. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/57 
26 June 2007 
 (07-2677) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
National Institute of Standards of the Mi nistry of Trade and Economic Development 
Address:   49/2 Komitas, Yerevan, 0051, Republic of Armenia Tel.:    +(37410) 237020 Fax:    +(37410) 285620 
E-mail:    sarm@sarm.am  
Enquiry Point E-mail: press@sarm.am 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
WTO Notification Agency of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development  
Address:  5, Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 0010, Republic of Armenia Tel.:   +(37410) 543981 Fax:   +(37410) 543983 E-mail:   info@arm-wto.am 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):   Tomato jumble, tomato 
paste, tomato juice with 7 % and more dry soluble mass (HS:  2002 90), fruit pulps (HS:  2007 99), fruit and vegetable juices (HS:   2009), fruit and vegetable nectars and 
beverages containing juice (HS:  2202 90 100). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The Draft Decision of 
the Government of the Republic of Armenia “On the Approval of the Technical Regulation 
on the Requirements on Juice and Juice Stuff” (41 pages, in Armenian). 
6. Description of content:   The technical regulation sets out the safety indices of juice and 
juice stuff, requirements on their marking, packaging, transportation, realization and extracting as well as requirements on conformity assessment and identification procedures of juices and juice stuff. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
This technical regulation has been developed pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement 
on Technical Barriers to Trade, the RA Law on “Food Safety” with a view to protecting 
human life and health and warning consumers against deceptive factors.   G/TBT/N/ARM/57 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Regulations of European Co mmission 93/45/ECC, 2001/112/EC and 
2003/598/EC, as well as CODEX STAN 44-81; CODEX STAN 45-81; CODEX STAN 46-81; CODEX STAN 47-81; CODEX STAN 48-81; CODEX STAN 49-81; CODEX STAN 57-81; CODEX STAN 64-81; CODEX STAN 82-81; CODEX STAN 83-81; CODEX STAN 85-81; CODEX STAN 101-81; CODEX STAN 120-81; CODEX STAN 121-81; 
CODEX STAN 122-81; CODEX STAN 134-89;  CODEX STAN 138-83; CODEX STAN 
139-83; CODEX STAN 148-85; CODEX STAN 161-89; CODEX STAN 164-89; CODEX STAN 179-91; CODEX STAN 192-1995; CODEX STAN 247-2005. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the day of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO Notification Agency of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development 
Address:  5, Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.:   +(37410) 543981 
Fax:   +(37410) 543983 E-mail:   info@arm-wto.am  National Institute of Standards of the Minist ry of Trade and Economic Development of the 
Republic of Armenia  
Address:  Komitas 49/2, Yerevan, 0051, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.:   +(37410) 237020 Fax:   +(37410) 285620 E-mail:   press@sarm.am