. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/51 
19 January 2007 
 (07-0281) 
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 
Ministry of Trade and Economic Development 
49/2 Komitas, Yerevan, 0051 
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 M.Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 0010 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):   Detergents and Cleaners 
Containing Surface Active Substances. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia on “Changes and Addenda in the Government 
Decision No. 1795-N of 16 December 2004 on “T he Approval of the Technical Regulation 
on Surface Active Means and Detergents and Cleaners Containing Surface Active Substances” (3 pages, in Armenian). 
6. Description of content:   The technical regulation specifies and clarifies the requirements 
for marking detergents and the norm for hydrogen ion concentration (pH), sets out new 
safety indices for detergents – combinati ons containing phosphorus, chlorine active 
compounds as well as the mass part of  the powder (in powder detergents). G/TBT/N/ARM/51 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The amendments in the Technical Regulation “On Surface Active Means and Surface 
Active Substances Containing Detergents and Cleaners” are made in compliance with the requirements of 643/2004/EC Regulation “On Cleaners” of 31 March 2004 of the European Parliament and Council. 
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation 643/2004/EC 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   5 March 2007 
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, M. Mkrtchyan, Yerevan, 0010 
Republic of Armenia  Tel.: +(37410) 543981 Fax: +(37410) 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, 0051 
Republic of Armenia 
 Tel.: +(37410) 237020 Fax: +(37410) 285620 E-mail: sarm@sarm.am  Enquiry Point  
E-mail:  press@sarm.am