. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ARM/24 
16 November 2005 
 (05-5374) 
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 
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):    
Types of roles designed for concrete strengthening: 
-hardened steel,  -carbon steel,  -round compartment,  -with diameter less than 14mm,  
-non-smoothed and non-imposed wire made from carbon steel, 
-up to 0.25% and 0.6% or more carbon mass included, -and others.   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia on th e approval of the technical regulation on the 
steel products provided for concrete stre ngthening. (16 pages, in Armenian) G/TBT/N/ARM/24 
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 6. Description of content:   Technical regulation sets out requirements designed for marking, 
packaging, transportation, storing, descripti on of safety indexes of steel products provided 
for concrete strengthening, and 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. 
8. Relevant documents:   EU Council Directive 89/106/EEC  on the Approximation of Laws, 
Regulations and Administrative Provisions of the Member States Relating to Construction 
Products, European Norms EN 10080, EN 10138, International Standards ISO 6934.1-91,  
ISO 6934.2-91, ISO 6934.3-91, ISO 6934.4-91, ISO 6934.5-91, ISO 10544-92, ISO 6935-2-91, ISO 10144-91. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
Decree shall enter into force 6 months after its 
official publication. 
10. Final date for comments:   28 December 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