. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/39 
5 September 2006 
 (06-4261) 
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 
Address: 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: 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):   Weighing instruments 
used for a) determination of mass for commerc ial transactions; b) determination of mass for 
the calculation of a tax, duty, rent, penalty, remuneration, indemnity or similar type of 
payment; c) determination of mass for the application of laws or other legal acts; 
d) determination of mass in the practice of medicine for the purposes of monitoring, diagnosis and medical treatment; e) determ ination of mass for making up medicines on 
prescription in a pharmacy and determination of mass in analyses carried out in medical and 
pharmaceutical laboratories; f) determination of price on the basis of mass for the purposes 
of direct sales to the public and the making-up of pre-packages. 
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 non-automatic weighing  instruments” (14 pages, Armenian). 
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation defines the metrological indexes for non-
automatic weighing instruments as well as the requirements for designing, structure and 
marking. G/TBT/N/ARM/39 
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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. 
8. Relevant documents:   EC directives 90/384/EEC, 93/68/EEC 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   16 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 
Address: 5, Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.: (+37410) 543981 
Fax: (+37410) 543983 E-mail: info@arm-wto.am  National Institute of Standards of the Minist ry of Trade and Economic Development of the 
Republic of Armenia  
Address: Komitas 49/2, Yerevan, 375051, Republic of Armenia Tel.: (37410) 237020 Fax: (37410) 285620 E-mail: press@sarm.am