. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/19 
12 October 2005 
 (05-4647) 
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:  49/2 Komitas, Yerevan 375051, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:   (+374) 10 237020 
Fax:   (+374) 10 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 M. Mkrtchyan, Yere van 375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:   (+374) 10 543981 
Fax:   (+374) 10 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):   Food providing services 
in restaurants, cafés, self-service places of ready-made food, bistros, fast food stands and shops, dining cars, other institutions of ready- made food delivery; services mainly in sale of 
the ready-made food intended for local use (included beverages), as well as services in 
production and delivery of culinary manufactured goods intended for use outside of an 
institution. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   A Technical 
Regulation on Requirements for Food Providi ng Services (6 pages, in Armenian). G/TBT/N/ARM/19 
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 6. Description of content:   This technical regulation sets out requirements in the institutions 
providing public food services for foodstuffs used in ready-made food preparing, prepared food; and safety of the services provided in public food institutions, the institutions 
providing public food services and for prepari ng and providing food in that institutions, 
environmental protection, foodstuffs, the cond itions for transportation and storage of food 
and culinary manufactured goods as well as conformity assessment procedures of public 
food services. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 The technical regulation has been developed to ensure the implementation of 
provision 9 of the RA program (ratified by the Government Resolution N 393, 10 March 2005) of drafting technical regulations within 2005 and pursuant to article 8 of the 
Law “On Standardization” of the Republic of Armenia. 
 To ensure safety in services of the institutions providing public food as well as to 
protect human life, health and environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   The standards of Codex Alimen tarius of Food and Agricultural 
Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 Proposed date of entry into force:   in 6 months after notification 
to be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the day of notification 
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  
Address:  49/2 Komitas, Yerevan 375051, Republic of Armenia 
Tel:   (+374) 10 237020 
Fax:   (+374) 10 285620 
E-mail:   press@sarm.am