. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/TA-2/ARM 
20 January 2006 
 (06-0251) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION  
OF SPECIFIC TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
NEEDS OR RESPONSES 
 
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1. 
 Member notifying (including, if applicable, an indication of relevant bodies)  
ARMENIA
 
2. The technical assistance activity needed or provided may be relevant to the following 
Article(s) of the TBT Agreement:1 
[ X ]  Articles 2 and 3 on technical regulations 
[     ]  Article 4 and Annex 3 on standard s and the Code of Good Practice 
[ X ]  Articles 5,  7 and 8 on developmen t of conformity assessment procedures 
[ X ]  Article 6 on recognition of  conformity assessment 
[ X ]  Article 9 on internationa l and regional systems for conformity assessment 
[ X ]  Articles 2, 5 and 10 on information exch ange (e.g. notifications, enquiry point) 
[     ]  Article 11 on technical assistance to other Members  
[     ]  Article 12 on special and differential tr eatment of developing country Members 
[ X ]  Article 13 on the TBT Committee (participation in work of TBT Committee) 
[     ]  Other:  ............................................................................................................ 
 
3. Brief description of objective and rationale of the technical assistance activity, including, 
if possible, an estimation of the resources ne eded or on offer (e.g., financial or man-
hours):2 
With the aim of further development and harmonization of technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures the staff of the WTO Notification Ag ency in the Republic 
of Armenia and relevant bodes involving to th e implementation of TBT Agreement need to 
improve and gain knowledge of international standards, technical regulations, guides and 
recommendations on development of technical  regulations and conformity assessment 
procedures and other information on standards of  products. The improvement can be realized 
by the training courses, workshops and other meetings in the framework of the TBT 
Agreement. 
                                                      
1 For needs:  if there is difficulty in establishing which Articles of the TBT Agreement are relevant, it is 
recommended that the "Needs assessment" a nd/or "Awareness raising" box be crossed under Point 4.  Under Point 2 it may 
then be sufficient to cross the "O ther" box and indicate "General". 
2 This description should explain how th is activity is intended to enhance implementation of specific provision(s) 
of the TBT Agreement listed in Point 2. G/TBT/TA-2/ARM 
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  4. 
   Nature and timing of technical assistance ac tivity needed or on offer (key words): 
Type of assistance 
[ X ]    Awareness raising  
[     ]    Needs assessment 
[ X ]    Skills training 
[ X ]    Infrastructure development 
[     ]    Other:   ................................................................................................................  
 
Policy area covered 
[ X ]    Technical regulations  
[ X ]    Conformity assessment procedures  
[ X ]    Standardization 
[ X ]    Information exchange 
[     ]    Other:   ................................................................................................................  
 
Mode of delivery  [ X ]    Workshop, seminar or other event 
[     ]    Project-based activity 
[     ]    Other:   ............................................................................................................... 
 Dates  
[ X ]   Envisaged start date for activity:  January 2006  
[     ]   Estimated duration:  .......................................................................................... 
 
5.   Further information available from: 
[ X ]    National enquiry point. 
WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia M. Mkrtchyan  
5 Yerevan,  
375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.: (+3741 0) 543981 
Fax.: (+3741 0) 543983 
E-mail: info@arm-wto.am 
[ ... ]    Other contact point:
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[ ... ]    Other reference: 4 ............................................................................................. 
 
 
 
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3 Name of a contact person with  telephone and e-mail address. 
4 For example an Internet address, or the address of a body other than that of the Enquiry Point.  For response 
notifications,  this space could be used to make reference to previous relevant submissions or statements made in the 
TBT Committee (or other body).