. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/73 
25 May 2011  
 (11-2612) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  ARMENIA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia 
Government Building 3, Republic Square  
Yerevan 0010 Republic of Armenia Tel.:  (+374 10) 52-46-10 Fax:  (+374 10) 52-46-41 
Website:  http://www.minagro.am
  
E-mail:  frdmoa@gmail.com  
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 :   
EU Affairs Department  
Ministry of Economy  5 M. Mkrtchyan str.  Yerevan 0010   Republic of Armenia 
Tel.:  (37410) 597 178 
Fax:  (37410) 526 577  E-mail:  amaysuryan@mineconomy.am
 
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):    
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The RA Government 
Decree "On Approving Techni cal Regulation On the Require ments to Food Supplements" 
(100 pages, in Armenian). 
6. Description of content:  The drafted technical regulation defines the food supplements 
permissible in the Republic of Armenia, the procedures of la beling, packing, realization, 
usage, and destruction, conformity asse ssment and identifica tion and the maximum 
permissible quantities in the food produced and realized in Armenia.  G/TBT/N/ARM/73 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
present RA Government Decr ee "On Approving Technical Regul ation On the Requirements 
to Food Supplements" is drafted in the frame work of RA Government Action Plan for 2010 
and in accordance with 89/107/EEC, 94/ 34/EC, 94/35/EC, 94/36/E C, 95/2/EC. 65/31/EC, 
96/77/EC, 96/83/EC, 2000/63/EC regulations a nd EC N 2232/96 directive and standard of 
CODEX Alimentarius Comm ission on Food Supplements.  
The adoption of the technical re gulation is the requirement of  the RA Law "On Food Safety" 
is aimed to amend the legi slation on food supplements.  
8. Relevant documents:   RA Law "On Food Safety"”   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    June/July 2011 
December 2011 - January 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia 
Government Building 3, Republic Square  Yerevan 0010 
Republic of Armenia 
Tel.:  (+374 10) 52-46-10 Fax:  (+374 10) 52-46-41 Website:  http://www.minagro.am
  
E-mail:  frdmoa@gmail.com  
EU Affairs Department  
Ministry of Economy  5 M. Mkrtchyan str.  Yerevan 0010   Republic of Armenia Tel.:  (37410) 597 178 
Fax:  (37410) 526 577  
E-mail:  amaysuryan@mineconomy.am