WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.33
18June1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2498)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Addendum
Communication from Turkey
Thefollowing Statement under Article 15,paragraph 2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived
from thedelegation ofTurkey.
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1. TheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization anditsintegral part,theAgreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade, (hereinafter referred toastheTBTAgreement) afterhaving been
accepted bytheTurkish Parliament came intoforce on31December 1994. Thefulltextofthe
Agreement Establishing theWTO waspublished intheOfficial Gazette No.22213 dated
25February 1995.
2. Theobligationofrelevantnationalauthoritiestomeettherequirementsonnotificationprocedures
given bytheTBTAgreement isincorporated intotheRegulation published intheOfficial Gazette
No.22965 dated 15April 1997. According tothisregulation, Undersecretariat forForeign Trade
isresponsiblefortheimplementationandtheadministration(exceptforstandards)oftheTBTAgreement.
3. Thepurpose ofthisRegulation istoestablish theprinciples andprocedures relating tothe
notification ofthedraft technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures andbilateral or
multilateral agreements inthefieldofstandards, technical regulations andconformity assessment
procedures andother obligations under theTBTAgreement other thanthose related totheCode of
Good Practice forthePreparation, Adoption andApplication ofStandards.
4. Theexpected length oftimeperiod allowing forcomments ondrafttechnical regulations and
conformity assessment procedures shallgenerally be60days.
5. Ontheother hand, inaccordance withtheprovisions oftheabove mentioned Regulations,
Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) istheNational Enquiry Point regarding notifications inthefield
ofstandards.
6. TSEisanon-governmental organization established byaprivate LawNo.132,given thesole
authority andresponsibility ofpreparing andpublishing allTurkish Standards.
7. TSEnotified theWTO Secretariat ontheacceptance oftheCode ofGood Practice forthe
preparation, adoption andapplication ofstandards on6March 1996.
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8. Allnotifications afterthedateofacceptance oftheCode ofGood Practice havebeensubmitted
totheWTO Secretariat through ISO-NET regarding theTSE"Standard Preparation Work Program"
which isprepared onanannual basisandpublished intheWTO TBTStandard Code Directory 1997.
9. Allstandardization work iscarried outinparallel toISO/IEC standards which iscompletely
inlinewiththeWTO TBTAgreement. Thisispublished intheTSE"Standard Preparation Work
Program".
10. Names andaddresses oftheEnquiry Points:
(a) Enquiry Point withregard toArticle 10.1:
Prime Ministry
Undersecretariat forForeign Trade
General Directorate forStandardization forForeign Trade
06510 Emek-Ankara
TURKEY
Telephone: +(90312)2125896
+(90312)2128717
Telefax: +(90312)2128768
E-mail: +GOKALI@FOREIGNTRADE.GOV.TR
(b) Enquiry Point withregard toArticle 10.1.2:
Turkish Standard Institution
Computer andInformation Department
Necatibey Cad. No.112,Bakanliklar
06100 Ankara,
TURKEY
Telephone: +(90312)4180115
Telefax: +(90312)4180116
Telex: +42047tse-tr
E-mail: +TSE-D@SERVIS.NET.TR