PROJECT  
 
REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA  
GOVERNMENT DECREE  
 
Amendments and Additions to Republic of Armenia’s (RA)  
Government Decree No.1843, October 29, 2004  
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According to RA law “On Legal Acts”, Part 1 of Article 70, the RA Government decrees to:  
 
1. Make the following amendments and additions to the technical regulations entitled "Rules of Technical Operations and Safety Requirements 
of Gas Infrastructure”, approved by RA Government Decree No .1843, October 29, 200 4:   
  
1) In Section I:  
a) Add the words “of the gas distribution system” after the words “of gas infrastructure” in point 1;  
b) Annul subpoint g of point 1.  
 
2) In Section II:  
a) Add the following to chapter 1, subpoint c “The installation of  gas alarms in cellars, gas boiler -houses, and areas for general use in 
blocks of flats and other buildings is carried out in accordance with the requirements of RA Government Decree No.314, February 22, 
2007 “On Raising the Safety Level of the Gas Consump tion System and the Implementation of the Amendments to Several RA 
Government Decrees”, RACN IV -12.03.01 -04 “Gas Distribution Systems”. The alarms conform to the requirements of technical 
regulations, organization standards, and the instructions of the com pany producing them;  
b) Add a subpoint d to chapter 1, as follows: “All of the gas infrastructure’s managers, specialists and workers are subject to inspection, 
according to standard organizational procedure (except those specialists exempted from checks by o fficial instructions), to ensure 
technical regulation requirements are being met —of Order No.524 -N, May 27, 2003 “On Ensuring Fire Safety Rules”, by the Head of 
Department for Emergency, Adjunct to RA Government, and of RA Government Decree No.2399 -N, Dece mber 22, 2005 “On 
Ensuring Technical Regulations - Gas Infrastructure Safety Procedures ”. The inspection’s objective is to determine the scientific -
technical competency level of the staff and their conformity to the functional responsibilities of their po sts. The competency check is 
carried out primarily before the employee starts to work alone, on a regular basis when an employee has breached safety rules or 
instructions during work, or when the character of the work of an employee changes. Inspection of managerial and engineering -
technical staff is carried out once every three years, while inspection of technicians takes place once every two years, with the exception of inspection requirements of RA Government Decree No.2399 -N, December 22, 2005 “On Ensur ing Technical Regulations 
- Gas Infrastructure Safety Procedures ”, which is carried out once a year;  
c) Add the following to chapter 2, point 1, subpoint b: “Technical assistance includes the following types of work: “inspection or 
technical assistance (exa mination, installation and partial repair), preventive (planned) repair, diagnosis and technical evaluation, 
emergency -repair work";  
d) Replace the word “visitors” with the word “inspectors” in chapter 2 point 2;  
e) Replace the word “service” by the word “repair ” in chapter 2 point 3;  
f) Add a point 4 to chapter 2, as follows:  
“4. Emergency Repair Work  
Emergency repair work in the external gas pipeline service includes:  
a) elimination of gas smell in building cellars, entrances, yards and adjacent underground communica tions;  
b) elimination of gas leaks from gas storage facilities;      
c) repair work that eliminates gas leaks caused by damage to the gas pipeline (from construction machines or devices) or by 
corrosion of the gas pipeline or natural disasters;   
d) changes needed in damaged sections of high and low pressure gas pipelines installed within a radius of 1 -3 km from gas 
distribution stations;  
e) elimination of abrupt gas pressure fluctuations in gas pipelines;  
f) restoration of gas supply after disruption caused by closed saf ety valves at regulation points.”;  
g) Replace the word “once” with the word “twice” in the second paragraph of chapter 5, subpoint d;      
h) Replace the words “smoke devices” with “smoke paths” in the first paragraph of chapter 5, subpoint d, and word “quarter”  with the 
words “six months” in the second chapter;  
i) Replace the words “inspection organization” with the words “chimney inspection organization (RA State Fire Fighting Safety Service), 
and the words “gas infrastructure” with the words “regional gas distrib ution company”;  
j) Add the following to chapter 5, subpoint j, as follows: “In winter, the technical assistance organization is to visually inspect chimney 
heads to avoid freezing and report results to the owner”;  
k) Annul chapter 6’s subpoints b and i, and add the words “of chapter 6" after the words “of the technical regulations”;  
l) Change the words “ at least once every two months” to “at least once every quarter” in the third paragraph of chapter 6, subpoint n;  
m) Annul subpoint i of chapter 6 and annul chapter 8;  
n) Replace the words “of the current standards GOST 8.002” with the words “of the requirements of the RA Law “On Ensuring Unity of 
Measurements”;  
o) Add the words “of RA Government Decree No.2399 -N, December 22, 2005 “On Ensuring Technical Regulations - Gas Inf rastructure 
Safety Procedures”” after the words “of RA Working Code” at the end of chapter 10, subpoint b, and replace the words “ of RA Working 
Code” with the words “of the technical regulations";  
p) Replace the words “of the technical regulations setting sa fety norms in the gas infrastructure” with the words “of RA Government Decree 
No.2399 -N, December 22, 2005 “On Ensuring Technical Regulations - Gas Infrastructure Safety Procedures ” in chapter 10, subpoint 15, and replace the words “the safety procedure r ules of consumers’ electronic devices” after the words “who are familiar with” with the 
words “to the requirements of RA Government Decree No.1933 -N, November 23, 2006 “On Ensuring Technical Regulations - Technical 
Assistance Rules of Consumers' Electronic  Devices”.;  
q) Replace the words “of other technical regulations setting safety norms in the gas infrastructure” with the words “of RA Government 
Decree No.2399 -N, December 22, 2005 “On Ensuring Technical Regulations - Safety Procedures in the Gas Infrastruct ure” in chapter 11, 
point 18;  
r) Add subpoint c to chapter 11, point 20, as follows: “Gas pipelines in use should be painted with oil -based or enamel waterproof paint of 
yellow or silver color (GOST 14  202-69) with red warning circles, whereas in residential or public buildings pipelines may also be painted 
the colour of the wall”;  
s) Annul chapter 11 point 24.                                                                                                       
 
3) In Appendix 1:  
a) Replace the words “according to l egislation” with the words “according to instructions” in Section 1, point 1, and to add subpoint c to 
point 1, as follows: “To efficiently eliminate and localize potential accidents, the emergency dispatch system is equipped with equipment 
and devices est ablished by the organizational standard entitled “Model Provisions for the Gas Infrastructure’s Emergency Dispatch 
Service”.     
b) Add the words “of point 3 in Appendix 1” after the words “of the technical regulations” in chapter 1, point 3.   
 
4) In Appendi x 2: 
Replace the expression “no more than 1 -3 %” by the expression “no less than 1 -3 %” in subpoint b, point 2.  
 
5) In Appendix 3:  
Add the following to appendix 3: “This appendix gives samples of the emergency calls register, the register for recording th e gas -
regulating point’s technical assistance, the emergency caller’s request form, the gas pipeline inspector’s report,  and the gas -regulating 
point attendant’s report”.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
----------------------------------                                                                                            Form No ____  
Branch Name   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emergency Calls Register  
 
 
  
 
                                              Book No _____  
        Number of Pages _____  
                     Valid for 3 years  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Date of Filing the Application  
Application  
Form  Number  Month/Day  Hours/Minutes  Name/ Surname of 
Person Taking the 
Call   Name/ Surname/ 
Address/ Telephone 
Number of the 
Caller  Caller’s 
Request  Instructions Given to 
the Caller  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 People Responsible for Filing the Request  
Name, Surname  Date, Time of 
Filing the  
Request ,  Signature  Measures Taken to 
Eliminat e Accidents and 
Defects   Time of the 
Repair Work  Repair Person  
8 9 10 11 12 13 
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ----------------------------------                                                                                                   Form N o--- 
Branch Name   
 
Register of the  
Gas-Regulating Point ’s Techn ical Assistance  
 
The address of the gas -regulating point ---------------------------------------------  
 
     
Gas Pressure  Filter  
Pressure  
Month/Day  Time  Entering  
kg/m2 Exiting  
ml water 
column  Entering 
kg/m2 Exiting  
kg/m2 Pressure 
Decay  Results of the 
Technical 
Assistance  Name/S urname/
Signature of the 
Attendant 
Metalworker  Name/Surname o f the 
Supervisor  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Branch Name  / Dispatch Service  
 
 
 
 
Emergency Calls Application No ---- 
 
 
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Caller’s name, surname, address, telephone number  
 
Caller’s request -----------------------------------------------------------------------  
 
Submission Date of request ----------------------------------------------------------   
 
Repair Person -------------------------------------------------------------------------  
Name, surname  
 
Date and time of departure ----------------------------------------------------------  
 
Description of the work --------------------------------------------- ----------------  
 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
 
Repaired by ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  
(signature)  
 
Caller’s confirmation of work’s completion -------------------------------------  
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Date, time, signature  
 
Dispatcher ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  
Signature  
 
Information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                                   Form N o--- 
Branch Name  / Dispatch Ser vice 
 
 
Gas Pipeline Inspector’s Report N o--- 
 
               ------------------------ 200 
 
-------------------------------------------------------------    Route  -------------------------------------------------------------------------  
Inspector’s name/ surn ame                  Address (street, village , etc.) 
 
 
 
Checked (total)  
Observation Holes  Number  Gas Pipeline 
Address 
(village, 
street , etc.) 
Cellars  of Gas  of other 
Communication 
Paths  Place where 
the gas is 
available 
(cellar, 
observation 
hole, etc.)  Description 
of the gas 
pipeline 
defects  Information  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
        
        
        
        
        
        
 
 
 
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 ---------------------------------                                                                                                   Form N o--- 
Branch Name /  Dispatch Service  
 
 
 
 Report of the Gas -Regulating Point Attendant N o--- 
 
“"_________________ 200  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
Attendant’s name/ surn ame   
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
Address of the gas -regulating point ( village, street, etc)  
 
 
 
Gas Pressure  Pressure from the Filter  
Date of 
Attendance  Enterin g 
kg/m2 Exiting  
ml water 
column  Before  
kg/m2 After  
kg/m2 The Work Done  Information  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
 
 
 
 
 
 6) Repeal Appendix 4 of Technical Regulations.  
 
2. Make this decree effective six months from the date of its issue.