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One of the main governmental entity empowered in regulatory activities is The Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) is a governmental institution established in 1991 and is based in Tripoli, LNCSM is governed by a Board of Directors, headed by the Ministry of Planning, and comprising 10 representatives from different Ministries. The main task of LNCSM is to develop national Standards (and/or adapt international standards). LNCSM also grants a voluntary Libyan Quality Mark and accredits inspection bodies. Besides, the centre activities are: 

  • Preparation, issuing, accrediting, reviewing and quality control of national standards in all fields of products and services, and disseminating and selling these standards. 
  • Harmonization of Libyan standards with Arab, regional and international specifications, and accreditation of standards issued by Arab, regional or international organizations. 
  • Standards coordination between normal, Arab, Regional and international bodies in order to promote the exportation of national goods and products. 
  • Expand the cooperation between the Arab, Regional and International bodies, in the fields of common interest. 
  • Proposing accreditation of testing facilities and laboratories for testing, inspection, analysis and calibration, inspection offices, and qualifying conformity certificates grantors and following up their performance. 
  • Setting and implementing the national metrology system, keeping the national references of the national standards, and developing and accrediting measurements and calibration methods. 
  • Preparing a national quality programme aiming at improving the performance efficiency of the public and private production and service institutions, and supervising its implementation. 
  • Issuing a Libyan quality mark system specifying the relations and organizing the conditions for the permission of its use. 

LNCSM contacts: 

Website: http://www.lncsm.org.ly/ 

E-mail : info@lncsm.org.ly 

Tel: +218 21 463 0885  

Other governmental entity is the administrative Control Authority (ACA) which aims to achieve effective administrative control over the executive bodies in the country and follow up its work to ascertain the fulfils of its responsibilities and duties in the fields of its competence and implementation of laws and regulations. 

ACA contacts: 

Website: www.aca.gov.ly 

E-mail : ico@aca.gov.ly 

Tel: +218 21 334 2166 

Under the supervision of this authority, the National Food & Drug Control Centre (FDCC) works to conduct the quality control of food and drugs, and ascertain that all locally produced and importing food and drugs meet the Libyan standard specifications.   

FDCC contacts:   

Website: https://www.fdcc.ly/ 

E-mail : info@fdcc.ly 

Tel : +218 21 444 1491 

For more information on regulatory departments and quality control laboratories’ contact details, please see the following links: 

4.1 Libya Government Contact List

4.3 Libya Laboratory and Quality Testing Companies Contact List

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