G/TBT/2/Add.81/Rev.3  
3 December 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
COMMUNICATION FROM  GEORGI A 
Revision  
The following communication  under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade has 
been received from the delegation of Georgi a. 
 
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1  RELEVANT GEORGIAN LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
• Georgian law "Code of  Product Safety and Free Movement of Goods" adopted 25 May on 
2012.  
• Decree of the Government of Georgia #45 on "The Rule of acknowledgement and application 
of Technical Regulations of Other Countries by Georgia" adopted 24 February on 2006.  
• The Decree of the Government of Georgia #170 "On Acceptance of the rule of notification 
sending and communication on standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment 
procedures on applicable documents and their drafts" adopted on 18 September 2009.  
• Decree of the Geostandard on acceptance of the "Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, 
Adoption and Application of Standa rds" contained in Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on 
Technical Barriers to Trade – adopted on 16 April 2003.  
2  TRANSPARENCY  
A. PUBLICATIONS  
1.  According to the Georgian legislation, LEPL – Georgian National Agency for Standards and 
Metrology (GEOSTM) provides regi stration of the Georgian standards in the official registry. 
All adopted Georgian standards are available on the website of GEOSTM  (sst.geostm.gov.ge ). 
All publications of the Georgian standards are available for all interested parties.  
2.  Technical regulations adopted only by the law, by the order of the president of Georgia and by 
the Governmental Decree. All adopted technical regulations available on the official website of LEPL 
– The Legislative Herald of Georgia (webpage  www.matsne.gov.ge ), operated under the Ministry of 
Justice of Georgia.  
B. ENQUIRY POINT  
3.  According to the Decree of the Government of Georgia #170 "on Acceptance of the Rule of 
Notification Sending and Commu nication on Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity 
Assessment Procedures on Applicable Documents and their Drafts" - TBT National Enquiry Point 
established in the system of LEPL - Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology 
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  4.  "GEOSTM" is responsible for adoption and publication of the Georgian standards and sending 
notifications, according to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.  
Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology (GEOSTM)  
Official Website: www.geostm.ge ; sst.geostm.gov.ge  
Addres: 67 Chargali str. 0178, Tbilisi, Georgia  
Tel/Fax: (+995 32) 2 61 35 00  
E-mail: nep.tbt@geostm.ge ; info@geostm.ge  
 
Contact persons:  
 
Sulkhan Tabaghua - Director of Standards Department (GEOSTM)  
E-mail: st.geostm@gmail.com  
Mobile:  (+995) 555 51 45 58  
Office:  (+995 32)  261 25 30/11 9 
 
Ketevan Lursmanashvili - Specialist of WTO TBT National Enquiry Point of Georgia (GEOSTM)  
E-mail: ketevanlursmanashvili1@gmail.com  
Mobile:  (+995) 579 12 55 44  
Office:  (+995 322) 2 61 73 65/123  
 
Eka labadze – Head of International Relations, Protocol and Marketing Division (GEOSTM)  
E-mail: e.labadze@geostm.ge  
Mobile:  (+995) 599  725471  
Office:  (+995 32)2 60 11 73/113  
 
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