. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARM/21 
4 November 2008  
 (08-5356) 
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):  Animals 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  The Draft Decision of the 
Government of the Republic of  Armenia "On the Approval of Notification and Registration 
Order of Animal Infectious Diseases " (available in Armenian, 9 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The draft decision specifies the forms and dates of notifications of 
infectious animal diseases, the information su bject to notification in case of primary and 
secondary outbreaks of an infectious disease,  veterinary reports a pproving the outbreaks and 
the elimination of a disease, relevant reports ensuring the supervision of measures taken for 
the elimination of a disease and the scopes  of the information to be communicated.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] 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:  Directive No. 82/894/EEC, dated 
21 December 1982 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Directive No. 
82/894/EEC, dated 21 December 1982 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. G/SPS/N/ARM/21 
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  12. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulati on of the notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Ministry of Economy, WTO Notification Agency 
5 M. Mkrtchyan, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 543981 Fax:  +(374 10) 543983 E-mail:  info@arm-wto.am   
Ministry of Agriculture, State Inspecto rate of Food Safety  and Veterinary  
12 Erebuni Street, Yerevan 0041, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 49 91 82 Fax:  +(374 10) 45 09 60 E-mail:  arm.vetservise@mail.ru 
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: 
Ministry of Economy, WTO Notification Agency 
5 M. Mkrtchyan, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 543981 Fax:  +(374 10) 543983 E-mail:  info@arm-wto.am   
Ministry of Agriculture, State Inspecto rate of Food Safety  and Veterinary  
12 Erebuni Street, Yerevan 0041, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 49 91 82 Fax:  +(374 10) 45 09 60 E-mail:  arm.vetservise@mail.ru