The representative of the Directorate for Measures and Precious Metals Ljiljana Micic, Head of the Group for volume and flow, attended the meeting of the working group for measures (WGMI), which was held online on September 12, 2024.

The organizer of the meeting was the Working Group for Benchmarks at the European Commission (WGMI), which has 96 members.

The meeting was attended by representatives of organizations of interested parties and appointed representatives of countries that have the following statuses in the European Commission:

- 01 Leader

- 02 Committee members

- 03 EFTA Competent Authority

- 04 EU MS Authority not Committee Member

- 05 Candidate Country Observer

- 06 Industry and International Organization Observer

Planned amendments to the MID European Directive on benchmarks were presented at the meeting. The chairman of the working group, Zsuzsanna DAKAI, emphasized that the amendments are necessary, because the subject and basic requirements of the MID European directive on standards have not been changed for 20 years. Also, the MID European Directive on meters does not include fast charging stations for electric vehicles, nor hydrogen vehicle charging stations, and the requirements cannot be applied to smart meters.

There is a need to amend the MID European Benchmark Directive as soon as possible, in order to avoid the discontinuity of the single market and the associated costs, as well as to support the introduction of "clean mobility" (AFIR - Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation) and achieve the goals in related to energy efficiency (EU directive 2023/1791).