G/TBT/N/ARM/78  
 
27 October  2016 
(16-5910) 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 : Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of 
Armenia  
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 ab ove: 
Ministry of Economic development and investments of the Republic of Armenia  
Address : 5 M. Mkrtchyan str., Yerevan, Armenia 0010  
Tel: (+37411)59 -72-05 
Fax: (37411)52 -65-77 
E-mail: secretariat@mineconomy.a m  
Website http://www.mineconomy.am   
3. Notifie d 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) : Agricultural and 
forestry tractors and their trailers  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document : Draft amendments 
No. 1 to the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union "On safety o f agricultural and 
forestry tractors and their trailers" (CU TR 031/2012) (419 pages, in Russian)   
6. Description of content : Draft amendments  No. 1 to the Technical Regulations of the 
Customs Union "On safety of agricultural and forestry trac tors and the ir trailers" 
(CU TR 031/2012) provides the clarification of the application field of the  CU TR 031/2012 
and of the conformity assessment procedure of tractors, trailers and components to the 
requirements of the CU TR 031/2012; Draft Amendments also provide s the establishment 
of the requirements to the components  that are replaceable (duplicate) parts for tractors 
and trailers and the requirements to the general safety and to the emission of harmful 
(pollutants) agents of tractors engines which operates on c ompressed natural gas and 
liquefied hydrocarbon gas, and the actualization of reference standards and of the UNECE 
Regulations listed in Annexes 1, 4 and 5 of the CU TR 031/2012.   
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Health, safety  
8. Relevant documents : Draft amendments  No. 1 to the Technical Regulations of the 
Customs Union "On safety of agricultural and forestry trac tors and their trailers" 
(CU TR 031/2012) : http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/texnreg/deptexreg/tr/Page
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : Not less than 180 days from the adoption of the technical 
regulation  
Proposed date of entry into force : Not less than 180 days from the adoption of the 
technical regulation   
10. Final date for comments : 10 November 2016  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website  address es, 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_techregul ation@eurasiancommission.org   
Website : http://www.eurasiancommission.org