. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/9 
9 November 2004 
 (04-4749) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original  English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
National Institute of Standards of the Mi nistry of Trade and Economic Development 
Address: Komitas 49/2, Yerevan, 375051, Republic of Armenia  
Tel.:  +(3741) 237020 
Fax.:  +(3741) 285620 E-mail:  sarm@sarm.am  Enquiry Point E-mail press@sarm.am    
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia 
Address: 5. Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 375010, Republic of Armenia  Tel.:  +(3741) 543981 
Fax.:   +(3741) 543983 
e-mail:  aghazaryan@minted.am 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Technical regulation 
applies to the following pneumatic tyres of the means of conveyance: 
- passenger transport and its trailers, passenger- cars, special micro-buses, - trucks and their trailers, buses and trolley buses. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   D e c r e e  o f  t h e  
Government of the Republic of Armenia on approval of the Technical Regulation on 
requirements for pneumatic tyres, (39 pages, in Armenian). 
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation defines the indicators of security 
requirements, terminology, marking of the pneuma tic tyres for passenger cars and trucks, as 
well as the procedures of their fitting evaluati on, including conform ity assessment patterns. G/TBT/N/ARM/9 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For the implementation assurance of the WTO Agreement on TBT and the provisions of 
Article 8 of the Republic of Armenia Law “On Standardisation” and to protect human life, 
health and environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   EU directives 92/23/EEC, 2001/43/EC, and  UN ETH No.30  
"Model guide for the official confirmation of p assenger car tyres and their trailers tyres" and 
No.54 "Model guide for official confirmation of commercial vehicles and their trailers 
tyres" rules. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  n/a 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Decree shall enter into force 6 months after its official 
publication.  
10. Final date for comments:   20 December 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
National Institute of Standards of the Mi nistry of Trade and Economic Development 
Address: Komitas 49/2, Yerevan, 375051, Republic of Armenia  
Tel.:  +(3741) 237020 
Fax.:  +(3741) 285620 E-mail:  sarm@sarm.am