Malta Standards Authority Explained

The Malta Standards Authority (MSA) is Malta's national standards body.

Organization

The MSA is a government agency under the Office of the Prime Minister. The MSA consists of two divisions. The Legal Metrology Division is responsible for inspection and verification. The National Metrology Institute (MSA-NMS) is responsible for maintaining measurement standards for Malta.^[1]

Metrology Institute

MSA-NMS is located at the Kordin Business Incubation Centre near Paola. As a national metrology institute, MSA-NMS is a member of EURAMET.^[2]

MSA-NMS has three goals.^[3]

• To provide a means of local knowledge transfer in the various measurement areas.
• To reduce the overall economic load for the acquisition of traceable measure in the same fields for all national stakeholders. In the medium to long term, MSA-NMS will be a net cost saver for Maltese stakeholders.
• To facilitate the fulfillment of traceable calibration requirements for laboratories intending to become accredited.

MSA-NMS maintains standards and is able to perform calibrations in the following measurement disciplines:

• Temperature
• Humidity
• Mass
• Dimension

See also

• Malta
• Government of Malta
• List of technical standard organisations

External links

• EURAMET
• MSA Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: MSA-NMS Structure. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006100752/http://www.msa.org.mt/metrology/downloads/MSA-NMS-Structure.pdf. October 6, 2008 .
2. Web site: European Association of National Metrology Institutes: Members and Associates . Euramet.org . 2014-07-30 . 2015-05-28.
3. Web site: National Metrology Services – Overview . https://web.archive.org/web/20090209180614/http://msa.org.mt/metrology/overview.html . February 9, 2009 .