. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/46 
23 November 2006 
 (06-5635) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
National Institute of Standards of the Mi nistry of Trade and Economic Development 
Address: Komitas 49/2, Yerevan, 375051, Republic of Armenia Tel.: (37410) 237020 Fax: (37410) 285620 E-mail: sarm@sarm.am  
Enquiry Point E-mail: press@sarm.am 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia 
Address: 5, Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.: (37410) 543981 Fax: (37410) 543983 E-mail: info@arm-wto.am 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):    
Wheat and maslin (HS 1001), rye (1002 00 0 00), barley (1003 00), oats (1004 00 000), 
maize (1005), rice (1006), sorghum (1007 00),  buckwheat, millet and other cereals (except 
Canary seed) (HS 1008). 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:    
Draft Decree of the Government of the Re public of Armenia on “The Approval of the 
Technical Regulation on Requirements for Grai n and its Production, Storage, Reprocessing, 
and Extraction” (16 pages, Armenian). 
6. Description of content:    
The technical regulation sets out safety indi ces for wheat and maslin, rye, barley, oats, 
maize, rice, sorghum, buckwheat, millet and requirements for their production, reprocessing,  marking and packaging, storag e, transportation, as well as requirements for 
environmental protection and conformity assessment procedures. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The technical regulation has been developed pursuant to the WTO Agreement on TBT and 
the provisions of Articles 8 of the RA “Law  on Standardization” and “Law on Food Safety” 
to protect human life and health, and to warn customers against deceptive factors. G/TBT/N/ARM/46 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Standards of Codex Alimentarius: CODEX STAN 199-1995, 
CODEX STAN 1-1985, CODEX STAN 153-1985, CODEX STAN 169-1989, as well as 2000/13/EC Directive. 
9. 
 Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:   8 January 2007  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia 
Address: 5, Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.: (37410) 543981 
Fax: (37410) 543983 E-mail : info@arm-wto.am  
     
National Institute of Standards of the Minist ry of Trade and Economic Development of the 
Republic of Armenia  
Address: Komitas 49/2, Yerevan, 375051, Republic of Armenia Tel.: (37410) 237020 Fax: (37410) 285620 E-mail: press@sarm.am