G/SPS/N/TUR/117  
 
27 April 2021  
(21-3549) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Food 
and Control  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Bee products (propolis products, royal jelly, royal jelly powder, bee 
pollen, dried bee pollen, bee bread)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Turkish Food Codex - Draft Communiqué on Bee 
Products . Language(s):  Turkish . Number of pages:  6 
https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/Duyuru/1346/Mevzuat -Taslagi -Turk-Gida-Kodeksi -Ari-
Urunleri -Tebligi  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/TUR/21_3008_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Communiqué covers product definitions, compositions 
criteri a and labelling requirements of propolis products, royal jelly, royal jelly powder, bee 
pollen, dried bee pollen and bee bread. The Communiqué also provides the requirements  
that covered bee products should have in the stages of production, preparation, 
processing, storage, import, transportation and marketing.  The scope of the Communiqué 
does not cover mixtures of products covered by this Communiqué or other food or 
supplementary foods which products covered by this Communiqué used as ingredients. 
It also does not cover products needed in health applications such as apitherapy, which 
are not within the scope of food and supplements.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  G/SPS/N/TUR/117  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No. 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9)  (available in 
Turkish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : September 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : September 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : June 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 June 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
General Directorate of Food and Control  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 32  
Fax:+(90) 312 258 77 60   
E-mail: sps@tarimorman.gov.tr  
Website: https://www.tarimorman .gov.tr/Mevzuat/Taslaklar  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] 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  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 53  
Fax: +(90) 312 258 77 60   
E-mail: kodeks@tarimorman.gov.tr  
Website: https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/Mevzuat/Taslaklar