Malta Standards Authority
The Malta Standards Authority 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 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.