. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.81 
15 October 2004 
 
 (04-4362) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from Georgia
 
 
Addendum  
   The following communication under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade has been received from Georgia
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I. RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
1. Law of Georgia on "Standardization" – adopted on 25 June 1999 # 2197 entered into force on 
1 September 1999 and Law of Georgia on "Certifica tion of Products and Service" – adopted on 
6 September 1999 # 376 constituted the basic legal framework for activities in this area.  The 
fulfilment and the implementation of the WT O Agreement on TBT are based on the following 
regulatory acts: 
- Law of Georgia on Protection of Consum ers Rights – adopted on 20 March 1996 and 
entered into force on 1 June 1996; 
- Decree of the President of Georgia # 17 9 27.03.98 (with appropriate amendments) on 
"Manual of State Department of Standard ization, Metrology and Certification"; 
- The list of technical regulations prepared  by executive authorities according to the 
resolution of the President of Georgia on 21 March 2002 # 223/18; 
- The Bulletin of Geostandard prepared in 2003; 
- Decree of the Geostandard on acceptance of the "Code of Good Practice for the 
Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards" contained in Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade – adopted on 16 April 2003; 
- Decree of the President of Georgia on 10 July 2003 # 848 on "Acceleration of the 
process of acceptance of existing euroregulations". 
 
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 The regulatory acts and documents to be adopted: 
- Law of Georgia on "Conformity Assessment" (under the process of consideration); - Rules on Acceptance of International and Regional Standards as the National 
Standards in accordance with th e ISO: IEC Guideline 21:1999; 
- Rules on Application, Acceptance and Ela boration of Technical Regulations (under 
the process of consideration); 
- National Standard – Management of Qua lity of Food Products – based on HACCP's 
principles (under the process of acceptance). 
II. TRANSPARENCY 
A. 
PUBLICATIONS  
The official publication of standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment 
procedure as well as the new legislation in the me ntioned field are availabl e from Geostandart Manual 
(published by the State Department of Georgia fo r Standardization, Metrology and Certification, 
"Geostandard") and "Sakartvelos Sakanomdeblo Matsne" (Geo rgian Legislative News).  Both of these 
publications are available for the public. 
 
B. ENQUIRY POINT  
The Enquiry Point established under "Sakstanda rti" is responsible for the publication of 
information on standards, technical regulations and proposals as well as notifications of new 
legislation in the field of standardization, certif ication and metrology, as well as other regulations 
relevant to the implementation of the WTO Agreem ent on Technical Barriers to Trade and fulfilment 
of the obligations undertaken by Ge orgia at the accession to the WTO. 
  State Department of Standardization, Metrology    and Certification of Georgia (GEOSTANDARD)  Chargali str.67 
 Tbilisi 
 Georgia   Telephone:  +(995 32) 67 76 80  Telefax:  +(995 32) 94 09 13  E-mail:   Geostand@mail.ru 
 
 Contact person:  Liana Gudushauri  
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