. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARM/10 
15 November 2007  
 (07-4985) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARMENIA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plant and plant products (HS: 0106; 0601; 0602; 0603; 0604; 0701; 0701 10 
000; 0702 00 000; 0703 10; 0703 10 110; 0703 20 000; 0703 90 000; 0704 10 000; 0704 90 100; 0705 11 000; 0705 21 000; 0706 10 000; 0706 90 100; 0706 90 900; 0707 00 050; 0707 00 900; 0708; 0709; 0713 10 100; 0713 20 000; 0713 33 100; 0713 40 000; 0713 50 000; 0803 00; 0804; 0805; 0806; 0807; 0808; 0809; 0810; 0810 20; 1001; 1001 90 910; 1002 00 
000; 1003 00; 1003 00 100; 1004 00 000; 1005; 1005 10; 1006; 1006 10 100; 1007 00; 1007 
00 100; 1008; 1201 00; 1201 00 100; 1203 00 000; 1204 00 100; 1205 10 100; 1206 00; 1206 00 100; 1207; 1209; 1210; 1211; 1212 91; 1212 99 200; 1214; 2302; 3002; 4401; 4403; 4404; 4406; 4407; 4409; 4415; 4416 00 000; 9406 00 200) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Decision of the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia No . 1093-N of 30 August 2007 "On Determining the 
Order and Forms of Granting Import Permission and Phytosanitary Certificates for 
Importation, Exportation and Re-exportation of Plants, Pl ant Products and Regulated 
Commodities" (available in Armenian, 11 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This regulation sets out the order of granting the import permission 
and phytosanitary certificates for importation, exportation and re-exportation of plants, plant 
products and regulated commodities. The phyto sanitary certificates for importation, 
exportation and re-expor tation certifies the conformity of plants, plant products and regulated 
commodities to the requirements of phytosanitary  rules defined for impo rtation, exportation 
and re-exportation.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests    G/SPS/N/ARM/10 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Official Publication 
No. 50 (574), 10 October 2007 (available in Armenian)   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  - 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2007   
12. Final date for comments:  - 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
WTO Notification Agency of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development 
Address: 5, M. Mkrtchyan, Yere van, 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 543 981 Fax:  +(374 10) 543 983 
E-mail: info@arm-wto.am  
State Department of Quarantine of Plants a nd Cultivation of the Ministry of Agriculture 
Address: 39/a Mamikonyants, Yereva n, 0051, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(37410) 297 213, 297 196 Fax:  +(374 10) 297 430 
E-mail:  armeniacavul garislam@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
WTO Notification Agency of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development 
Address: 5, M. Mkrtchyan, Yere van, 0010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(374 10) 543 981 Fax:  +(374 10) 543 983 E-mail: info@arm-wto.am  
State Department of Quarantine of Plants a nd Cultivation of the Ministry of Agriculture 
Address: 39/a Mamikonyants, Yereva n, 0051, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  +(37410) 297 213, 297 196 Fax:  +(374 10) 297 430 E-mail:  armeniacavul garislam@yahoo.com