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G/TBT/2/Add.81/Rev.1 
28 September 2011 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from Georgia 
 
Revision 
 
  The following communication under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade has been received from Georgia. 
 
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I. RELEVANT GEORGIAN LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
- Georgian Law on "Standardization" – adopted on 1 September 1999;  
- Georgian law on "Ensuring uniformity of me asurements"- adopted on 6 September 1996; 
- Georgian law on "Certification of products and service" – adopted  on 6 September 1999; 
- Georgian law "On Consumer Rights Pr otection", – adopted on 1 June 1996; 
- Decree of the Government of Georgia #45 on "The Rule of acknowledgement and 
application of Technical Regulations of Other Countries by Georgia - adopted 24 
February on 2006; 
- The Decree of the Government of Geor gia #170 "On Acceptance of the rule of 
notification sending and communication on st andards, technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures on applicable  documents and their drafts"- adopted on 
18 September 2009; 
- Decree of the Geostandard on acceptance of the "Code of Good Practice for the 
Preparation, Adoption and Application of St andards" contained in Annex 3 to the WTO 
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade – adopted on 16 April 2003. 
II. TRANSPARENCY 
A. PUBLICATIONS  
1. According to the Georgian legislation, LEPL – Georgian National Agency for Standards, 
Technical Regulations and Metrology (GEOSTM) pr ovides registration of the Georgian National 
standards in the official registry.  All adopted Georgian standards are available on the website of 
GEOSTM ( http://www.geostm.ge ).  All publications of Georgian standards are available for all 
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  2. Technical regulations created by the different authorities of the Government of Georgia are 
available at on the official website of LEPL – A ddition of Legislative Gaze tte and Statuette Book of 
Georgia is the official authority of the Government of Georgia which provides official registry of laws 
and other regulation.    
B. 
ENQUIRY POINT  
3. According to The Decree of the Government of  Georgia #170 "On Acceptance of the Rule of 
Notification-sending and Communication on Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures on Applicable documents and their drafts" - A WTO TBT National Enquiry 
Point has been established in the system of LEP L - Georgian National Agency for Standards, 
Technical Regulations and Metrology (GEOSTM), under the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable 
Development of Georgia.  
4. "GEOSTM" is responsible for publication of th e adopted Georgian standards and submission 
of notifications, according to the WTO Ag reement on Technical Barriers to Trade. 
Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulation and Metrology (GEOSTM) 
Official Website: http://www.geostm.ge   
67 Chargali str. 0178, Tbilisi, Georgia    
Tel/Fax:  (+995 32) 2 61 35 00 E-mail: geostm@economy.ge  
 
Contact persons:    
Giorgi Chitadze  - Director of Standardization and T echnical Regulation Department (GEOSTM) 
E-mail:  giorgichitadze@geostm.ge  
Mobile:  (+995) 591 19 77 92 
Office:  (+995 32) 2 603 906 
 
Sulkhan Tabaghua  - Head of  WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point of Georgia (GEOSTM) 
E-mail:  tabaghua@geostm.ge  
Mobile:  +995 55 51 45 58 
Office:  +995 322 2 60-11-78/122 
 
Eka labadze  – Head of International Relations Office (GEOSTM) 
E-mail:  labadze@geostm.ge  
Mobile:  +995 599  725471 
Office:  +995 322 60 11 73/113  
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