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G/TBT/2/Add.81/Rev.1
28 September 2011
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
RELEVANT GEORGIAN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Original: English
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
Communication from Georgia
Revision
The following communication under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade has been received from Georgia.
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I.
Georgian Law on "Standardization" – adopted on 1 September 1999;
Georgian law on "Ensuring uniformity of measurements"- adopted on 6 September 1996;
Georgian law on "Certification of products and service" – adopted on 6 September 1999;
Georgian law "On Consumer Rights Protection", – adopted on 1 June 1996;
Decree of the Government of Georgia #45 on "The Rule of acknowledgement and application of Technical Regulations of Other Countries by Georgia - adopted 24
February on 2006;
The Decree of the Government of Georgia #170 "On Acceptance of the rule of notification sending and communication on standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures on applicable documents and their drafts"- adopted on
18 September 2009;
Decree of the Geostandard on acceptance of the "Code of Good Practice for the
Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards" contained in Annex 3 to the WTO
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade – adopted on 16 April 2003.
II.
A.
TRANSPARENCY
PUBLICATIONS
1.
According to the Georgian legislation, LEPL – Georgian National Agency for Standards,
Technical Regulations and Metrology (GEOSTM) provides registration of the Georgian National standards in the official registry. All adopted Georgian standards are available on the website of
GEOSTM ( http://www.geostm.ge
). All publications of Georgian standards are available for all interested parties.
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2.
Technical regulations created by the different authorities of the Government of Georgia are available at on the official website of LEPL – Addition of Legislative Gazette and Statuette Book of
Georgia is the official authority of the Government of Georgia which provides official registry of laws and other regulation.
B.
ENQUIRY POINT
3.
According to The Decree of the Government of Georgia #170 "On Acceptance of the Rule of
Notification-sending and Communication on Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity
Assessment Procedures on Applicable documents and their drafts" - A WTO TBT National Enquiry
Point has been established in the system of LEPL - Georgian National Agency for Standards,
Technical Regulations and Metrology (GEOSTM), under the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable
Development of Georgia.
4.
"GEOSTM" is responsible for publication of the adopted Georgian standards and submission of notifications, according to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.
Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulation and Metrology (GEOSTM)
Official Website: http://www.geostm.ge
67 Chargali str. 0178, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel/Fax: (+995 32) 2 61 35 00
E-mail: geostm@economy.ge
Contact persons:
Giorgi Chitadze - Director of Standardization and Technical Regulation Department (GEOSTM)
E-mail: giorgichitadze@geostm.ge
Mobile: (+995) 591 19 77 92
Office: (+995 32) 2 603 906
Sulkhan Tabaghua - Head of WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point of Georgia (GEOSTM)
E-mail: tabaghua@geostm.ge
Mobile: +995 55 51 45 58
Office: +995 322 2 60-11-78/122
Eka labadze – Head of International Relations Office (GEOSTM)
E-mail: labadze@geostm.ge
Mobile: +995 599 725471
Office: +995 322 60 11 73/113
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