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1. The Metrology Partnership shall contribute to the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/695, and in particular Article 3 thereof.

2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the Metrology Partnership shall, through the involvement and commitment of partners in designing and implementing an annual work programme as referred to in Article 7, pursue the following general objectives:

(a) to develop a sustainable, excellent and coordinated metrology system at European level, thereby helping to bridge the investment gap between Europe and its global competitors;

(b) to ensure that state-of-the-art metrology capabilities are widely taken up by innovators in their ecosystems and beyond;

(c) to increase the impact of metrology on societal challenges in relation to the implementation of policies, standards and regulations, inter alia in the digital, economic, industrial and environmental areas, in order to make them fit for purpose.

3. When implementing the general objectives set out in paragraph 2, the Metrology Partnership shall pursue the following specific objectives:

(a) to develop, by 2030, new research capabilities which are built within the framework of new European metrology networks and which perform in terms of calibration and measurement capabilities at least equally to the leading metrology institutes outside the Participating States;

(b) to support, by 2030, sales of new innovative products and services through the use and adoption of the new metrology capabilities in key emerging and enabling technologies;

(c) to contribute to the creation and diffusion of high-quality new knowledge, competences and skills across the Union in the context of lifelong learning and with a view to achieving societal transformation, including through enhancing capability for innovation;

(d) to contribute fully and effectively, by 2030, to the design and implementation of specific standards and regulations that underpin public policies addressing societal, economic and environmental challenges;

(e) to unleash the potential of metrology among end-users, including SMEs and industrial stakeholders, as an instrument which contributes to the achievement of the Union goals for the digital and green transitions.