About the agency

STATE AGENCY FOR METROLOGICAL AND TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE (SAMTS) is a state surveillance authority implementing the national policy in the field of:

• Market surveillance of products placed on the market and/or put into service within the scope Directives and Regulations under the Union harmonisation legislation;
• Market surveillance of construction products; products related to the energy consumption as regards the eco design requirements; electrical and electronic equipment in relation to the restrictions of the use of certain dangerous substances and its waste;
• Technical inspection of high-risk equipment;
• Quality control of liquid fuels;
• Metrological supervision;
• Designation and supervision of conformity assessment bodies for products within the scope Directives and Regulations under the Union harmonisation legislation;
• Supervision of dam walls and related facilities;
• Quality control of solid fuels for domestic heating.

The SAMTS activities are regulated by the following 10 laws:

• Law on technical requirements for products (LTRP);
• Law on consumer protection (LCP);
• Law on ambient clean air (LACA);
• Law on measurements (LM) ;
• Law on automobile transport (LAT);
• Waste management act (WMA);
• Renewable energy sources law (RESL);
• Law on protection against harmful influence of chemical substances and  mixtures (LPHICSM);
• Law on tourism (LT);
• Water Act.
  

 The main objectives in carrying out the SAMTS activities are strategic and operational.

According to the actual Rules of procedure SAMTS has 462 employees and the following structure:

• Management (President, 2 Vice Presidents, Secretary General);
• Two financial controllers, directly subordinated to the SAMTS President;
• General Administration:
  • Directorate “Financial and economic activities and project management” – D FEAPM
  • Directorate “Administrative, legal and information services” – D ALIS;
• Specialized Administration:
  • Directorate General “Market surveillance” – DG MS;
  • Directorate General “Technical inspection” – DG TI;
  • Directorate General “Quality control of liquid fuels” – DG QCLF;
  • Directorate General “Quality control of solid fuels for domestic heating” – GD QCFDH;
  • Directorate General “Metrological supervision” – DG MSv;
  • Directorate General “Supervision of dam walls and related facilities” – DG SDWRF;
  • Directorate “Designation of conformity assessment bodies” – DCAB.

The specific results of SAMTS activities in the period 2022 – 2025 can be seen in the table below: