formally Speaking, the Federal accreditation service using the method of “mystery shopper” to check the performance of accredited service providers for verification of household metering devices, the resolution of the RF Government of 2 April 2020 № 424 “About features of granting of utilities to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential houses.” The decision was made “in order to minimize the risk of infection of the population of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)”.
the ruling said that of all the household metering devices can be used by individuals – consumers of public services – the next calibration until 1 January 2021, including with an expired calibration. Organisations accredited to conduct testing of meters, are required when making an application to inform applicants of the postponement of the verification, and to place such information on the websites of their organizations to the Internet.
For monitoring the execution of judgments under the guise of customers, the staff of the Federal service for accreditation has made a request for proposals for the calibration of household water meters have more than 50 percent of organizations involved and accredited in Russia. During a telephone conversation revealed that only 38 percent of accredited firms informed the applicant of the postponement of or the lack of need to perform calibration of metering equipment before January 1, 2021.
As explained, “RG”, monitoring of the Federal service for accreditation also showed that only 16 percent of such accredited firms have placed relevant information on the websites of their organizations to the Internet.
