. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARM/24 
3 December 2008  
 (08-5911) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ARMENIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture 
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):  Plant protection measures 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of 
Armenia No. 209-N of 24 October 2008 "On the Approval of Changes in the Order of the 
Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia No. 198-N adopted on 
18 November 2003"  Language:  Armenian  Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  It is stipulated by this Order to add protection measures for newly 
registered plants in the list of plant protec tion chemical and biological measures, permitted 
for use in the territory of the Republic of Armenia. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/ARM/24 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Publication of 
Departmental Legal Acts No. 38 (312) of  7 November 2008 (available in Armenian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  - 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  7 November 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  7 November 2008 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):   
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  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) 54 39 81 
Fax:  +(374 10) 54 39 83 E-mail:  info@arm-wto.am   Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia  
No.3 Government House, Republic Square , Yerevan, 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.:  +(374 10) 52 46 41 Fax:  +(374 10) 52 37 93 Website:  www.minagro.am
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  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) 54 39 81 Fax:  +(374 10) 54 39 83 E-mail:  info@arm-wto.am   
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia  
No.3 Government House, Republic Square , Yerevan, 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 52 46 41 Fax:  +(374 10) 52 37 93 Website:  www.minagro.am