. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/42 
3 November 2006 
 (06-5295) 
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, M.Mkrtchyan, Yere van, 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):   Milk and cream, not 
concentrated nor containing added sugar or other  sweetening matter (HS:  0401);  Milk and 
cream, concentrated or containing added s ugar or other sweetening matter (HS:  0402);  
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kefi r and other fermented or acidified milk and 
cream, whether or not concentrated or contai ning added sugar or other sweetening matter or 
flavoured or containing added fruits, nuts or cocoa (HS:  0403);  Whey, whether or not 
concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of 
natural milk constituents, whether or not cont aining added sugar or other sweetening matter 
(HS:  0404);  Butter and other fa ts and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads (HS:  0405);  
Cheese and curd (HS:  0406);  Ice cream whet her or not containing cocoa, except other 
edible ice (HS:  2105 00);  Melted cheese (HS:  2106 90 100);  food preparations of goods 
of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of 
cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis (HS:   1901);  Mixture of vegetable-creamy and 
creamy-vegetable oils including spread and melted admixtures containing more than 15 % 
by weight of dairy oil (HS:  2106 90 980). G/TBT/N/ARM/42 
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia "On the Approval of the Technical Regulation On the Requirements for Milk, Milk Products and their Production" (69 pages, in Armenian). 
6. Description of content:    
This technical regulation defines requirements describing the safety of milk, milk products 
and their production as well as requirements for th e processing of milk, marking, packaging, 
keeping, transportation, extracting 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 RA "Law on Standardization" and the law "On Food Safety" 
of RA to warn customers against deceptive factors, to protect human life and health.   
8. Relevant documents:   The technical regulation has been based on the provisions of RA law 
on "Food Safety", N 2-III-4.9-01- 2003 sanitary and epidemic rules and norms on "Hygienic 
Requirements for Nutritious Content and Safety of Food Stuff and Food’ affirmed by Order 
N 181 of 28 March, 2003 of the Minister of Health of RA, No. 2-III-4.1-01-2003 sanitary 
rules and hygienic norms on "Hygienic Requi rements for Milk and Milk Production" 
affirmed by Order No. 108-N of 18 February, 2003 of the Minister of Health of RA, 
standards of Codex Alimentarius on milk and milk products, particularly CODEX STAN 
207-1999 "On Milk Powder and Cream", CODEX STAN 232-2001 "On the Maximum Content of Aflatoxin M
1 in Milk", Codex standards on different kinds of cheese, 
concentrated milk with sugar and etc. as well as requirements specified by national 
standards, European Commission Directive 2000/13/EC "On the Harmonization of Member 
State’s Laws on Advertisement and Food Processing" and CODEX STAN 1-1985 standard. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   18 December 2006 
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, M.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