G/TBT/N/ARM/87  
27 July 2020  
(20-5190) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ARMENIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Eurasian Economic Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
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):  Packaging 
(closures)  
5. Title,  number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
amendments to the technical regulation of the Customs Union "On the Safety of 
Packaging" (CU TR 005/2011) regarding the establishment of forms, schemes, and 
procedures for conformity assessme nt based on standard conformity assessment schemes 
approved by the Decision of the Council of the Commission No. 44 of 18 April 2018 
(9 page(s), in Russian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft amendments include clarifications on the following:  
statements of the Article 3 "Rules of circulation on the market" of the CU TR 005/2011, 
statements of the Article 4 "Ensuring compliance with safety requirements" of the 
CU TR 005/2011, as well  as amendments to the Article 7 "Conformity assessment" of the 
CU TR 005/2011.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protecting people's lives and health, prevention of unfair and deceptive 
business practices against consumers of packaging (closures); increasing the export 
potential of manufacturers of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States, excluding the 
possibility  of double interpretation of certain provisions of the CU TR 005/2011, 
harmonization of conformity assessment procedures of the CU TR 005/2011 in terms of 
establishing forms, schemes and procedures for conformity assessment based on standard 
conformity ass essment schemes, approved by the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian 
Economic Commission No. 44 of 18 April 2018.  G/TBT/N/ARM/87  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Draft amendments to the technical regulation of the Customs Union "On the Safety 
of Packaging " (CU TR 005/2011) r egarding the establishment of forms, schemes, 
and procedures for conformity assessment based on standard conformity 
assessment schemes approved by the Decision of the Council of the Commission 
No. 44 of 18 April 2018  
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0104863/pd_30062020  
• Technical regulation of the Customs Union "On the Safety of Packaging" 
(CU TR 005/2011), adopted by the Decision of the Commission o f the Customs 
Union of 16  August 2011 No. 769  
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/texnreg/deptexreg/tr/Pages/bezopypa
kovki.aspx  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The effective date of the draft amendments will be at least 
180 calendar days from the adoption date  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The effective date of the draft amendments will be 
at least 180 calendar days from the adoption date  
10. Final date for comments:  24 September 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00 
Fax: +7(495)669 -24-15 
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eurasiancommission.org  
Websites: www.eurasiancommission.org ; https://docs.eaeunion.org/ru -ru  
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0104863/pd_30062020  
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/texnreg/deptexreg/tr/Pages/bezopypakovki.as
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