G/SPS/N/TUR/105/Add.1  
1 September 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 31 August 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Türkiye . 
 
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Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Amending the Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in 
Contact with Food  
Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food was notified 
to WTO through G/SPS/N/TUR/105 on 15 November 2018.  
The purpose of this draft Communiqué is to amend the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Plastic 
Materials and Articles in Contact with Food in line with the amendments 2020/1245/EU and 
2023/1442/EU of the EU regulation 10/2011/EU.  
This amendment covers revisions of some monomers and starting substances to be u sed in the 
production of food contact plastic materials and articles and changes to migration test rules.  
This regulation enters into force on the date of its publication. However, transitional period has been 
provided in Provisional Article 2.  
Provisional  Article 2  
(1) The workplaces that produce, import and sell the products within the scope of this Communiqué 
must comply with the amendments made with the publication of the Communiqué until 1 January 
2026.  
(2) Products that do not comply with the changes made with the publication of the Communiqué, but 
which were placed on the market before 1 January 2026, may be available on the market until 
1 January 2028.  
https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/GKGM/Duyuru/526/Mevzuat -Taslagi -Tgk-Gida-Ile-Temas -Eden-
Plastik -Madde -Ve-Malzemeler -Tebligi -_teblig -No-2019_44_nde -Degisik lik-Yapilmasina -Dair-Teblig  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/TUR/23_12118_00_x.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/TUR/105/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum ma y vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 31 October 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax n umber and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
General Directorate of Food and Control  
Üniveristeler Mah. Dumlupınar Bulvarı No: 161 Çankaya - Ankara - TÜRKİYE  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 54  
Fax:+(90) 312 258 77 60  
E-mail: sps@tarimorman.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.tarimorman.gov.tr  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
General Directorate of Food and Control  
Üniveristeler Mah. Dumlupınar Bulvarı No: 161 Çankaya - Ankara - TÜRKİYE  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 54  
Fax:+(90) 312 258 77 60  
E-mail: sps@tarimorman.gov.tr  
Website:  http://www.tarimorman.gov.tr  
 
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