WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARM/2 
1 November 2006 
 (06-5253) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARMENIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  National Institute of Standards of the Ministry of Trade and 
Economic Development  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other  
sweetening matter (HS 0401); Milk and cream, co ncentrated or containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter (HS 0402); Buttermilk, cu rdled milk and cream, yogurt, kefir and 
other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing 
added sugar or other sweeteni ng matter or flavoured or containing added fruits, nuts or 
cocoa (HS 0403); Whey, whether or not concen trated or containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter; products c onsisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not 
containing added sugar or other sweetening matte r (HS 0404); Butter and other fats and oils 
derived from milk; dairy spreads (HS 040 5); Cheese and curd (HS 0406); Ice cream 
whether or not containing cocoa, except other edible ice (HS 2105 00); Melted cheese 
(HS 2106 90 100); food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing 
cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis 
(HS 1901); Mixture of vegetable-creamy and cr eamy-vegetable oils including spread and 
melted admixtures containing more than 15 % by weight of dairy oil (HS 2106 90 980).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Decree of the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia "On the Approval of the Technical Regulation On 
the Requirements for Milk, Milk Products a nd their Production" (Available in Armenian, 
69 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This technical regulation defines requirements describing the 
safety of milk, milk products and their production as well as requirements for the processing of milk, marking, packaging, keeping, trans portation, extracting and conformity assessment 
procedures.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   G/SPS/N/ARM/2 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The technical 
regulation has been based on the provisions of RA law on "Food Safety", N 2-III-4.9-01-
2003 sanitary and epidemic rules and norms on "Hygienic Requirements for Nutritious Content and Safety of Food Stuff and Food' affirmed by Order N 181 of 28 March 2003 of 
the Minister of Health of RA, No. 2-III-4.1 -01-2003 sanitary rules and hygienic norms on 
"Hygienic Requirements for Milk and Milk Production" affirmed by Order No. 108-N of 
18 February 2003 of the Minister of Health of  RA, standards of Codex Alimentarius on 
milk and milk products, particularly CODEX STAN 207-1999 "On Milk Powder and 
Cream", CODEX STAN 232-2001 "On the Maximum Content of Aflatoxin M1 in Milk", Codex standards on different kinds of cheese, con centrated milk with sugar and etc. as well 
as requirements specified by national sta ndards, European Commission Directive 
2000/13/EC "On the Harmonization of Member St ate's Laws on Advertisement  and Food 
Processing" and CODEX STAN 1-1985 standard. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
12. Final date for comments:  18 December 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia 
Address: 5, M. Mkrtchyan, Yereva n, 375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.:  (37410) 543981 Fax:  (37410) 543983 
E-mail :  info@arm-wto.am   
 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of 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.:  (37410) 237020 
Fax:  (37410) 285620 E-mail:  sarm@sarm.am   G/SPS/N/ARM/2 
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  13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia 
Address: 5, M. Mkrtchyan, Yereva n, 375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.:  (37410) 543981 
Fax:  (37410) 543983 
E-mail :  info@arm-wto.am   
 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of 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.:  (37410) 237020 Fax:  (37410) 285620 E-mail:  sarm@sarm.am