Law No. ZR-18 on standardization. Country/Territory Armenia Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Standards Classification/declassification Geographical area Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Landlocked Developing Nations, Western Asia Entry into force notes The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract The present Law establishes legal grounds for standardization activity and the competence of the participants thereof and also regulates the principles of elaboration and application of legislative acts on standardization. Depending upon the sphere of activity and the validation authority the standards shall be classified as international, regional, inter-state, national standards and branch standards (art. 2). The purpose of standardization is to ensure safety of products, work and service for Full text Russian Website www.parliament.am