licences for solar systems. In the Slovak Republic, As of 31 December 2014, TSU Piešťany registered 22 valid Keymark certifi cates.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ACCORDING TO ISO 9001

Based on the authority of UNMS SR as a National Standards Body and the tasks arising out of UNMS SR´s mandate under Act No. 264/1999 Coll., as amended, and of course out of the requirements of customers, Quality Policy for the year 2014 has been established by the senior management as a means to drive the organization towards improving service provisions.

Following the surveillance audit conducted in November 2014, the certifi cation body CERTICOM stated repe-atedly that the implemented OTN Quality Management System complies with STN EN ISO 9001.

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10. Metrology

The Department of Metrology as a professional unit of the UNMS SR is responsible for state policy in the area of metrology.

LEGISLATION

In carrying out its activities the Department of Metrology is mainly governed by the Act. No. 142/2000 Coll. on Metrology and amending certain laws as amended, by the Governmental Ordinance No. 399/1999 via which details of technical requirements for non-automatic weighing instruments are laid down in the wording of the Governmental Ordinance No 150/2002 Coll., the Governmental Ordinan-ce No. 294/2005 Coll. on Measuring Instruments, in the wording of the Governmental Ordinance No 445/2010 Coll., by the Decree of the UNMS SR No. 206/2000 Coll. on the Legal Units of Measurement in the wording of the Decree No. 537/2009 Coll., by the Decree of the UNMS SR No. 207/2000 Coll. on e-marked pre-packages as amended, by the Decree of the UNMS SR No. 210/2000 Coll. on measuring instruments and metrological control as amended and by the Decree of the UNMS SR No. 419/2013 Coll. on pre-packages.

In 2014, the Department of Metrology fi nished draft amendment to the Act No. 142/2000 Coll. on Metrology that was submitted by the UNMS SR for negotiation of the Legislative Council of the Go-vernment of the Slovak Republic without contradictions. Prior the negotiations a draft amendment to the Decree of the UNMS SR No. 210/2000 Coll. on measuring instruments and metrological control as amended, as an implementing regulation to the Act on Metrology was prepared. The comments made were accepted or explained. Subsequently, the draft amendment to the Act was submitted to the EC intra-community comments procedure within the framework of Directive 98/34/EC. At the same time Department of Metrology began work on the transposition of Directive 2011/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directives regarding metrology in relation to certain kinds of measuring instruments.

TASKS OF METROLOGY DEVELOPMENT

In 2014, the Department of Metrology announced the tasks of the metrology development that have been fully elaborated and fulfi lled. As part of the metrology development tasks one guide was ela-borated: Methodology for metrological control of measuring instruments used for ensuring safety of road traffi c and one guide: Guide for users of temperature measuring instruments. One guide was up-dated, Guide on pre-packaged products — so as to be in compliance with current legislation. Training for professional public was enhanced through a seminar for authorized and registered entities on the performance of metrological control according to the Act on Metrology.

AUTHORIZATION AND REGISTRATION

In 2014, the UNMS SR issued 49 decisions on authorization for verifi cation of legally controlled measu-ring instruments or for offi cial measurement. The structure of decisions is given in the Table 17. At the end of 2014 the UNMS SR registered in total 86 authorized entities, including 73 for verifi cation of legally controlled measuring instruments and 13 for offi cial measurement.

Table No. 17: Overview of decisions of the UNMS SR — authorized entities

Year

Number of decisions issued Number of authorized entities

New Altered Revoked and rejected Total Verifi cation Offi cial measurement Total

2008 16 38 9 63 73 12 852009 11 36 2 49 65 12 772010 15 36 2 53 69 12 812011 17 41 1 59 77 15 922012 16 28 6 50 80 15 952013 16 40 6 62 71 14 852014 16 27 6 49 73 13 86

In 2014 the UNMS SR received 61 applications for registration of newly established entrepreneurs. Overall number of decisions issued by the UNMS SR was 153. Compared to the year 2013, when new decisions represented 53.3 % of the total number of decisions, the share of new decisions decreased to 39.9 %. The total number of registered entities compared to last year increased by 2.7 %.

Table No. 18: Overview of decisions of the UNMS SR — registered entities

YearNumber of decisions issued Number of registered

entitiesNew Altered Total

2008 51 59 110 1 187

2009 53 62 115 1 205

2010 64 34 98 1 225

2011 46 86 132 1 198

2012 53 61 114 1 215

2013 72 63 135 1208

2014 61 92 153 1240

INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

The Department of Metrology participated in the work of the Working Group of the European Commis-sion on Measuring Instruments which related mainly to the transposition and implementation of new EU directives (Directive 2014/32/EU on measuring instruments and Directive 2014/31/EU on non-au-tomatic weighing instruments), that are of particular importance for future legislative work and for the re-notifi cation of notifi ed bodies. Representatives of the Department are also actively involved in activities within WELMEC (European Cooperation in Legal Metrology). They attended the meeting of the Committee and participated in working groups WG 2 Weighing Instruments, WG 5 Metrological Supervision, WG 6 Pre-packages and WG 8 Measuring Instruments Directive. The work was focused mainly on the harmonized and consistent approach as regards two Directives, the Directive 2009/23/EC as well as the Directive 2004/22/EC and preparation for the implementation of the new Directives 2014/32/EU and 2014/31/EU. In June 2014, the representative of the Department of Metrology atten-ded the 45th Meeting of the International Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certifi cation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The Slovak Republic is an active member of the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), and provides for management of Secretariat for the Technical Committee TC 4 – Measurement Stan-dards and Calibration and Verifi cation Devices. In November 2014 the 49th meeting of the Interna-tional Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) took place in Auckland. Slovak delegation attended the meeting and supported approval of several OIML international recommendations as well as economic measures for improvement and streamlining the CIML work.

In November 2014, 25th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles took place. It was attended by representatives of SMU and UNMS SR on the basis of Government Resolution and the aut-horization of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. At this Conference Slovak Republic supported important resolutions on fundamental strategic issues, the revision of the International System of Units SI, approval of the budget of BIPM (International Bureau of Weights and Measures) for the years 2016 to 2019, BIPM retirement and support funds, CIPM Mutual Recognition Agreement (International Committee for Weights and Measures) and BIPM long-term strategy.

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In December 2014, representatives of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) and the Offi ce for accreditation from Vietnam visited the UNMS SR. Within this visit Director of the Department of Metrology gave presentation titled „Legislation in the fi eld of metrology.

PUBLIC ACTIVITIES IN METROLOGY

The Department of Metrology actively participated in seminars organized by professional metrolo-gical associations focused on current issues in the fi eld of metrology and designated especially for authorized and registered entities and entrepreneurs. Interested subjects were informed on current events in Slovakia, but also on international metrological co-operation both at the 44th Metrologists Forum organized by the Slovak Metrological Society (SMS), and at the 40th and 41st Assembly of Ca-libration Association of the Slovak Republic (KZ SR). In October 2014, the Department of Metrology in cooperation with Slovak Metrological Society (SMS) organized Seminar for authorized and registered entities on the performance of metrological control under the Act on Metrology. Representatives of the Department of Metrology also actively participated at seminars Quality in measurements in 2014 - Metrology in calibrating and testing laboratories, Moisture measurement of solids and of relative air humidity and Metrology in the gas industry.

In 2014 the UNMS SR also published professional journal “Metrology and Testing” with contributions provided by the staff of the Department. The contributions dealt with traditional themes concerning activities of authorized bodies, as well as information and reports from working groups of internati-onal organizations and overview of metrological legislation. In 2014, the journal started to be publis-hed in semi-annual frequency, and simultaneously began to submit respective contributions electro-nically to the UNMS SR website where it appeared within its three sections. In this way the UNMS SR improved access to information for wider professional and general public interested in metrology and testing issues.

Articles intended for metrology specialists and authorized entities mediating information on inter-national organizations and legislation were published in Metrology Sheets of SMS and the electronic Conference Proceedings of KZ SR.

METROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Department of Metrology provided for methodological guidance work of metrological organizati-ons, the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMU), the Slovak Metrology Inspectorate (SMI) and the Slovak Legal Metrology (SLM), respectively.

The UNMS SR and SMU concluded the contract related to providing for national role in the manage-ment of national measurement standards (NE) and certifi ed reference materials (CRM), particularly as regards their maintenance, development, and comparison, as well as providing for the national role assigned by law and by international agreements regarding metrological control of measuring instruments and competency certifi cation in the fi eld of metrology, participation in international or-ganizations, committees and working groups. Eight EMRP projects were completed in 2014.

The UNMS SR administered collaboration with the SMI, in particularly as regards dealing with dispu-table concerns and inspection fi ndings, improving inspection procedures and documentation without further interfering into its activities. The UNMS SR Monitoring Committee supervised the activities of SMI in comprehensive manner.

The UNMS SR collaborated with the SLM, non-profi t organization providing generally benefi cial metro-logical services mediating the transfer of units and scale values from national measurement standards to measurement standards used for verifi cation of legally controlled measuring instruments and to legally controlled measuring instruments. The UNMS SR also addressed the SLM with requests for as-sessment of fulfi lment of requirements on activities of registered or authorized entities.

11. Quality

The UNMS SR is the coordinator of the state quality policy in the Slovak Republic. Within the scope of this responsibility, the Offi ce proposes the Conception of the State Quality Policy fulfi ls the obligations and methodically directs and coordinates the activities arising thereof.

National Quality Programme of the Slovak Republic for 2013 — 2016

The National Quality Program of the Slovak Republic for 2013 — 2016 (afterwards the NQP), was ap-proved by the Slovak Government as the state policy of quality and the SOSMT was appointed as its coordinator.

The NQP Mission

The NPQ mission is to support the development of quality of work, production, services and support the promotion with a view to achieve sustainable quality of life and competitiveness in all areas of society in Slovakia.

The NQP Vision

The NQP vision is to co-create environment in the Slovak Republic in which quality becomes a perma-nent part of all sectors of society and individual citizens.

Subjects participating in the NPQ implementation:

▪ The UNMS SR entrusted by the Government of the Slovak Republic to be a co-ordinator of the acti-vities performed by the bodies of the central state administration, self-administration and another parties interested in the NQP area,

▪ The Council of the NQP (afterwards the Council) — professional, advisory, initiating and coordina-ting authority of the UNMS SR President in the application of the state quality policy in the Slovak Republic,

▪ Strategy Group of the Council — an advisory body to the Council formulating strategic plans of the NQP,

▪ Specialized sections of the Council — professionally focused on each priority area of the NQP,

▪ National Information Centre of Quality Support — interactive information base for public (www.npksr.sk) aimed at promoting NQP and its activities.

In January 2014, a meeting of the Strategic Council of NPK SR was convened. This meeting resulted in formulating the tasks for near future aimed at achieving the NPK SR objectives. In February, the fi rst meeting of the newly composed NPK Council was held with presentation of principal objectives of the NPK and its constituents ensuring their implementation. In the following period the objectives were refi ned by the NPK Council and presented as the Action Plans for 2014.

The Slovak Quality Charter

One of the important prerequisites for attaining the objectives of NQP is the adoption of the Slovak Quality Charter. Our country is thus following the internationally successful quality support system implemented abroad. The Slovak Quality Charter was signed in 2013 by the eminent representatives of the Government and organizations which play a signifi cant role in building and ensuring the quality of production and life in Slovakia. In 2014 the Quality Charter was joined by Bratislava City District of Petrzalka.

NOVEMBER — THE MONTH OF QUALITY IN SLOVAKIA

I tis a tradition now that the month of November is the period during which attention is paid to quality issues more than ever. For the UNMS SR this month represents the top period of the year-as regards activities pursued under the NQP SR.

Firstly there was an announcement of the outcomes of the competitions organized by the UNMS SR. 0n November 20, 2014 the gala dinner was held in the historical building of the Slovak Parliament in Bra-

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tislava under auspices of Andrej Kiska, President of the Slovak Republic, who personally awarded the win-ners with the National Award for Quality and the Awards for Lifetime Achievements in the Field of Quality.

The awards d over to physical persona and organizations:

▪ National Quality Award of the Slovak Republic for the year 2014,

▪ National Award of the Slovak Republic for Social Responsibility 2014,

▪ The Award for journalistic contribution in the area of quality of work, production and life 2014,

▪ Top Quality Managers of 2014,

▪ CAF Model External Feedback CAF,

▪ Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Quality.

At the end of the month, on 27 November 2014, the UNMS SR organized 11th National Conference on Quality that brought together the quality experts from various regions of Slovakia. They were given opportunity to exchange experience and learn more about new projects on quality improvement in orga-nizations, private and public sector.

The National Quality Award of the Slovak Republic

The National Quality Award (afterwards the National Award or competition) celebrated the jubilee of fi fteenth year in 2014. During the competition course more than 80 organizations have obtained the National Award. The National Award is unique in Slovakia. The organizations are not just valued, but also supported in their continuous improvement and effi ciency through the implementation of the EFQM Excellence or the CAF Model.

In the course of the 15th National Award following activities were carried out:

▪ Free Information seminar. The seminar took place on 11 February 2014 and was destined for the orga-nisations from the business as well as public sector with the aim to provide information on the process and methodology of competition.

▪ Training of Quality Models. The training was designed to organizations that have signed up for the competition till 28 February 2014. They were given opportunity to train their representatives in quali-ty models implementation. The training on the EFQM Excellence Model was held on 3 — 4 March 2014, for the CAF Model on 5 — 6 March 2014.

▪ Specialized Training on Writing a Self-assessment Report. The training session was held on 18 March 2014 both for the EFQM Excellence Model and the CAF Model.

▪ Assessment of Competitors Self-assessment Reports. Self-assessment reports were delivered by 16 or-ganizations to 2 May 2014. These reports were assessed by a team of external assessors who processed the scoring and verbal assessment of the organizations and sent it to the UNMS SR as the announcer of the competition.

▪ Assessment interviews with the competitors took place at the UNMS SR headquarters and were led by the assessors. The interviews were aimed at informing the competitors about preliminary results including their reports and site visits.

▪ Site visits. External assessors performed site visits at the headquarters of competing organizations. The aim was to verify information, clarify uncertainties and provide evidence to support the self-as-sessment report.

▪ Session of the Evaluation Commission. On the basis of data from external assessors the UNMS SR pro-cessed information for the evaluation commission, which provided basis for its decision on the win-ners, and awarded competitors of the 15th year of competition. Following the session the competitors received notifi cation of the results and order of winners of the competition as well as the feedback reports from site visit with determined strengths and challenges for improvement irrespective criteria of the quality model.

Table No. 19: Winners and awarded organizations of the National Quality Award of the Slovak Repub-lic for 2014

Award Cathegory of the Competition Organization/Entity

Winner

A1 HANIL E-HWA AUTOMOTIVE SLOVAKIA, s. r. o.

B1 I.TRAN., s. r. o.

C3 Zariadenie sociálnych služieb Slnečný dom, n. o.

Awarded FinalistC3 Fakulta riadenia a informatiky Žilinskej univerzity v Žiline

C3 IUVENTA — Slovenský inštitút mládeže

Performance Improvement Award C2 Mestská časť Bratislava-Petržalka

Award for the Participation in the Competition

C3 Univerzita veterinárneho lekárstva a farmácie v Košiciach

Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave

The National Award of the Slovak Republic for Social Responsibility 2014

At present social responsibility becomes a topic of interest gaining considerable attention. Thus in 2014 it became also one of the NQP priorities aimed at encouraging both private and public sector bodies to adhere to socially responsible behaviour that implies the commitments for the entity to behave ethi-cally, contribute to sustainable economic development, improve quality of life for employees and their families, as well as local communities, and society as a whole. The UNMS SR, keeping in mind promotion of social responsibility, announced the fi rst contest for the National Award of the Slovak Republic for Social Responsibility 2014 The course of the competition was similar to the National Quality Award of the Slovak Republic. Organizations that entered the contest by the deadline received training on methodo-logy of competition. Susequiently, after carrying out the self-assessment they drafted a report on social responsibility that included their approach and the results achieved as regards social responsibility. The assessors provided for the evaluation in the context of this competition including examination of the report on social responsibility and on-site assessment accomplished directly at the competitor. The decisiopn on awards within the framework of the competition was taken by the assessors’ commission.

Table No. 20: Awarded entities of the National Award of the Slovak Republic for Social Responsibility 2014

Award Cathegory of the Competition Organization/Entity

Awarded FinalistB1 Operačné stredisko záchrannej zdravotnej služby SR

B2 Obec Janova Lehota

The Award for best journalistic contribution in the area of quality of work, production and life 2014

The mission of this competition is to gain and disseminate new information in the area of quality of work, production and life in Slovakia for a continuous improvement and leading innovation. The competition aims to highlight the work of journalists, columnists, editors, researchers and graduate students, focu-sing on quality, encourage them and reward exceptional contributions that capture the above subjects and promote raising public awareness about the issue and its benefi ts to society.

The competition included contributions published between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 dealing with the issue of quality of work, production and life.

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Table No. 21: Overview of winners

Cathegory Awarded Compe-titors Tiltle of the Contribution/Article

Best Newspaper Contribution Ján Košturiak Moderný manažment? Ako za socíku.

Najlepší Expertise Contribution Alžbeta Szabóová Interný dokument — môj kolega, môj partner

Najlepší Scientifi c Contribution

Anna Šatanová a kolektív

How Slovak small and medium manufacturing enterprises maintain quality costs: an empiri-cal study and proposal for a suitable model

Best Dissertation Peter Madzík Tvorba a riadenie vzťahov medzi praxou a vzdelávaním

Best Thesis Tomáš Paukovček Sledovanie a vyhodnocovanie spokojnosti zákazníka

Top Quality Managers of 2014

UNMS SR provided for 12th year of the contest for the Top Quality Manager. The mission of the com-petition is to enhance the tradition of the assessment and measurement of signifi cant representatives of quality management in the Slovak Republic. Appreciation is determined by the quality manager and persons in positions directly related to quality management, who daily contribute to the development and advancement of their own organizations.

Table No. 22: Overview of the winners of Top Quality Manager 2014

Category of the Competition Awarded

Top Quality Managers of the Year 2014 — Private Sector

Pavol Šurín, Business Excellence Manager, PosAm, Ltd.

Top Quality Managers of the Year 2014 — Public Administration Sector

Miroslav Hrnčiar, Manager of Quality, Faculty of Management and informatics, University of Žilina

The Award for lifetime contribution in the fi eld of quality

The personalities whose work and enthusiasm contributed signifi cantly to the fact that quality is not just a concept, but it is part of the daily life of every citizen of the Slovak Republic were awarded during the ceremony of the National Quality Award.

At this occasion The President of the UNMS SR awarded the Plaque of the President of the UNMS SR to:

▪ prof. Ing. Ivana Slimák, CSc.

▪ prof. Ing. Alexander Linczényi, CSc.

CAF External Feedback

The UNMS SR acts as the National Organiser of the CAF external feedback which serves for evaluation of effectiveness of the CAF implementation in public administration sector. In 2014 the Supreme Audit Offi ce of the Slovak Republic (afterwards the NKU SR) passed successfully the assessment of External Feedback and obtained the Effective CAF User Label. The NKU SR is the fi rst entity in the Slovak Republic that won this label for the second time.

National conference „Quality — the Journey to Excellence and Social Responsibility“

In 2014 the UNMS SR organized the 11th Annual Conference on Quality. It was held in the Tatra Hotel in Bratislava on 27 November 2014. The annual conference was focused on presentation of exceptional organizations and exceptional projects aimed at enhancing quality and social responsibility as regards both private and public sector. The conference also introduced the winners of the National Quality Award for 2014 into the Hall of Fame.

12. Testing

The substantial task of the Department of Testing at the UNMS SR is creating the state policy in the area of conformity assessment as well as granting and withdrawing authorizations in accordance with the Act on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment, in line with the Resolution of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 492 of 30 May 2001 determining the National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis 2001 as regards implementation of notifi cations of Slovak authorized bodies to European Commission and other Member States.

LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO THE FIELD OF TESTING AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

In the area of conformity assessment the key law is the Acts on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment. An overview of regulations relating to this Act can be found on the UNMS SR web-site: http://www.unms.sk/swift_data/source/dokumenty/skusobnictvo/2014/zoznam_ao/zoznam%20predp_264-NV_AO-NO%20_2014-11.pdf.

These are the rules defi ning technical requirements for the specifi c groups of products by which transposi-tion of so called „Product“ EU Directives is secured. Their overview can be found on the European Commis-sion website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.main.

The UNMS SR is both authorizing and notifying body pursuant to all these rules.

As regards the non-harmonized area, there are technical requirements for popular entertainment means, playground equipment, sports and recreational facilities, and the fi rearms and ammunition defi ned by the Government Regulations. The Government Regulation of Firearms and Ammunition is securing imple-mentation of the CIP decision into Slovak legislation.

TRANSPOSITION OF THE DIRECTIVES INTO THE LEGISLATION OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

In the context of transposing the Commission Directive 2013/52/EU of 30 October 2013 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (Offi cial Journal L 304, 14 November 2013), the department staff was involved in the preparation of Government Regulation No. 304/2014 Coll., amending and sup-plementing Government Regulation No. 243/2001 Coll., laying down details of technical requirements and conformity assessment procedures for marine equipment, as amended.

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE PREPARATION OF EUROPEAN LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF CONFOR-MITY ASSESSMENT

In 2014, the employees of the Department of Testing participated actively in the preparation of directly effective EU regulation on gas appliances, which is the subject of alignment with the New Legislative Framework.

REPRESENTING THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC IN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION WORKING GROUPS

In 2014, one member of the Testing Department staff represented Slovak Republic in the Commission‘s expert group „Internal Market for Products – Accreditation and Conformity Assessment Policy“. The em-ployees of the Department also represented Slovak Republic in working groups dealing with the EC di-rective as regards: the lifts, explosives for civil use, pyrotechnical products, medical devices, electrical equipment operating within certain voltage, electromagnetic compatibility, radio equipment and tele-communications terminal equipment, personal protective equipment.

AUTHORIZATION

Till 31 December 2014 the Department of Testing provided for methodical management of 21 authorized bodies under the Act on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment. One of these bodies is performing conformity assessment of military weapons, explosives and ammunition according to the NATO standards. Functioning of one authorized body was terminated in 2014.

In 2014, the Department issued eight new decisions on authorisation according to the Act on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment, when the previous decisions on authorization ex-

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pired or changed as a result of changes in legislation, in the scope of the authorization or changes in the statutory representative of the authorized body, etc. There were two authorization audits carried out.

NOTIFICATION

The Testing Department provided the notifi cation of the Slovak authorized bodies according to the New Approach Directives. As of 31 December 2014 the Slovak Republic had twenty notifi ed bodies, out of which is notifi ed for performance of the activities as recognized competent third party in accordance with Annex 1, Article 3.1.3 of the Directive No. 97/23/EC on Pressure Equipment.

IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROL ACTIVITIES

In 2014, the experts of the Testing Department carried out one control focused on the activities and compliance with the condition stipulated by the Decision on authorization, and together with SNAS they conducted 20 assessments of compliance with the notifi cation requirements for accreditation with a view to authorization and notifi cation. When assessing the professional competence of applicants for authorization and notifi cation, as well as of the existing authorized bodies/notifi ed bodies „the accre-ditation for the authorization/notifi cation purposes“ is used, within which notifi cation requirements are assessed directly by the UNMS SR staff from their position of the competent authority for authorization and notifi cation.

This accreditation certifi cate is to be considered as the evidence demonstrating fulfi lling the require-ments stipulated for the authorized body/notifi ed body.

The institute of the „accreditation for the designation/notifi cation purposes“ which came into force on 1 January 2010 according to the Document EA-2/17: 2009, is used for the full assessment of the autho-rized body/notifi ed body competence. The assessment according to the standards EN ISO / IEC 17065, EN ISO / IEC 17021, EN ISO / IEC 17024 or EN ISO / IEC 17020 or EN ISO / IEC 17025 carried out by SNAS assessors is supplemented by an assessment of the authorization/notifi cation requirements according to the Act on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment, directives or government re-gulations, recommendations and guidelines which is performed directly by the UNMS SR experts. The ex-perts having knowledge of the products in question participate at the assessments. Thus the assessment framework encompasses all the requirements, and the assessed body is not burdened with the additional assessment procedures.

European Commission initiated active co-operation with authorizing bodies of respective Member States in monitoring the activities of notifi ed bodies in the area of medical devices.

One voluntary joint assessment of the notifi ed body acting in the area of medical devices was carried out in co-operation with the European Commission and representatives of the Member States United Kingdom and France.

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

A task concerning management and updating the web site www.certifi katy.sk was implemented in 2014 in accordance with methodological guidelines for development of testing, standardization and metrology. This website is disclosing information on EC certifi cates issued in accordance with the Directive of EP and Council No. 2004/22/EC on Measuring Instruments transposed into Slovak legislation by the Government Regulation No. 294/2005 Coll. on Measuring Instruments, and Directive of EP and Council No. 2009/23/EC on Non-automatic Weighing Instruments transposed into the Slovak legislation by the Government Re-gulation No.399/1999 Coll. via which the Details of Technical Requirements for Non-automatic Weighing Instruments are laid down.

NOTIFIED BODIES WORKING GROUP ACTIVITIES

In 2014, there were fi ve working groups on the national level constituted and operate in line with the statutes. The working groups are dealing with technical issues related to the conformity assessment of products with the aim of securing uniform application of technical provisions of the EU Directives. They

are also drafting joint opinions on topics that are dealt with on European level. Experts from respective sectors, surveillance bodies or other state administration bodies are invited to take part in the meetings. A representative of the working group, primarily the Chairman of the Working Group elected by the members in line with the statute, is participating at European meetings titled „Notifi ed Bodies Forum“.

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

One representative of Testing Department attended the 6th Conference on „Safety of Technical Equipment“, organized annually by the Technical Inspection, a joint stock company, where he made a presentation on „Conformity Assessment of Products and Free Movement of Goods“.

The Johann Wolfgang Kempelen Prize for testing awarding ceremony was held by the President of the UNMS SR on 7 October 2014 to mark the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Act on technical require-ments for products and conformity assessment by the National Council of the Slovak Republic. This prize is awarded to a person or a working team for signifi cant contribution to development of testing or conformity assessment in the Slovak Republic. The laureates of the prize are: Ing. Janka Vnenčáková (VÚCHV), Bc. Kvetoslava Steinlová (UNMS SR), Ing. Jozef Krošlák (WIPO), Ing. Rudolf Dušanič, PhD. (Technical inspection), Ing. Pavel Bačurík (EVPU), Ing. John Hanak (SMU), Ing. William Mazur (SMU), the employees´ team from TSUS testing and calibration laboratory. The program of the ceremony continued with expert seminars for representatives of authorized/notifi ed bodies.

EUDAMED

In accordance the Commission Decision No. 2010/227/EU of 19 April 2010 on a European databank on medi-cal devices (Eudamed) the employees of the Testing Department provided for records on certifi cates issued by the Slovak notifi ed bodies active in the fi eld of medical devices. Said database contains data on registra-tion of medical devices manufacturers, as well as data related to issued, renewed, modifi ed, suspended, withdrawn or refused certifi cates, data collected in accordance with the vigilance procedure, and data on clinical trials.

During 2014, we entered data on 178 certifi cates issued by the Slovak notifi ed bodies into the database. Of these certifi cates 112 were issued, 1 suspended, 16 withdrawn and 49 revoked certifi cates, respectively.

1) Authorisation Granting and Withdrawing

Table No. 23: Number of Authorized Bodies

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 199811 20 20 21 24 25

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 200424 31 46 47 49 30

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 201024 23 26 25 26 26

2011 2012 2013 201426 25 24 21

Table No. 24: Issuing New Decisions on Authorisation

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 15 14 13 9 8

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Table No. 25: Granting Authorisation for New Subjects

2010 2011 2012 2013 20141 1 1 0 0

Table No. 26: Authorisation Revoking/Terminating

2010 2011 2012 2013 20140 0 2 2 1

2) Implementation of Directives

Table No. 27: Implementation of Directives

2010 2011 2012 2013 20145 2 1 1 1

3) Control of authorized/notifi ed bodies activities

Table No. 28: Control of Authorized/Notifi ed Bodies Activities

2010 2011 2012 2013 20149 6 8 19 21

4) organization of seminars, testing department representatives participating in expert seminars

Table No. 29: Organization of Seminars

2010 2011 2012 2013 20146 1 1 0 2

13. Slovak Institute of Metrology

Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMU) is a state subsidized organization functioning as the national met-rology institution. It is a scientifi c research institution fulfi lling also wide range of other tasks in the fi eld of metrology. These activities and confi rmed outcomes as regards international comparison of results in metrological activities acquired the SMU respect and reputation both at home and abroad.

NATIONAL MEASUREMENT STANDARDS

The fundamental pillar of Slovak metrology system is the existence of national measurement stan-dards and traceability of all secondary and working measurement standards, measuring instruments and materialized measure to national standards. SMU in 2014 maintained and developed 29 national and 5 other standards. Their international acceptance is confi rmed by key comparison measurements of the BIPM, EURAMET and COOMET and documented in CMC tables managed by high authority of the BIPM. As a result of the reorganization of the institute structure were several measurement standards relocated to renovated premises and re-operationalize.

Table No. 30: Review of National Measurement Standards

NE 001/97 National Measurement Standard for Electric Resistance

NE 002/97 National Measurement Standard for Lenght

NE 003/97 National Measurement Standard for Mass

NE 004/97 National Measurement Standard for Time and Frequency

NE 005/97 National Measurement Standard for Radiant Flux and Irradiation Intensity

NE 006/97 National Measurement Standard for Pressure

NE 007/97 National Measurement Standard for Absolute Pressure in the Range from 10 kPa to 1 Mpa

NE 008/97 National Measurement Standard for Density of Liquids and Rigid Bodies

NE 009/97 National Measurement Standard for Viskosity of Liquids

NE 010/97 National Measurement Standard for Index of Refraction for Transparent Solids in the Visible Range of the Spectrum

NE 011/99 National Measurement Standard for DC Voltage

NE 012/98 National Measurement Standard for Intensity of Light

NE 013/98 National Measurement Standard for Length

NE 014/98 National Measurement Standard for Electric Capacity

NE 015/98 National Measurement Standard for X-ray Radiation Dosimetric Quantities

NE 016/98 National Measurement Standard for Neutrons

NE 017/99 National Measurement Standard for Radionuclide Activity

NE 019/99 National Measurement Standard for Acoustic Pressure in the Air Environment

NE 020/A/99 National Measurement Standard for Temperatures in the Temperature Range from — 38.8344 °C to 961.78 °C

NE 020/B/99 National Measurement Standard for Temperatures in the Temperature Range from 962 °C to 2200 °C

NE 021/99 National Measurement Standard for Flow and Water Flow Consumption

NE 022/99 National Measurement Standard for Amount of Substance

NE 023/99 National Measurement Standard for Fraction of Amount of Substance in the Gaseous Phase

NE 024/02 National Measurement Standard for High-Frequency Voltage

NE 026/07 National Measurement Standard for Electrolytic Conductivity

NE 027/02 National Measurement Standard for Spectral Transmittance

NE 028/02 National Measurement Standard for Dosimetric Quantities of Gamma Radiation

NE 034/06 National Measurement Standard for pH

NE 035/07 National Measurement Standard for Flow Rate and Volume of Gas Flow

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STATE ADMINISTRATION BODY

In 2014, the SMU as a state administration body in the fi eld of metrology coordinated, organized and accomplished following tasks and activities within the scope defi ned by the Act on metrology:

▪ The metrological control of legally controlled measuring instruments (type approval of measuring, instruments, verifi cation of legally controlled measuring instruments),

▪ Recognition of test results carried out for type approval of the measuring instrument with verifi cati-on, of the conditions for recognition of the initial verifi cation carried out in an EU Member State,

▪ Verifi cation of competence in the fi eld of metrology by examination, and issuance of documents on, competence in the fi eld of metrology,

▪ Assessing the fulfi lment of qualifi cations of the applicant for an authorization.

CERTIFICATION AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

In 2014, the SMU held following accreditation certifi cates for product certifi cation according to ISO/IEC 17065, accredited in 2012 by Slovak National Accreditation Service.

The SMU is an authorized body SKTC 102 and notifi ed body No 1781 in the fi eld of conformity assessment in accordance with the Act No. 264 on technical requirements for products and on conformity assessment as amended, and the Government Ordinance No. 294/2005 Coll. on measuring instruments in the wording the Government Ordinance No 445/2010 by which Directive of the European Parliament and Council No 2004/22/EC (Measuring Instruments Directive — MID) was implemented into Slovak legislation.

The certifi cation body for certifi cation of products is executing conformity assessment in the scope as follows.

Table No. 31: Measuring Instruments Conformity Assessment

Measuring instrument type Conformity assessment procedure Number of the annex

Water meters B, F, D, H1 MI-001Gas meters and volume conversion de-vices B, F, D, H1 MI-002

Electricity meters B, F, D, H1 MI-003

Heat meters B, F, D MI-004Measuring systems for continuous and dynamic measurement of quantities of liquids other than water

B, F, G, D MI-005

Taxameters F MI-007Material measures — capacity serving measures A1, B, F1, D, D1, E, E1, H MI-008

Dimensional measuring instruments — instruments for measuring length G MI-009

Exhaust gas analyzers F MI-010

Non-automatic Weighing Instruments

Declaration of conformity for the Weighing Instru-ments with certifi ed type (quality assurance) accor-ding to Annex. 2, point 2, EC verifi cation in accor-

dance with Annex. 2, point 3, EC verifi cation without type testing according to Annex. 2 point 4 of the Go-vernment Ordinance No. 399/1999 Coll. as amended

by and the Government Ordinance No. 150/2002 Coll.

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QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The SMU as the fi rst national metrological institute in Europe (EU and associated countries) gained confi -dence as regards the quality management system by all members at the QS — Forums EUROMET meeting in March 2001, with renewal in March 2012.

On 4th and 19th May, 2014 was performed in the SMU certifi cation audit by auditors of certifi cation body ELBACERT according to ISO 9001: 2008 for its entire area of activities as a national metrological institu-tion. Results of audit showed that quality management system is implemented and functional. The area of the quality management system also applies to „the execution of certifi cation, conformity assessment, assessment of activities related to the production of a specifi ed product — the measuring instrument and carrying out the tests for specifi ed products — measuring instruments“.

As regards carrying out the tests related to conformity assessment pursuant to § 9 of the Government Re-gulation No 294/2005 Coll. on measuring instruments, the SMU has accredited testing laboratories under the ISO / IEC 17025. On 27th May, 2014 was the quality management system in metrology laboratories of SMU audited by the external audit (peer review EURAMET TC-Q), led by Mr. Wolfgang Mikovits (Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen BEV).

The tests are carried out in the SMU testing and calibration laboratories under the ISO / IEC 17025, with the laboratories having demonstrated continuity as regards national measuring standards bearing the units in accordance with the International System of Units (SI), and calibration certifi cates are issued in accordance with an agreement on mutual recognition of national measurement standards and calibration certifi cates of calibration, and measurement results issued by national metrology institutes (the MRA).

Based on the results of international comparative measurements of the calibration and measurement capabilities the SMU was introduced into the CMC Tables that recognize national metrology institutes and accreditation bodies represented in the ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation).

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

The SMU organized and performed trainings that were aimed at two areas: the needs of general practice and for its own employees. Professional metrology courses for external stakeholders were focused on the issues of verifi cation and assembly of legally controlled measuring instruments, as well as the imple-mentation of offi cial measurement, calibration and quality management system. In recent year the SMU Educational Centre carried out 53 training courses and seminars that were attended by 528 participants, including SMU employees.

Training activities for the SMU employees, the new staff members in particular, were primarily focused on increasing professional expertise in the fi eld of national measurement standards, topical knowledge of legislative issues, improvement of the quality management system and enhancing knowledge related to safety and health protection at work issues.

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

In 2014, the SMU participated in the international comparative measurements within the BIPM technical committees, regional metrology organizations Euramet and COOMET as well as in the framework of bila-teral cooperation. The comparisons were carried out in a wide range of quantities, namely of fl ow, phy-sical chemistry and thermometry. Based on the results of international comparisons, the calibration and measurement capabilities (CMCs) of national metrology institute s are continuously determined, which is declared in the key comparisons database (KCDB) managed by the BIPM (see www.bipm.org). Preparation and updating of the CMC Tables is a continuous process within which all national metrological institutes constantly prove their ability to perform measurements at the highest possible level. Declaring the NE in the CMC Tables entitles the SMU to use the BIPM Logo on its calibration certifi cates as evidence thereof.

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The SMU staff members are participating in advisory BIPM committees, technical committees of regional metrological organizations Euramet and COOMET, working groups of the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) and European Cooperation in Legal Metrology (WELMEC).

PROVISION OF METROLOGICAL SERVICES

According to § 32 paragraph 2 of the Act. 142/2000 Coll. on Metrology as amended, as well as in accor-dance with its Foundation Charter, the SMU provides calibration of a wide range of measuring instruments in the non-regulated sector, verifi cation of legally controlled measuring instruments and certifi ed refe-rence materials.

Table No. 32: Overview of types of measuring instruments verifi cation and calibration of which the SMU provides

▪ Dosimetric quantities of ionizing radiation (kerma in air, absorbed dose in water, spatial dose equivalent, personal dose equivalent and their inputs) for the quality of gamma rays, X-rays, neutrons, radionuclide activity (including surface and bulk).

▪ Electrolytic conductivity gauges, humidity meters, spectral transmittance and absorbance meters, the composition of exhaust gases, breath alcohol analysers, refract meters, pH meters, process gas chromatographs to measure the composition of natural gas.

▪ Gauges for quantities: length, angle, roughness, time, frequency, frequency of rotation, gauge blocks and linear scales, measuring apertures, angular gauges, automatic level gauges, roughness measurement standards, roadside speed meters, microphones, acoustic dosimeters, sound level meters, etc.

▪ DC voltage and current, low frequency AC voltage and current, power and electrical work of electric current, multifunctional electrical meters, electrical resistance, electrical capacity, high frequency voltage, high frequency power.

▪ Photometry, thermometry, pyrometry, radiometry.

▪ Non-automatic weighing instruments, weights, automatic weighing machines. Measuring glass, glass areometers, vibration densitometers, level gauges. Piston, deforming, mercury and electro-nic pressure gauges, pressure transducers. Electronic, deformation and ionization absolute pressu-re gauged. Capillary, rotational and Hoppler viscometers.

▪ Flow meters for liquids other than water, water meters, measuring tanks, level gauges, gas meters, volume converters of gas and liquids, the fl ow meters in the open channels, measuring containers, measuring instruments for the air and other gases. Piston, deformation, mercury and electronic pressure gauges, pressure transducers. Electronic, deformation and ionization vacuum gauges.

METROLOGICAL RESEARCH

Cooperation among respective national metrology institutions in the area of metrological research was taking place through participation in the European metrology research program (EMRP) supported by the European Union. The Euramet is responsible for development and implementation of this program. The SMU has been cooperating with foreign partners at 17 EMRP projects. 8 projects were completed in 2014. For dealing with the project tasks the SMU representatives attended 15 project meetings during a year.

Table No. 33: The SMU involvement in EMRP projects in 2014

No. Title of project Duration of project

1. ENV01 MACPoll — Metrology for chemical pollutants in air 1. 06. 2011 — 31. 05. 2014

2. ENV05 Ocean — Metrology for ocean salinity and acidity 1. 09. 2011 — 31. 08. 2014

3. ENV09 MetroRWM — Metrology for radioactive waste management 1. 09. 2011 — 31. 08. 2014

4. IND01 HITEMS — High temperature metrology for industrial applications (>1000 °C)

1. 10. 2011 — 30. 09. 2014

5. IND03 HighPRES — High pressure metrology for industrial applications

1. 10. 2011 — 30. 09. 2014

6. IND04 MetroMetal — Ionising radiation metrology for the metallurgical industry

1. 10. 2011 — 30. 09. 2014

7. ENV07 MeteoMet — Metrology for pressure, temperature, humidity and airspeed in the atmosphere

1. 11. 2011 — 31. 10. 2014

8. ENV06 EUMETRISPEC — Spectral reference data for atmospheric monitoring

1. 12. 2011 — 30. 11. 2014

9. SIB09 Elements — Primary standards for challenging elements 1. 06. 2012 — 31. 05. 2015

10. HLT09 MetrExtRT — Metrology for radiotherapy using complex radiation fi elds

1. 06. 2012 — 31. 05. 2015

11. NEW07 THz Security — Microwave and terahertz metrology for homeland security

1. 06. 2012 — 31. 05. 2015

12. SIB05 NewKILO — Developing a practical means of disseminating the new kilogram

1. 09. 2012 — 31. 08. 2015

13. SIB51 GraphOhm — Quantum resistance metrology based on graphene

1. 06. 2013 — 31. 05. 2016

14. ENG52SmartGrid II — Measurement tools for Smart Grid stability and quality

1. 06. 2014 — 31. 05. 2017

15. ENG54Biogas — Metrology for biogas 1. 06. 2014 — 31. 05. 2017

16. ENG61 FutureGrid — Non-conventionalvoltage and current sensorsfor future power grids

1. 06. 2014 — 31. 05. 2017

17. ENG63GridSens — Sensor network metrology for the determination of electrical grid characteristics

1. 06. 2014 — 31. 05. 2017

ECONOMY ISSUES

In 2014 the SMU, the subsidized organization, was fi nanced according to the contract concluded with its founding body and from own funds. All tasks pertaining to the SMU were specifi ed in the contract. These included maintenance and development of national measurement standards in the Slovak Republic, and other duties of the SMU arising from the Act No. 142/2000 Coll. on metrology as amended and from in-ternational conventions.

The implemented tasks represented priorities of the state interest and this was also expressed by their funding with participation of the state that was covering either partial or total expenditures.

In line with program planning, the contract concluded between the founder and the institute was based on the Metrology sub-program setting the tasks for national metrological institution - i.e. the tasks ai-med at keeping the national measurement standards, the tasks of the state administration body in the fi eld of metrology, as well as ensuring of procedures in relation to the transformation process of SMU in accordance with Government Resolution No. 173 of 16 April 2014. Base of that resolution was the SMU included in the transformation process.

Specifi c tasks defi ned in the contract were as follows:

1. national standards — ensuring the maintenance of national measurement standards underpinning the accuracy and consistency of measurement in Slovakia and their international equivalence,

2. performing system analysis of national measurement standards with aim to their effective use,

3. ensuring implementation of the automatically tracking method for metrological services provided through the national measurement standards and traceable measurement standards,

4. ensuring procedures associated with the transformation of the Institute on a non-profi t organization,5. fulfi lling the tasks of the state administration body.

In addition to the above mentioned, there were also tasks the SMU accomplished with no fi nancial con-tribution from the state budget, i.e. from its own resources:

▪ providing metrological functions and services,

▪ educational activities,

▪ certifi cation and conformity assessment,

▪ business activities.

Tasks related to the international projects implementation (EMRP) were fi nanced in 2014 by own and EU funds.

In accordance with valid regulations and the Foundation Charter, the SMU provides for report on the ex-penses and revenues articulated into core activities and business activities, the latter concerns activities related to rental of property and accommodation services; all other tasks belong to the core activities of the organization.

A detailed overview of the SMU economy issues is given in the tables below.

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Table No. 34: Structure of SMU fi nancing in 2014

I. State budget:

Sources of funds EK Budget Spending to 31. of December 2014 % budget spending

Source 111 – State budget

610 348 000.00 346 284.56 99.51

620 149 100.00 148 521.01 99.61

630 242 500.00 210 016.04 86.60

640 10 400.00 10 273.84 98.79

A. Total 111/2014 750 000.00 715 095.45 95.35

Source 131D - State budget Ballance from 2013

610 — 86 111.84 0.00

620 — 34 358.41 0.00

630 — 306 162.76 0.00

640 — 101 371.16 0.00

B. Total 131/D20131 528 004.17 528 004.17 100.00

C. Total (A+B) 1 278 004.17 1 243 099.62 97.27

II. Own sources:

Sources of funds EK Budget Spending to 31. of December 2014 % budget spending

Source 46 – Own sources

610 600 000.00 551 083.99 91.85

620 240 000.00 228 123.32 95.05

630 1 210 000.00 1 201 537.89 99.30

640 14 000.00 12 577.48 89.84

Total 2 064 000.00 1 993 322.68 96.58

III. Other foreign sources:

Sources of funds EK Budget Spending to 31. of December 2014 % budget spending

Source 35 – Other foreign sources

610 — 15 573.42 -

620 — 6 321.74 -

630 — 46 682.84 -

640 — 0.00 -

Total 0.00 68 578.00 -

Financing SMÚ total (I + II + III):

Sources of funds Budget Spending to 31. of December 2014 % budget spending

I. Total Source 111 a 131D — SB 750 000.00 1 243 099.62 165.75

II. Total Source 46 — Own sources 2 064 000.00 1 993 322.68 96.58

III. Source 35 — Other foreign sources — 68 578.00 -

TOTAL — Financing SMÚ total year 2014 (Current Expenditures — EK 600); (I. + II. + III.) 2 814 000.00 3 305 000.30 117.45

1 Source of Funds – 131D Ballance of Finances of 2013.

Table No. 35: Overview of the SMU by Categories of Tasks in 2014 (in €)

Indicator Core activities Total

Of the main activities

Business activities TOTAL

Maintenance and development of national

measurement standards

Projects Metrological services

Overhead activities*

Expenses 3 960 097.17 1 230 779.28 161 644.91 984 290.62 1 583 382.37 339 488.84 4 299 586.01

Revenues 3 388 013.81 856 064.42 95 630.55 1 576 768.42 859 550.42 380 181.96 3 768 195.77

Profi t/loss before tax -572 083.36 -374 714.86 -66 014.36 592 477.80 -723 831.95 40 693.12 -531 390.24

Income tax 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 952.49 8 952.49

Profi t/loss after tax -572 083.36 -374 714.86 -66 014.36 592 477.80 -723 831.95 31 740.63 -540 342.73

* Support activities related to ensuring the main and business activities of SMU.

Table No. 36: Overall Economic Performance (in €)

Indicator Budget 2014

Reality % Implementation

of budget2014 2013 2012

A. Tax revenue 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 —

B. Non tax revenue 2 072 000.00 1 991 243.41 2 019 899.98 2 162 197.68 96.10%

1. Revenue from own business and property rental 250 000.00 346 834.63 119 143.93 120 229.21 138.73%

2. Administrative fees and other fees and payments 1 800 000.00 1 633 335.28 1 882 218.07 1 999 872.56 90.74%

3. Capital revenues 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -

4. Interests from domestic credits, loans, subsidies, returnable fi nancial subsidies, deposits and premium

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -

5. Interests from foreign credits, loans, subsidies, returnable fi nancial subsidies, deposits and premium

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -

6. Other non tax revenues 22 000.00 11 073.50 18 537.98 42 095.91 50.33%

C. Grants and transfers 850 056.00 887 315.78 2 342 518.77 2 211 515.02 104.38%

1. Domestic grants and transfers 750 000.00 715 095.15 2 181 968.00 1 911 407.00 95.35%

2. Foreign grants and transfers 100 056.00 172 220.63 160 550.77 300 108.02 172.12%

REVENUES TOTAL 2 922 056.00 2 878 559.19 4 362 418.75 4 373 712.70 98.51%

A. Current expenses 2 809 344.86 3 305 000.30 4 094 287.13 3 302 648.78 117.64%

1. Wages, salaries, service related incomes, and other personal compensation

944 000.00 999 053.81 1 373 719.41 1 325 856.09 105.83%

2. Insurance and contribution 388 444.86 417 324.48 540 381.07 483 829.36 107.43%

3. Goods and services 1 452 500.00 1 764 399.53 2 024 330.69 1 446 478.78 121.47%

4. Current transfers 24 400.00 124 222.48 155 855.96 46 484.55 509.11%

B. Capital expenses 112 711.14 112 711.14 44 217.96 0.00 100.00%

1. Procurement of capital assets 112 711.14 112 711.14 44 217.96 0.00 100.00%

2. Capital transfers 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -

EXPENSES TOTAL 2 922 056.00 3 417 711.44 4 138 505.09 3 302 648.78 116.96%

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Table No. 37: Selected data of balance sheet as of 31 December 2014 (in €)

ASSETSCurrent accounting period Immediately preceding

periodBrutto Correction Netto

Non-current Assets 34 121 154.79 20 128 334.58 13 992 820.21 14 839 419.03

Long-term intangible assets 228 738.71 168 330.33 60 408.38 38 776.52

Long-term tangible assets 33 892 416.08 19 960 004.25 13 932 411.83 14 800 642.51

Long-term fi nancial assets 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Current Assets 2 605 781.26 14 631.93 2 591 149.33 3 393 456.89

Inventories 282 541.70 0.00 282 541.70 265 169.64

Claims among entities of public administration 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Long-term receivables 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Short-term receivables 284 317.50 14 631.93 269 685.57 296 672.32

Financial accounts 2 038 922.06 0.00 2 038 922.06 2 831 614.93

Accruals/deferrals 56 603.86 0.00 56 603.86 66 567.09

Prepaid expenses 56 603.86 0.00 56 603.86 58 865.71

Accrued income 0.00 0.00 0.00 7 701.38

Relationships to accounts of State Treasury clients 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

ASSETS TOTAL 36 783 539.91 20 142 966.51 16 640 573.40 18 299 443.01

LIABILITIES Current accounting period Immediately preceding accounting period

Equity 5 091 497.87 5 632 847.26

Differences from evaluation of assets and liabilities 0.00 0.00

Funds 0.00 342 094.97

Result, from which: 5 091 497.87 5 290 752.29

— Undistributed profi t of the previous year 5 631 840.60 5 697 343.07

— Profi t result of the current period -540 342.73 -406 590.78

Commitments 11 460 310.29 12 493 128.70

Reserves 1 468.74 70 501.84

Accounts among entities of public service 10 723 076.21 11 628 239.64

Long-term liabilities 5 545.76 8 243.22

Short-term liabilities 730 219.58 786 144.00

Bank credits and other forms of assistance received 0.00 0.00

Accruals/deferrals 88 765.24 173 467.05

Accrued expenses 0.00 5 663.57

Deferred income 88 765.24 167 803.48

Vzťahy k účtom klientov štátnej pokladnice 0.00 € 0.00

VLASTNÉ IMANIE A ZÁVÄZKY 16 640 573.40 18 299 443.01

14. Technical Testing Institute Piešťany

Technical Testing Institute Piešťany (afterwards “the TSU Piešťany”) is the state enterprise estab-lished by the UNMS SR on the basis of the Act No. 111/1990 Coll. on the state enterprise. From the economic point view, it is a business enterprise not utilizing the public funds from the state budget. It is operating as an independent certifi cation, testing and inspection body for conformity assessment in the area of machinery, consumer goods, gambling machines and devices, as well as conformity attes-tation of construction products. It provides certifi cation of quality management systems, certifi cation of persons, verifi cation and calibration of various kinds of measuring instruments.

TSU Piešťany has been providing professional services to producers and importers of machinery, elect-ro-technical, construction, gaseous, medical and metallurgical products, and consumer goods more than 60 years. In 2014, despite of severe economic situation, TSU Piešťany affi rmed its role within national and international environment of business competitors. This positive development is a result of highly professional management focused on ongoing improvement of high professional level of em-ployees and implementation of new projects which provide further development of the Institute and ensure customer´s satisfaction.

TSU Piešťany is a Notifi ed Body within the European Union with a registration number 1299 for follo-wing EU Directives:

▪ 92/42/EHS Effi ciency requirements for hot water boilers fi red with liquid or gaseous fuels,

▪ 97/23/ES Pressure equipment,

▪ 2000/14/ES Noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors,

▪ 2004/108/ES Electromagnetic compatibility,

▪ 2006/42/ES Machinery,

▪ 2006/95/ES Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits,

▪ 2009/105/ES Simple pressure vessels,

▪ 2009/142/ES Appliances burning gaseous fuels,

▪ 2009/48/ES Safety of toys,

▪ 305/2011 Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonized conditions for the marketing of construction products.

AUTHORIZATION

▪ According to the Act on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment by the UNMS,

▪ According to the Act No. 133/2013 Coll. on construction products as amended, by the Ministry of Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic.

CREDENTIALS

▪ Expert assessment of winning gaming machines and their pay-out and technical devices in accor-dance with the Act No. 171/2005 Coll. on gambling, with the mandate of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic.

▪ Testing, examination and coding of packaging for the dangerous goods transportation according to the international regulations ADR, RID, IATA, IMDG Code, and RTDG as competent body under authorization of the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic.

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▪ Verifi cation of compliance with the safety requirements of technical equipment according to the article 14, paragraph 1 of the Act No. 124/2006 Coll. on occupational safety and health protection, under the authority of the National Labour Inspectorate of the Slovak Republic.

▪ Testing and certifi cation of transport and means of transportation in accordance with the inter-national “Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage” (ATP), with the mandate of the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic.

▪ Providing technical services to verifi cation of transport vehicles, systems, components and indivi-dual technical units and verifi cation of their assessment according to article 25 paragraph 1 a) of the Act No. 725/2004 Coll. on conditions for the operation of vehicles in road traffi c and amending some laws, the mandate of the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic.

▪ Issuing license tags SOLAR KEYMARK for solar thermal collectors, systems and components in accor-dance with the mandate from CEN and its national representative.

ACCREDITATIONS

International accreditation:

▪ TSU Piešťany is accredited in the Certifi cation System GOST-R with registration number РОСС RU.0001.21AЮ23 for machinery and consumer goods, valid until 9th August, 2016. On 16 May 2014, accreditation in Certifi cation System GOST-R has been canceled, at the request of TSÚ Piešťany, š. p.

National accreditations (issued by the Slovak National Accreditation Service):

▪ Testing Laboratories TSU, S-047, valid until 13 September 2018,

▪ Metrological Laboratory, K-21, valid until 10 October 2019,

▪ Certifi cation Body Certifying Products, P-018, valid until 19 December 2015,

▪ CERTITECH — Management Systems Certifi cation Body, Q-007, valid until 14 October 2018,

▪ CERTICOS — Certifi cation Body of Persons, O-018, valid until 11October 2016

▪ Inspection Body, I-007, valid until 14 October 2018,

METROLOGY

TSU Pieťany provides calibration and verifi cation of measures of:

▪ Length — end gauges, callipers, micrometer measures, dial and lever deviation meters, double — con-tact gap measures, fi xed and folding internal micrometers, cylindrical calibres and measuring wires for threads,

▪ Torque — torque wrenches torsion and diffraction (signal), devices for torque wrenches control and torque sensors,

▪ Temperature — resistance temperature and thermoelectric temperature, glass thermometers, ther-mometers with analogue and digital output; infrared radiation thermometers,

▪ Pressure — manometers, vacuum — meters, pressure sensors, registration, indication and differential barometers,

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▪ Electric quantities — voltage, current, electrical resistance, power; oscilloscopes, generators,

▪ Water fl ow — water-meters and quantity fl ow meters to cold and hot water,

▪ Relative humidity — relative humidity measures,

▪ Acoustic pressure — sound level meters and integrating-averaging sound level meters, band pass fi l-ters, measuring microphones, acoustics calibrators, personal sound exposure meters,

▪ Mechanical vibration — vibration meters and accelerometers, calibrators of the mechanical vibrations,

▪ Weight — non-automatic weighing instruments.

Professional services:

▪ Measurement of mechanical and electrical safety,

▪ Measurement of thermal performance of solar collectors,

▪ Dynamical tests by sinus vibrations, random vibrations and shocks on products for the automotive and electronics industries,

▪ Tests of hydraulic pumps and their energetic properties (EKO design),

▪ Pressure tests of tightness of fi re hoses,

▪ Infrared thermography measurement:

▪ Documentation of the insulating properties of refrigeration and freezing storages, buildings and transport equipment, detection of device status of electrical and mechanical equipment for the prevention of various types of disorders (compressors, air conditioners, boilers, etc.),

▪ Detection of structural defects of buildings (insuffi cient or improper application of fi ll sealants, roofi ng damage, etc.),

▪ Providing the determination of mechanical oscillation of hand tools, machines, equipment and house-hold appliances,

▪ Measurement of noise and vibrations in working environment and environment,

▪ Tests of stability and function by the temperature cycles of machinery products in a thermostatic chamber,

▪ Tests of corrosion stability and surface treatments in artifi cial atmosphere,

▪ Tests of material ageing process caused by UV radiation in artifi cial atmospheres,

▪ Climatic tests of materials (temperature, humidity),

▪ Test of resistance to internal pressure of CO2 compressors,

▪ Strength tests pressed joints of cable harnesses,

▪ Performance measurement in Standby mode of control system AK 4000,

▪ Creation of information systems for testing, metrological and certifi cation activities,

▪ Training activities according to Professional specialization – internal / external.

ECONOMY AND BUDGET EXECUTION

For many years TSU, a state enterprise, covers all its necessities and costs by its own business activities. Since 1999, TSU did not receive any grants or other funds from the state budget. The volume of revenues reached the amount of € 2 649 702 on 31 December 2014. The largest share of revenues represented the revenues in the fi eld of testing and certifi cation in total amount of € 2 118 571. Expenses in 2014 amoun-

ted to € 2 461 092. Share of individual types of costs in total costs: consumption of material and energy 8.09 %, services 15.44 %, personnel expanses 66.26 %, depreciation of assets 6.79 %, fi nancial expanses 0.06 %, taxes and fees 3.39 %.

On 31 December 2014 the trade receivables amounted to € 224 625, thereof amount of € 126 417 repre-sented receivables within the period of the maturity date, € 90 314 receivables till one year overdue and € 7 894 receivables of overdue more than one year.

PERSONNEL ISSUES

On 31 December 2014 the registered number of employed persons was 71, 18 women thereof. Two new employees were admitted, and two employees terminated their employment this year. Human capital is one of the most important factors of competitiveness, and therefore the main objective of personnel policy of TSU Piešťany is to secure professional quality of employees as well as their stabilization and further development. Staff trainings are carried out according to the actual needs for professional and language skills.

Table No. 38: Educational structure of employees to 31 December 2014

Total number of employees 71

University/college education — 2nd degree 30

University/college education — 1st degree 3

High school with certifi cate of graduation 33

Vocational education 5

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15. Slovak Legal Metrology

Slovak Legal Metrology, non-profi t organization performs services in public interest pursuant to the Act No. 213/1997 Coll. on non-profi t organizations providing services in public interest, as later amended. The activities of SLM are focused on research, development, scientifi c and technical services, as well as on information services. SLM is in charge of the execution of the metrological control of measuring instruments in accordance with Act No. 142/2000, § 9 Coll. on Metrology as later amended. SLM as a „de-signated organization“ within the meaning of the Act No. 142/2000 Coll. on Metrology, as later amended, mediates the transfer of units and scale values from national measurement standards to measurement standards used for the verifi cation of legally controlled measuring instruments, and directly on the legal-ly controlled measuring instruments.

DEVELOPMENT OF METROLOGY

SLM performs activities in the regulated sphere in compliance with Act No. 142/2000 Coll. on Metrology as later amended and in accordance with Decree of the Slovak Offi ce of Standards, Metrology and Testing No. 210/2000 Coll. as later amended. In addition, SLM performs calibrations of measuring instruments and examinations for the conformity assessments (Act No. 264/1999 Coll. on technical requirements for products and on conformity assessment and on amendment of some acts, Ordinance of SR government No. 399/1999 Coll. on technical requirements on the non-automatic weighing instruments as later amen-ded, Ordinance of SR government No. 294/2005 Coll. on measuring Instruments as later amended). The substantial part of the above mentioned activities is performed in 48 laboratories of SLM as accredited activities.

Table No. 39: Accredited competence range of laboratories

Measuringinstruments

SLM — accredited activities

Workplaces Bratislava, Nitra Workplaces B. Bystrica, Žilina Workplace Košice

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Length x MI - 007 x x

Volume fl ow rate x MI - 001 x MI - 005MI - 008 x MI - 005

Mass x NAWI x NAWI x NAWI

Mechanical motion x

Pressure x x x

Mechanical material tests x x

Moment of force x x

Temperature x x x

Heat x MI - 004 x

Electrical quantities x x x MI - 003

Frequency, time x

Dosimetry x

Physical quantities x MI - 010

SLM offers also provision of activities over the accreditation scope. The non-accredited activities are performed in accordance with requirements of STN EN ISO/IEC 17025.

PROJECTS FINANCED FROM EXTERNAL RESOURCES

The APVV project „Research and development of new technologies for standardisation and calibration of the measuring instruments and equipment for measuring the liquid hydrocarbon fl ow rates and volumes“, is performed in cooperation with the co-solution organization — University of Žilina. The project is solved on several levels.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR VERIFICATION OF THE FUEL DISPENSERS

Within the project solution, the new automatized measuring system for the verifi cation and calibration of the fuel dispensers is under development. The purpose of the project is the elimination of any possible tampering the data obtained in the process of the fuel dispenser verifi cation or calibration.

In 2014 the application for protection of this solution in form of an utility model was submitted to the Industrial Property Offi ce of SR. In addition a design of an assembly for the fuel dispensers verifi cation was accomplished, including measures for the realisation of a functional prototype.

CALIBRATION/VERIFICATION OF THE FLOAT LEVEL GAUGES

Within the project solution, the functional prototype of a model equipment for the fl oat level gauges verifi cation — ZOH 1 was constructed. The equipment enables a new procedure for testing and calibration of the fl oat level gauges — it is the simulation method based on the principle, when the liquid level movement is replaced by the fl oat hanger movement, while the fl oat height level in the vessel with the testing liquid is not changed.

The equipment ZOH-1 for the simulation testing and verifi cation method for the fl oat level gauges is registered at the Industrial Property Offi ce of SR as the utility model No. 166-2013 named “Methods and equipment for the fl oat level gauges testing and verifi cation”. The measurements shall be put into praxis in the second half of this year, while solving also the second stage of the project — the process automatization.

RADAR LEVEL GAUGES

The project shall solve also the infl uence of the interferences theory related with the radar level gauges calibration. A series of experimental measurements was made in order to identify these infl uences, and eventually, to confi rm the infl uence of the antenna type and shape on the measurements results. When solving this task, the experiences and knowledge from the visited laboratory of the Swedish manufacturer SAAB Rosemount were used.

EXTRAORDINARY AWARD FROM MINISTER

In 2014 SLM was awarded by an extraordi-nary Prize of Minister of Economy for the innovative achievement of the year 2013 „Innovation of the metrological service — verifi cation and calibration of the road ra-dar speedometers“. This award refl ects an enormous personnel, professional and tech-nical potential of SLM, as the purpose of the competition for the Prize of Minister of Economy of SR „innovative achievement of the year“ is to bring the interesting innovati-ve activities of the Slovak entrepreneurs to the attention of the general public.

Fig. No. 5: EXTRAORDINARY AWARD FROM MINISTER

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PRODUCTS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

In 2014 Products Certifi cation Body (afterwards ”the PCB”)performed the measuring instruments conformity assessment in accordance with Act No. 264/1999 Coll. on technical requirements on products and on the conformity assessment and on amendment and supplement of some acts as later amended, and in accordance with the SR government Ordinance No. 294/2005 Coll. on measuring instruments in wording of the SR government Ordinance No. 445/2010 Coll. implementing the European Parliament and Council Directive No. 2004/22/EC (MID) into the Slovak legislation.

The scope of the PCB notifi cation for the measuring instruments conformity assessment and for the evaluation of the conformity assessment procedures (modules) under MID is specifi ed in Table No. 40.

Table No. 40: Scope of the PCB notifi cation for the conformity assessment under MID

Type of measuring instrument Annex of MD Conformity assessment procedure (module)

Water meters MI-001 B, D, F, H1Gas meters and volume convertors MI-002 B, D, F, H1Active electrical energy meters MI-003 B, D, F, H1heat meters MI-004 B, D, F, H1Measuring systems for continuous and dynamic measurement of quantities of liquids other than water

MI-005 B, D, F, G, H1

Taximeters MI-007 B, D, F, H1Materialised measures — capacity serving measures

MI-008 Chapter II A1, B, D, D1, E, E1, F1, H

Exhaust gas analyzers MI-010 B, D, F, H1

The tests necessary for the measuring instruments conformity assessment according to the modules B and F under MID were carried out at the particular workplaces of SLM. The tests over the activities scope of the SLM laboratories were performed in other testing laboratories based on the subcontracting agreements, or the applicant submitted the test reports on the required tests performed by the accredited testing laboratories.

ARRANGEMENT OF INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON MEASUREMENTS (ILCM)

SLM arranges the ILCM since 2001; since 2004 this activity is already accredited. All the programs of ILCM are organized in accordance with the requirements of the international standard ISO/IEC 17043: 2010 Conformity assessment. All the comparison measurements performed in 2014 were arranged within the accreditation scope, and the fi nal reports were distributed marked by the SNAS logo. 17 planned ILCMs for 2014 were during the year added by another 4 ILCMs. Toward the end of 2014 3 comparison measurements were still in process, 3 another ILCMs were in the stage of evaluation and all the others were accomplished by issuing the fi nal report.

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Revenues

The revenues contributed to the economy of the SLM by the amount of € 4 311 781.01 EUR. The biggest revenues share in amount of € 4 163 000 came from the metrological performances. Other items of revenues are rental in amount of € 18 000 and various other revenues (interests on

deposits, billed services related to rental and others) in amount of € 19 000, drawings from 2% tax contributions amounting to € 8 4 000, clearing of the contributions from APVV funds in amount of € 102 000. The internal revenues reached € 79 576.80. The total amount of revenues for 2014 is € 4 391 357.80.

Costs

The costs entering the economy result for 2014 reached € 4 035 993.27. The total costs including the in-house ones in amount of € 79 576.80 reached the sum of € 4 116 955.17. The greatest portion of the total costs is represented by the labour expenses which increased by the index of 1.0463. In 2014 the amount of material costs was € 425 140.64. The most signifi cant item of material costs are the expenses for fuels — € 152 413.20. The expenses for energy, water and gas reached the amount of 73 425.51 EUR. The purchase of small tangible assets represented the sum of € 87 306.29. The costs for services were paid in amount of € 619 133.21. The travel expenses — € 71 942.36, repair and maintenance — € 181 109.81, calibration of measurement standards — € 34 666.50 were another signifi cant items in the category of costs for services. Other expenses in amount of € 38 077.20 include taxes on property, insurance (property and employees), bank charges, write-offs of bad debts, etc. In 2014, the depreciations of assets were cleared in amount of € 364 926.43.

Number of employeesOn the 31 December 2014 the registration number of SLM´s employees was 114.7. The survey and structure of the personnel are specifi ed in the following table.

Table No. 41: Survey of the employees’ structure

Indicator SLM SLM

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Average adjusted number of employees in 2014 114.7 26.2 3 21.1 14 18.7 6.4 19.3 6

Number of employees as physical persons on the 31.12. 2014

121 28 3 23 14 20 7 20 6

thereof: — technical staff 66 0 2 17 11 14 6 16 0

— specialists 46 27 1 3 2 3 1 3 6

— assistants 9 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0

% technical staff of the total number of employees 54.5 0 66.7 73.9 78.5 70 85.7 80 0

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16. Slovak Metrological Inspectorate

Inspectorate (afterwards the SMI) is a state administration body in the fi eld of metrology in accordance with § 30 of the Act on metrology. The SMI‘s mission is to participate signifi cantly in ensuring consisten-cy and accuracy of measurements in the Slovak Republic. The SMI mainly provides for protection of the public interest, protection of the legitimate interests of citizens and last but not least protection of the business entities that perform their activities with full liability.

The SMI was established by the UNMS as a state budget organization established in Bratislava on the ba-sis of the Foundation Charter No. 365/93 of 30 December 1993 according to § 28 of the Act No. 567/1992 Coll. on budget rules of the Slovak Republic.

KEY TASKS

State metrological surveillance is the most important activity of the SMI, i.e. monitoring of compliance with obligations set by the Act on metrology. SMI as the state administration body is responsible for the performance of metrological supervision at the same time fulfi ls the role of market surveillance body in the area of measuring instruments placed on the market under the Act on conformity assessment.

In addition to the control activity the SMI makes decisions in administrative proceedings. Another important activity is to deal with suggestions and complaints of citizens, as well as dealing with transferred references from other government bodies in the fi eld of metrology. SMI activities largely protect consumers not only in terms of pricing in direct sales, in the trade relations, but also in terms of health and property protection. Control activities have an impact on the environment, safety and health protection at work.

CONTROL ACTIVITIES

The most important part of SMI activities is the state metrological surveillance. Its focus is based on fi xed annual number of inspections and it is set on regular quarterly meetings of the SMI personnel based on analyses of the results of the previous period and inspectors´ experience. The focus of inspection activity is then incorporated into the weekly plans developed by departments of the SMI.

During the year a total of 1 475 inspections were carried out, the breach of the Act on metrology or the Act on conformity assessment was found in 928 cases (62.92 %). Overview of inspections carried out by the respective departments in 2014 is shown in Table 42.

Table No. 42: Inspections in 2014

Department

Number of inspections with fi nding breach

of the law

Number of inspections without fi nding breach

of the law

Total inspections

Breach ratio of total

inspections in %

Bratislava 166 109 275 60.36

Nitra 206 117 323 63.78

Banská Bystrica 225 129 354 63.56

Košice 331 192 523 63.29

TOTAL 928 547 1 475 62.92

Table No. 43: Overview of the Inspection Activities Plan Implementation in 2014

Controls Plan Real % performance

according to the State policy strategy of standardization, metrology, quality and conformity assessment 700 1021 145.86

of the compliance of the actual content with the nominal quantity of pre-packaged products 200 204 102.00

in areas where the measurement is performed by calibrated measuring instruments 200 237 118.50

controls of measuring instruments placed on the market 15 13 86.67

TOTAL 1 115 1 475 132.29

As shown in Table 43, the SMI met the scheduled task to perform 1 115 inspections in the reporting year. From total of 204 controls focused on compliance of the actual content with the nominal quantity of pre-packaged products in 37 cases (18.13 %) there was found that packer or importer breached obliga-tions as the content did not comply with the stated quantity of pre-packaged product. 6 545 pieces of pre-packaged products were checked, in 871 (13.30 %) cases the pre-packaged products did not comply with specifi ed requirements.

In that year the SMI carried out 237 controls aimed at the use of calibrated measuring instruments in case that the measurement is under a special regulation and is not performed with legally controlled measuring instruments, while in 219 cases (92.40 %) the SMI identifi ed violation of the Act on metrology. Controls were aimed at the use of calibrated measuring instruments in dry, cold and freezing stores in manufacturing facilities, commercial establishments (measuring of temperature and humidity) and ca-tering establishments.

Performing controls of measuring instruments placed on the market in 2014, the SMI found 2 violation of the Act on metrology. 13 measuring instruments placed on the market were inspected during the year.

The SMI continued inspections of registered entities for repair and installation of legally controlled measuring instruments. During the reporting year 22 registered persons were screened. The major fi n-ding can be seen in 14 cases (63.63 %) when the inspectors found non-compliance with the registration requirements. The most frequent fi ndings included non-notifi cation of changes in conditions under which registration was carried out, the responsible representative did not poses a valid proof of competence in the fi eld of metrology, the failing work system (failure time recalibration of measurement standards and measuring instruments), failure to ensure an initial verifi cation of legally controlled measuring instru-ment after a repair, the non-use of sealing mark in accordance with the decision on registration.

In 2014 the SMI continued to perform tasks to carry out inspections of persons authorized for the verifi -cation of legally controlled measuring instruments and the performance of offi cial measurement so that the conditions of authorization were inspected at least every three years each of them. Thirty-six aut-horized entities were examined for verifi cation of legally controlled measuring instruments and offi cial measurement, in 10 cases (27.77 %) a violation of the law was found. Violations related to record keeping of verifi ed legally controlled measuring instruments and the measurement standards, failure of the reca-libration period of the measurement standards, the absence of responsible representatives, the absence of insurance liability for damage caused by operation of the authorized entity, the non-notifi cation of changes under which the authorisation was carried out.

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

For breach or failure to comply with the obligations set by the Act on metrology, in 2014 the SMI initiated 580 administrative proceedings based on the Administrative Code. In 2014 the SMI issued the total of 588 decisions in fi rst instance. 535 decisions (including decisions issued in previous years) entered into force, in the total amount of € 278 590. In 18 cases the SMI decided to stop proceedings against inspected persons suspicious of the breach of the Act on metrology. Furthermore, in 2014 the SMI imposed 94 spot fi nes in amount of € 10 275. Based on issued decisions imposing a fi ne (it is not possible to lodge appeals against spot fi nes and against decisions to stop the proceedings) controlled entities fi led 150 appeals, representing 25.5 % of the number of decisions (every fourth person inspected fi led an appeal against the decision). Within interlocutory revision 8 appeals were resolved, the SMI reduced the amount of the fi ne in 5 cases and reversed the decision on penalty in 3 cases. The appellate body decided on 134 appeals (including appeals submitted at the end of 2013); the appeals of controlled entities were dismissed and the decisions of the SMI upheld in 103 cases, the amount of fi nes was reduced in 7 cases, the decisions of the SMI was changed in 8 cases and the case returned to the SMI for new hearing and decision in 16 cases.

Table No. 44: Overview of the administrative proceedings in 2014

Number of initiated AP 580

Number of decisions (including interlocutory) 588

Number of decisions entered into force 535

including: terminated decisions 18

The amount of the fi nes imposed legally (including spot fi nes) in € 278 590.00

including: paid 202 713.00

Number of appeals submitted 150

Number of second distance decisions on the appeal 134

including: fi ne reduction 7

change the decision 8

cancellation of the decision 0

returned to a new decision 16

fi ne increase 0

dismissal of appeal 103

Number of interlocutory 8

including: fi ne reduction 5

cancellation of the decision 3

authorizati on of instalments 0

EXECUTION PROCEEDINGS

To reclaim the fi nes imposed, the SMI cooperated with four judicial executors. The SMI submitted 86 proposals for the execution in total amount of € 40 099.40. In the execution proceedings it was paid € 15 330.

COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS

As a part of its work the SMI solved complaints and suggestions forwarded directly by citizens or other state administration bodies. In 2014 the SMI received 1 complaint in accordance with the Act No. 9/2010 Coll. which was however referred to the settlement by Slovak Trade Inspection, because SMI was not competent to handle it.

During the year, the SMI received 113 suggestions to carry out the metrological supervision. Inspectors checked 114 suggestions (including suggestions of the end of the year 2013). The SMI also began admini-strative proceedings on the initiative of other state bodies (e.g. the Slovak Trade Inspection, Municipal Police). 37 suggestions of the number were submitted by citizens, most of which concerned the meters for water, non-automatic weighing instruments, fuel sales and quantity of pre-packages. Of this num-ber 13 submissions were justifi ed. Also it was delivered 5 suggestions by corporate entities, from which 3 were justifi ed The Municipal Police delivered 4 submissions concerning the use of the taximeter without valid verifi cation by taxis providers. All of these submissions were justifi ed. The Slovak Trade Inspection transferred to the SMI 63 submissions covering mostly non-verifi ed legally controlled measuring instru-ments (scales, fuel dispensers). Of this number 32 submissions were justifi ed. Next bodies which trans-ferred to the SMI submissions were: the UNMS (5), the Czech Trade Inspection (1), the Slovak Institute of Metrology (1), the Regional Offi ce of Public Health (2), the Regulatory Offi ce for Network Industries (1), the State Energy Inspection (2) and the State Veterinary and Food Administration (1). 7 of them were justifi ed.

Of the 114 investigated submissions in 2014 were 59 justifi ed (51.75 %).

COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

In 2014 the inspectors attended following joint actions with other state administration bodies:

▪ 22 January 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instru-ment – recording instrument in road transport in Hradište and Jerichov, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department Trenčín, Department of special inspections and Labour Inspectorate Trenčín. The violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 24 January 2014 the control of taxi drivers in cooperation with City Police Michalovce Labour Inspec-torate and District Police Department Michalovce (Department of Transport) — the control of taxi services in Michalovce — 15 taximeters were checked, the violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 28 January 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instru-ment — recording instrument in road transport in Nitra carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 30 January and 1 February 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument — taximeters in Považská Bystrica and Púchov, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department Považská Bystrica, and Labour Inspectorate Trenčín. The violation of the law on metrology was found in two cases.

▪ 11 March 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Nitra carried out in cooperation with Regional Police De-partment in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 27 March 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Nitra carried out in cooperation with Regional Police De-partment in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was found in two cases.

▪ 9 May 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument — recording instrument in road transport in Nitra carried out in cooperation with Regional Police De-partment in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 16 May 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Dolné Suroviny (Senica) and Zeleneč (on the highway D1, direction Bratislava), carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Trnava, Depart-ment of special inspections. The violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 21 May 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Jerichov, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department Trenčín, Department of special inspections and Labour Inspectorate Trenčín. The violati-on of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 27 May 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Drietoma, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department Trenčín, Department of special inspections and Labour Inspectorate Trenčín. The violati-on of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 30 May 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Nitra and Šaľa, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 19 June 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Senica, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Trnava, Department of special inspections. The violation of the law on metrology was found there.

▪ 20 June 2014 the control of taxi drivers in cooperation with District Traffi c Inspectorate of the Police Spišská Nová Ves — the control of taxi services in Spišská Nová Ves — 22 taximeters were checked, the violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 4 July and 5th July 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument — taximeters in Považská Bystrica and Púchov, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department Považská Bystrica, and Labour Inspectorate Trenčín. The violation of the law on metrology was found in two cases.

▪ 11 July 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument — recording instrument in road transport in Nitra carried out in cooperation with Regional Police De-partment in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 23 July 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Drietoma, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department Trenčín, Department of special inspections and Labour Inspectorate Trenčín. The violati-on of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 29 July 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument – recording instrument in road transport in Nitra and Telince, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 15 August 2014 the control of taxi drivers in cooperation with District Traffi c Inspectorate of the Police Humenné and Labour Inspectorate Prešov — the control of taxi services in Snina — 10 taximeters were checked, the violation of the law on metrology was found in three cases.

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▪ 19 August 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument — recording instrument in road transport in Dolné Suroviny and Senica, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Trnava, Department of special inspections. The violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 22 August and 23 August 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measu-ring instrument — taximeters in Piešťany and Trnava, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department Trnava, Department of special inspections. The violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 25 August 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instrument — recording instrument in road transport in Ilava, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police De-partment Trenčín, Department of special inspections and Labour Inspectorate Trenčín. The violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 9 September 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instru-ment – recording instrument in road transport in Nitra carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 12 September and 13th September 2014 the control of taxi drivers in cooperation with Regional Poli-ce Department in Prešov and Labour Inspectorate Prešov — the control of taxi services in Snina — 10 taximeters were checked, the violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 25 September 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instru-ment — recording instrument in road transport in Nitra carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 17 October 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instru-ment — recording instrument in road transport in Lúčny Dvor (road I/62), carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Trnava, Department of special inspections. The violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 17 October and 18th October 2014 the control of taxi drivers in cooperation with Regional Police De-partment in Bardejov and Labour Inspectorate Prešov — the control of taxi services in Bardejov — 21 taximeters were checked, the violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

▪ 6 November 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instru-ment — recording instrument in road transport in Nitra carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was found in two cases.

▪ 27 November 2014 — the metrological supervision of users of the legally controlled measuring instru-ment — recording instrument in road transport in Nitra, carried out in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Nitra, Regional Traffi c Inspectorate. The violation of the law on metrology was not found there.

▪ 5 December and 6 December 2014 the control of taxi drivers in cooperation with Regional Police Department in Prešov and Labour Inspectorate Prešov — the control of taxi services in Prešov — 18 taximeters were checked, the violation of the law on metrology was found in one case.

ECONOMY AND BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION

The SMI was assigned a budget of € 404 098 (after internal budgetary arrangements) and fi xed income of € 270 000 (after internal budgetary arrangements too) for the year 2014.The Inspectorate utilised € 403 450.52 from the allocated amount of the budget € 404 098, which represents 99.84 %.

The most important part of effective implementation of current expenses was represented by salary ex-penditures € 204 771 and contributions to insurance funds € 82 143.90. Utilisation of these two economic classifi cation items refl ects 71.11 % of current expenses.

Utilisation of the economic classifi cation item Goods and Services amounted to € 115 836.02, i.e. 28.71 % of current expenses. This utilisation was affected mostly by the following facts:

▪ Inspectors carry out inspection activities daily away from their base and therefore they are entitled to travel expenses (€ 5 960.93),

▪ Because of frequent business trips related to the control activities, funds are spent in a larger volume on transport and road safety (€ 24 005.51),

▪ Providing catering for staff in the form of meal vouchers under the Civil Service Act (€ 5 259.80),

▪ SMI operates in Directorate in Bratislava and in workplaces in Bratislava, Nitra, Banská Bystrica and Košice in rented premises or borrowing state properties (€ 12 462.32),

▪ Because of the low number of employees, the SMI had to ensure the implementation of some works by external agents, which affected the utilization of funds to compensate these external agents who were not in employment (€ 25 535),

Capital resources were not budgeted in 2014.

Table No. 45: Overview of the implementation of current expenses in 2014 in €

Economic classifi cation item, sub-item Budget after adjustments

Implementation of the budget % utilization

610 wages, salaries, other personal expenses 204 771 204 766.86 99.99

620 contributions to insurance funds 82 235 82 143.90 99.89

630 goods and other services 116 382 115 836.02 99.54

631 travel expenses 5 978 5 960.93 99.71

632 energy, water, communication 8 491 8 463.87 99.68

633 material and services 16 692 16 477.03 98.71

634 transportation 24 019 24 005.51 99.94

635 routine and standard maintenance 3 210 3 080.24 95.95

636 rent 12 540 12 462.32 99.38

637 other goods and services 45 452 45 386.12 99.85

640 current transfers 710 703.74 99.12

6 CURRENT EXPENSES 404 098 403 450.32 99.84

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REVENUE

For violating the Act on metrology and the Act on technical requirements on products and on conformity assessment Act on conformity assessment the SMI imposes fi nes that represent the income of the state budget. Other part of income arises from other activities of the SMI. In 2014 the income of SMI was presc-ribed to € 270 000 after internal budgetary arrangements.

In 2014 revenues from all activities of the SMI represented the amount of € 277 486.42 which was 102.77 % to meet the specifi ed binding indicator. The most important part of the revenues represented fi nes and interests on late payments amounting to € 277 250.68. The remaining part of income was re-presented by other non-tax revenues — returns from previous years (€ 235.74).

CLAIMS

In the case of claims of legally imposed fi nes after maturity the SMI during 2014 submitted 86 proposals of judicial execution to enforce the principal together with accessories.

Table No. 46: Summary of claims to the 31st December 2014 in €

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

464.70 4 547.07 9 044.92 23 498.32 40 928.78 1 477.12

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

9 216.26 42 951.15 13 167.62 19 175.40 21 858.26 45 818.58

2012 2013 2014 TOTAL334 560.1621 508.89 19 697.09 50 206.00

The claims for years 2000-2013 are reclaimed by judicial executor as well as claims for the year 2014 more than 60 days after maturity date. During this period the SMI submitted 1695 proposal of execution in total amount of € 717 000. In several cases monthly instalments were allowed. In case that the instal-ment plan is not met even after appeal, the SMI refers these cases to the judicial executor of execution.

In 2014 SMI signifi cantly expanded institute rescheduling. Within the institute rescheduling the SMI ente-red into the Agreement on installment claims (fi nes) with controlled entities (debtors) upon their request in 50 cases in total amount of € 29 520.

PERSONNEL ISSUES

Employees of the SMI carry out their activities within the civil service according to the Act No. 400/2009 Coll. on civil service. In 2014 the SMI was determined by number of 19 employees. The SMI was assigned salary resources of € 204 771 for the number of 19 employees what represents a monthly average of € 898.12 per employee. Assigned salary resources were actually paid for 17.3 average number of emplo-yees. Average monthly salary was amounted to € 986.37.

Registered number of employees was 18 including 11 women at the 31 December 2014. During the year, 3 new employees were hired and 1 employee left. The most substantial alteration was at the Directorate SMI. Performance of the state metrological supervision puts constantly increasing demands not only on inspectors but also on other employees. Education policy and staff development is governed by economic opportunities and personal needs. The main objective of the SMI in the personnel area still remains to achieve staff stabilization. In 2014 there were four working offi ces of the SMI based in Bratislava, Nitra, Banská Bystrica and Košice performing their activities throughout the Slovak Republic.

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17. Slovak National Accreditation Service

Slovak National Accreditation Service (afterwards the SNAS) was established as a public institution by the Act No. 505/2009 Coll. on accreditation of conformity assessment bodies and on amendments to certain laws (hereinafter the Act).

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance related to the marketing of products (afterwards the Regulation 765/2008) the SNAS became a single national accreditation body in the Slovak Republic carrying out accreditation of conformity assessment bodies as the activity of public authority recognized by the Slovak Government.

The mission of the SNAS, the solely nationally and internationally recognized accreditation body in the Slovak Republic, is to perform accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, predominantly in the Slovak Republic in full conformity with the principles and criteria of international accreditation, that is in accordance with international standards, documents issued by following global and regional international bodies: the International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation (ILAC), the Internati-onal Accreditation Forum (IAF), the European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA), and the Forum of Accreditation and Licensing Bodies (FALB).in such a way that the accreditation certifi cates issued by the SNAS are internationally accepted and recognized.

The SNAS accreditation activities are performed in accordance with internationally agreed normative documents ISO/IEC 17000, ISO 15000 respectively, in accordance with European and national legisla-tion, as well as mandatory application documents issued by the EA, ILAC, IAF and FALB international bodies:

▪ bodies that are active in scope of calibration, testing, medical investigation, inspection, certifi ca-tion of management systems, certifi cation of products and certifi cation of person,

▪ profi ciency testing providers,

▪ environmental verifi ers,

▪ glasshouse gas emissions verifi ers

As stipulated by the Regulation 765/2008 the SNAS is submitted to regular evaluations performed by the EA with the aim of verifi cation its coherence to international standards and rules prescribed for accreditation. The UNMS is the monitoring authority for the compliance with the law.

The SNAS activities result in granting accreditation to the conformity assessment bodies proving offi -cially their ability to carry out declared activities impartially, independently and with required pro-fessional quality recognized both nationally and abroad. Thus the SNAS provides for desired degree of guaranty to the CAB customers that the results of conformity assessment body activities are reliable. The SNAS also performs regular supervision activities at legal entities and physical persons as regards fulfi lment of preconditions under which they have been granted the accreditation.

In 2014 there were three evaluations of the SNAS performed by EA and FALB. Two of them were planed and one was accomplished as a requested evaluation by SNAS for new scope of verifi cation.

Evaluations performed by EA for calibration, testing (including medical investigation), inspection, certifi cation of management systems, certifi cation of products and certifi cation of person was held from 24 February to 28 February 2014. The fi nal decision was taken during 32nd meeting of EA MAC on 2 October 2014 and concluded that:

The SNAS remains signatory of EA-MLA in the scopes:

▪ calibration

▪ testing (including medical investigation)

▪ inspection

▪ certifi cation of product

▪ certifi cation of management systems

▪ certifi cation of persons

The fi rst evaluation to extend SNAS signatory of EA MLA for new scope of EU-ETS scheme according EN ISO 14065 and regulation 600/2012 was performed on 2 — 5 June 2014.

The fi nal decision was taken during 32nd meeting of EA MAC on 2 October 2014 stating that:

SNAS became a signatory EA-MLA in new scope of:

▪ verifi cation

Evaluation for EMAS type C according to the Regulation 1221/2009 and ISO/IEC 17021 was perfor-med on 22 — 23 September 2014. Results of FALB decision will be available at spring of 2015.

The principal tasks of the SNAS In 2014:

▪ Efforts aimed at the SNAS permanent recognition on the global scale, based on international agreements and conventions related to the EA, ILAC, IAF mutual recognition in the areas of ac-creditation where the SNAS is a signatory.

▪ Systematic and intensive preparation of the SNAS aimed at successful EA re-evaluation in 2014.

▪ Development of co-operation with the EU Member States accreditation bodies based on mutual exchange of information, experience, professional assessors in accordance with the cross-bor-der accreditation principles.

▪ Permanent provision of quality accreditation services to all enquiring applicants, in all areas of activities for which accreditation is effective, reasonable and not in contrary to any legal provi-sion.

▪ Close and effective co-operation with regulatory authorities in the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Environment in particular, with respect to application of accreditation in regulated areas, and in verifying and monitoring the testing facilities compliance with the GLP, in cooperation with the inspectors appointed by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic.

▪ Providing for assessment in new areas of accreditation, enquiring the needs of the Ministries as regards accreditation services, and raising awareness on the added value of accreditation.

▪ Strengthening co-operation with stakeholders and developing joint drafting of new accreditati-on schemes for new areas of accreditation.

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Table No. 47: Summary of accreditation services by the SNAS within 2012 — 2014

scope of accreditation

No. of fi nished in 2012

No. of fi nished in 2013

No. of fi nished in 2014

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laboratories 17 69 224 28 52 273 31 60 336

certifi cation bodies 3 29 256 11 31 341 0 27 308

inspection bodies 0 13 15 0 5 17 1 4 31

others (PT, EO, OESP, NAP) 2 3 11 8 5 21 1 5 27

TOTAL 22 114 506 47 93 652 33 96 702

TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 642 792 831

The SNAS obligations related to evaluation of testing facilities compliance with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice in the area of non-clinical studies related health and environmental safety of chemi-cal substances in test facilities are stipulated by the Act No. 67/2010 Coll. on Conditions of Introduction of the Chemical Substances and Chemical Preparations to the Market and on Amending and Supplemen-ting of Certain Acts (Chemical Act), and by the Ordinance of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 320/2010 Coll. regulating the activity of test facilities and activities of inspectors carrying out inspecti-ons, audits and verifi cations of compliance with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice. When con-ducting inspections abroad the SNAS proceeds according to the guidelines in the fi eld of SLP 2004/10EC and 2004/9EC, in accordance with the principles of GLP OECD ENV / MC / CHEM / (98) 17.

Table No. 48: Summary of Accomplished Services in the Area of the GLP Compliance in 2014

scope of accreditationNumber of fi nished inspections for

granting of certifi cate

renewal of certifi cate

extend of certifi cate surveillance TOTAL

GLP 1 3 2 9 17

The SNAS provides for accomplishing its tasks with the assistance of external staff comprised of asses-sors, experts and inspectors, respectively. In the course of 2014 there were recorded 638 assessors, lead assessors and experts, lead inspectors and inspectors for GLP. There were 19 internal and 27 ex-ternal lead assessors, respectively there was 1 internal lead inspector, and 8 external lead inspectors, respectively. There was one lead inspector and eight external lead inspector. The number of internal employees was 41.

In 2014 the SNAS implemented all measures and fulfi lled all obligations as regards maintaining its status as an internationally recognized accreditation body. The SNAS, a full fl edged Member of the international

accreditation organizations EA, ILAC and IAF, retained its position of the signatory of all hitherto existing conventions of these organizations on mutual recognition, namely the Multilateral Agreement (hereinaf-ter the MLA), and Mutual Recognition Arrangement (hereinafter the MRA). They are as follows:

▪ EA MLA for the accreditation of calibration and testing laboratories,

▪ EA MLA for the area of accreditation of certification bodies certifying the quality management sys-tems,

▪ EA MLA for the area of accreditation of certification bodies certifying environmental management systems,

▪ EA MLA for the area of accreditation of certification bodies certifying products,

▪ EA MLA for the area of accreditation of certification bodies certifying persons,

▪ EA MLA for the area of accreditation of inspection bodies,

▪ ILAC MRA for the accreditation of calibration and testing laboratories,

▪ ILAC MRA in the field of accreditation of inspection bodies,

▪ IAF MLA for the area of accreditation of certification bodies certifying products,

▪ IAF MLA for the area of accreditation of certification bodies certifying quality management systems,

▪ IAF MLA for the area of accreditation of certification bodies certifying environmental management systems.

The SNAS as the EA, ILAC, IAF and FALB Member, attended the meetings of all committees, working groups and general meetings of these international organizations and exerted activities on surveys and comment procedures related to upcoming mandatory application documents.

The SNAS managed its own income in 2014. This regards in particular payments for accreditation services without subsidies from the state budget.

Yields achieved the amount of € 1 600 620 which represents 102,9 % of the plan. The largest share of revenues in 2014 were the payments for supervision, totalling € 386 584 (24.2 %).

The costs drawn in 2014 reached the amount of € 1 594 035 which represents 102,5 % of the budget. The largest share of the expenditures was represented by the personnel expenditures totalling € 1 138 680 (71.4 %). The respective ILAC, IAF and EA Membership contributions made in total € 21 284.

On 31 December 2014 the SNAS recorded claims related to unpaid invoices for granted accreditation services in total amount of € 273 468:

▪ Of these 215 290 EUR were the non-liquidated invoices for provided accreditation services, and the sum of 58 178 EUR were the overdue un-liquidated invoices for provided accreditation services.

The details related the SNAS economy management can be found in the SNAS financial statements for 2014 and in the Annual Report on the SNAS Management for 2014.

The SNAS acting scope and the activities performed in 2014 were fully in line with its mission of provi-ding accreditation for the conformity assessment bodies in accordance with the international standard EN ISO/IEC 17011 and the Act on accreditation of conformity assessment bodies.