. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/59 
25 October 2007 
 (07-4610) 
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 
Komitas ave. 49/2, Yerevan, 0051 Republic of Armenia 
Tel:  (+374) 1023 7020 
Fax: (+374) 1028 5620 E-mail: sarm
@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 of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development 
5, M. Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 0010 Republic of Armenia Tel: (+374) 1054 3981 Fax: (+374) 1054 3983 
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):    
Perfumery and cosmetic products corres ponding to the following coding of HS 
Nomenclature: 
- perfumes and toilet waters (3303 00); - beauty and make-up preparations and prepara tions for the care of the skin (other than 
medicaments), including sunscreen and sun tan preparations, manicure or pedicure 
preparations (3304); 
- preparations for use on hair (3305); - preparations for oral or dental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes and 
powders; yam used to clean between the t eeth (dental floss), in individual retail 
packages (3306); G/TBT/N/ARM/59 
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  - pre-shave or after-shave preparations (3307 10 000); 
- personal deodorants and antiperspirants (3307 20 000); - preparations for hair removal (3307 90 000); - hand soap (3401 11 000); - preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream (3401 30 000). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia on "T he Approval of the Technical Regulation on 
Perfumery and Cosmetics and their Production" (21 pages, in Armenian).  
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation sets out the physical and chemical 
specifications, characterising the safety of the abovementioned perfumery and cosmetic 
products, as well as the marking, packaging, storing, transportation requirements and conformity assessment procedures for the perfumery and cosmetics.  
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" to protect human life and 
health, and to warn customers against deceptive factors. 
8. Relevant documents:   European Technical Regulation 76/768/EEC 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   24 December 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 of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development 
5, M. Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 0010 Republic of Armenia Tel: (+374) 1054 3981 Fax: (+374) 1054 3983 E-mail: info@arm-wto.am 
National Institute of Standards of the Mi nistry of Trade and Economic Development 
Komitas ave. 49/2, Yerevan, 0051 Republic of Armenia Tel:  (+374) 1023 7020 Fax: (+374) 1028 5620 
E-mail: sarm
@sarm.am