1. The institution responsible for national and other measurement standards and the scientific metrology in Slovakia is the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMU) functioning according to the Law of Metrology as a state administrative body for this field.

It is charged with the following main activities:

·           implementation, improvement, maintenance and comparison of Slovak national standards of physical and technical quantities and their measurement units at the international level, as well as transfer of their values to secondary standards;

·           representation of the Slovak Republic in international metrology organisations;

·           carrying out of research and scientific-technical development in the field of metrology;

·           calibration of working standards and working instruments;

·           carrying out of pattern approval of measuring instruments;

·           supervision over the realisation of Slovak Certified Reference Materials;

·           elaboration of technical regulations, decrees to the Law on Metrology which determine technical requirements, methods of verification of measuring instruments subject to verification and pattern approval;

·           education and training of specialists for legal metrology and industrial calibration laboratories;

·           certification of personnel for metrology;

·           performance of specialised and technical activities in the field of accreditation and certification bodies and other specialists dealing with technical measurements.

General Director:  Dr. Stanislav Ďuriš

Address:                  63 Karloveská, 842 55 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Telephone:             +421 2 602 94 491

Fax:                          +421 2 654 29 592

E-mail:                      duris@smu.gov.sk

2. The institutions responsible for legal metrology are:

Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing (UNMS) as the central steering body of the state administration in the field of metrology.

The main tasks and activities of the UNMS in the field of metrology are:

·           elaboration and realisation of the state policy in metrology;

·           preparation of legislative and legal rules (laws and decrees) referring to metrology, standardisation and testing;

·           steering of metrology in the state in the scope given by the Law on Metrology, including subordinate metrology institutions (Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMU), Slovak Standards Institute (SUTN), Technical Testing Institute (TSU), Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) and Slovak Metrology Inspectorate);

·           methodical activity and supervision of activities in metrology.

President of UNMS:     Prof. Jozef Mihok

Address:                  Štefanovičova 3, P.O.Box 76, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Telephone:             +421 2 524 91 085

Fax:                          +421 2 524 91 050

E-mail:                      predseda@normoff.gov.sk

Slovak Legal Metrology (SLM) – is not a subordinate institution of the UNMS. This institution is charged with the following main activities:

·           verification of legal measuring instruments;

·           calibration of reference and working standards of measurement units (for industry);

·           calibration of ordinary measuring instruments for customers;

·           carrying out of pattern evaluation of measuring instruments.

Director General:  Mr. Jaromír Markovič

Address:                  31 Hviezdoslavova, 975 90 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic

Telephone:             +421 48 4719122
                                 +421 48 4719125

Fax:                          +421 48 4719158

E-mail:                      markovic@slm.sk

Slovak Metrology Inspectorate (SMI) – a subordinate institution of the UNMS.

Its main task is to perform the state metrology supervision over the compliance with the Law on Metrology and Decrees and supervision over measuring instruments and measurements in the Slovak Republic.

Director:                  Mr. Alfonz Cocher

Address:                  1 Geologická, 822 11 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Telephone:             +421 2 45525529

Fax:                          +421 2 455 25 473

E-mail:                      cocher@smi.sk

Other institutions in the field of legal metrology are State Centres of Metrology. These institutions (established in factories or other organisations) are authorised by the UNMS for verification of specified kinds of legal measuring instruments.

3. Institutions responsible for calibration service.

Services in calibration of ordinary measuring instruments are performed by Centres of Calibration Services (calibration laboratories) established in the framework of factories or other organisations. These laboratories were accredited by SNAS according to the standard ISO/IEC 17025.