. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/18 
7 October 2005 
 (05-4533) 
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 
Address: 5,  Mkrtchyan,  
Yerevan, 375010,  
Republic of Armenia 
Tel:   (+37410) 543981 
Fax:   (+37410) 543983 E-mail:   aghazaryan@minted.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):   Elevators and 
paternosters assigned for use in buildi ngs and houses and equipment included in 
configuration of elevators and paternosters  assigned to protect safety requirements. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical regulation 
for elevators and paternosters and safety requirements of their operating. 84 pages, 
Armenian. 
6. Description of content:   Technical regulation sets out technical requirements designed for 
elevators and paternosters assigned for use in  buildings and houses and equipment included G/TBT/N/ARM/18 
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 in configuration of elevators and paternoste rs assigned to protect safety requirements, 
marking, composition of elevators and pater nosters, safety operating system, conformity 
assessment procedures. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The technical regulation was developed pursu ant to the WTO Agreement on TBT and the 
provisions of Articles 8 of the RA Law on Standardization, To protect human life and 
health, goods and environment, to provide safety of elevators and paternosters that are in 
use in the Republic of Armenia, to decrease decr ee of risk for the period of using elevators 
and paternosters. 
8. Relevant documents:   The European Directive 99/116 EC on elevators and paternosters 
and The European Standard 81 EN « Electrical elevators and paternosters, safety regulations 
of placing  and equipment» . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    
Decree shall enter into force 6 months after its 
official publication.  
10. Final date for comments:   20 November 2005  
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:   
National Institute of Standards of the Minist ry of Trade and Economic Development of the 
Republic of Armenia  Komitas 49/2,  Yerevan, 375051,  Republic of Armenia. 
Tel:  (+37410) 237020 
Fax:  (+37410) 285620 
E-mail:  press@sarm.am