. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARM/3 
23 November 2006 
 (06-5640) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ARMENIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  National Institute of Standards of the Ministry of Trade and 
Economic Development  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Wheat and maslin (HS 1001), rye (1002 00 000), barley (1003 00), oats (1004 
00 000), maize (1005), rice (1006), sorghum ( 1007 00), buckwheat, millet and other cereals 
(except Canary seed) (HS 1008).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Decree of the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia on "T he Approval of the Technical Regulation on 
Requirements for Grain and its Production, Storage, Reprocessing, and Extraction" 
(Available in Armenian, 16 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The technical regulation sets out safety indices for wheat and 
maslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, sor ghum, buckwheat, millet and requirements for their 
production, reprocessing, marking and packagi ng, storage, transportation, as well as 
requirements for environmental protecti on and conformity assessment procedures.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The technical 
regulation has been based on the standards of Codex Alimentarius:  CODEX STAN 199-1995, CODEX STAN 1-1985, CODEX STAN 153-1985, CODEX STAN 169-1989, as well as EC Directive 2000/13/EC. G/SPS/N/ARM/3 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
12. Final date for comments:  8 January 2007  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point:   
WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia 
Address: 5, M. Mkrtchyan, Yereva n, 375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.: (37410) 543981 
Fax: (37410) 543983 
E-mail: info@arm-wto.am   
 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
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  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point: 
WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia 
Address: 5, M. Mkrtchyan, Yereva n, 375010, Republic of Armenia 
Tel.: (37410) 543981 
Fax: (37410) 543983 E-mail: info@arm-wto.am   
 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
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