Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 7
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
About 40 percent of the standards adopted in Azerbaijan are recognized in Europe, Ramiz Hasanov, chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent, told reporters in Baku Sept. 7.
“New standards being adopted in Azerbaijan are fully harmonized with the European ones,” he noted. “A number of older standards are also being improved and unified with the European and international ones.”
During the presentation of the EU-funded twinning project called “Strengthening the National Accreditation System of Azerbaijan”, Hasanov noted that this project will make it possible to fully bring the standards in Azerbaijan to international levels.
“It is known that in November this year, Berlin will host a regular meeting of the General Assembly of the European cooperation for Accreditation (EA), and the issue of Azerbaijan’s admission to the EA as an associate member will be discussed there,” he said.
“We have fulfilled all the conditions set before us, therefore I think that the decision will be positive,” Hasanov added. “After the completion of the twinning project, we hope that we will be admitted to full members of the EA.”
Earlier, Sabig Abdullayev, head of the Accreditation Center at the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent of Azerbaijan, told Trend that the twinning project aims to contribute to the development of the Azerbaijani economy and expand access of local exporters to the world markets by creating an accreditation system that meets the European requirements.