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.
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.
MSA-NMS has three goals. 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
References
External links EURAMET MSA Website