. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/38 
23 August 2006 
 (06-3986) 
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 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 5, Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 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 [   ], 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):   Products made of paper 
pulp, paper, cellulose cotton or cellulose yarn cloth as well as chemical yarns and other 
textile materials such as toilet paper (HS 4818 10); handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues 
and towels (HS 481820); tablecloths and ser viettes (HS 481830); sanitary towels and 
tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles made of chemical 
yarns and other textile materials (HS 560110). 
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 
the Requirements for Consumer and Sanitary  Hygienic Products Made of Paper and 
Chemical Yarn” (15 pages, in Armenian). 
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation defines the safety indexes for consumer 
and sanitary hygienic products made of paper and chemical yarn as well as the requirements for marking, packaging, storage, transportation and conformity assessment procedures. G/TBT/N/ARM/38 
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  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” as well as to warn consumers against deceptive factors, to protect human health and to provide safety requirements for various and a vast number of  consumer and sanitary hygienic products. 
8. Relevant documents:         
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   2 October 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 
5, Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 375010 Republic of Armenia Tel.:  (+374 10) 543981 Fax:  (+374 10) 543983 
E-mail:  info@arm-wto.am 
 National Institute of Standards of the  Ministry of Trade and Economic Devel opment of the Republic of Armenia  
Komitas 49/2, Yerevan, 375051 
Republic of Armenia 
Tel.:  (+374 10) 237020 Fax:  (+374 10) 285620 E-mail:  press@sarm.am