. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARM/12 
21 April 2008  
 (08-1866) 
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:  Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plants (0106 90 001, 0601, 0602, 0603, 0604, 0701, 0702 00 000, 0703 10,  
0703 20 000, 0703 90 000, 0704 10 000, 0704 90 100, 0705 11 000, 0705 21 000, 0706 10 000, 0706, 0706 90 900,  0706 90 100, 0707 00 050, 0707 00 900, 0708, 0712, 0713 10 100, 0713 20 000, 0713 33 100, 0713 40 000, 0713 50 000, 0801, 0802, 0803 00, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0813, 0901, 0902, 0904, 0905 00 000, 0906 11 000, 0907 00 
000, 0908 10 000, 0909, 0910, 1001, 1002 00 000, 1003 00, 1003 00 100, 1004 00 000, 1005, 
1006, 1007 00, 1008, 1101 00, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1201 00, 1202 10 100, 1203 00 000, 1204 00 100, 1205 10 100, 1206 00, 1207, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212 91, 1212 99 200, 1213 00 000, 1214, 1401, 1801 00 000, 2302, 2304 00 000, 2305 00 000, 2306, 2308 00, 2401, 3002, 4401, 4403, 4404, 4405 00 000, 4406, 4407, 4408, 4409, 4410, 4411, 4412, 4413 
00 000, 4415 , 4416 00 000, 4501, 4502 00 000, 4503, 4601, 4804, 4819, 4823, 5201 00, 
5202, 5203 00 000, 5301, 9406 00 200, 9705 00 000) 
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:  Order of the Minister of 
Agriculture of the Republic of  Armenia No. 60-N of 17 Marc h 2008 "On the Approval of 
Changes in the Order of the Minister of Ag riculture of the Republi c of Armenia No. 191-N 
adopted on 23 August 2007" (avail able in Armenian, 6 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Order No. 191-N defines the list  of plants and plant products 
subject to phytosanitary control.  The aim of the changes is to bring the list of the plants and 
plant products subject to phytosanitary contro l into conformity with the standards and 
requirements of the In ternational Plant Prot ection Convention (IPPC).  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] 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:   Publication of 
Departmental Legal Acts No. 12 (286) of  15 April 2008 (available in Armenian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  - 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  25 April 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  - 
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 of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development  
Address:  5, M. Mkrtchyan, Ye revan, 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 543 981 Fax:  +(374 10) 543 983 
E-mail:  info@arm-wto.am  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
WTO Notification Agency of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development  
Address:  5, M. Mkrtchyan, Ye revan, 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 543 981 Fax:  +(374 10) 543 983 
E-mail:  info@arm-wto.am 
 National enquiry point: Ministry of Agriculture of  the Republic of Armenia 
State Inspectorate of Quarantine of Plants and Cultivation Address:  39/a Mamikonyants, Yere van, 0051, Republic  of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 297 213, 297 196 
Fax:  +(374 10) 297 430 E-mail:  armeniakavul garislam@yahoo.com