G/TBT/N/TUR/185  
17 June 2021  
(21-4970) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  The Ministry of Health  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please su bmit comments to Turkey WTO TBT Enquiry Point, E -mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
 
Turkey WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Sogutozu Mah. 2180. Sk. No:63 06530  
Çankaya -Ankara / Tu rkey  
Tel: +90 (312) 204 89 37 / 89 52  
Fax: +90 (312) 212 87 68  
E-mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cosmetic 
products, any substance or mixture intended to be placed in contact with the external 
parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system,  nails, lips, and external genital organs) 
or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively 
or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance, protecting them, 
keeping them in good condition or corre cting body odours , are covered.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Implementing Regulation on Cosmetic Products (22 page(s), in English) and Communiqué 
on Cosmetic Ingredients (299 page(s), in English). (22 page(s), in English; 299 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Implementing Regulation on Cosmetic Products of Turkey 
is one of the areas where harmonization with the 1223/2009 (EC) Legislation is continuing 
as a requirement of the EU -Turkey Customs Union Agreement.  
Accordingly, as the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009/EC is frequently updated, the 
cosmetic product groups listed within the scope of this Regulation also change frequently.  
For this reason, in order to ensure the harmonization with the 1223/2009 (EC) Legislation, 
the Annexes of the Implementing Regulation are rearranged and will be followed under 
the Communiqué on Cosmetic Ingredients.  
In this regard, firstly, the Communiqué  on Cosmetic Ingredients will enter into force 
and  then the Implementing Regulation will enter into force accordingly.  G/TBT/N/TUR/185  
 
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  The Communiqué on Cosmetic Ingredients applies to cosmetic products within the scope 
of the Implementing Regulation on Cosmetic Products  published in the Official Gazette 
dated 23.05.2005 and numbered 25823.  
The Implementing Regulation is applied to cosmetic products and this Implementing 
Regulation does not apply to a substance or mixture intended to be ingested, inhaled, 
injected, or imp lanted into the human body for the purposes set out in point (ö) of Article 
(4)(1).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of this Implementing Regulation is to determine principles and 
procedur es relevant to cosmetic products that are made available on the market in order 
to ensure a high level of protection of human health. The objective of the Communique is 
to determine the categories of cosmetic products placed on the market and the propertie s 
of the ingredients they contain.; Protection of human health or safety; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
- The Implementing Regulation has been drawn up based on Article 7 of Law No 5324 on 
Cosmetic Products dated 24/3/2005 and Article 508 and 796 of Presidential Decree No 4 
and Law No 7223 on Product Safety and Technical Regulations dated 05/03/2020.  
The Implementing Regulation is prepared according to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council as part of complia nce with the European Union 
legislation.  
- The Communiqué on Cosmetic Ingredients has been prepared based on the Regulation 
on Cosmetic Products published in the Official Gazette dated 23/05/2005 and numbered 
25823.  
The Communiqué on Cosmetic Ingredients i s prepared taking Annexes II to VI of the 
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council into account 
as part of compliance with the European Union legislation.  Besides, Annexes of this 
Communique shall be updated in line with c urrent developments.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The regulation will be adopted upon its publication.  
Proposed date of entry into force:   
- The Implementing Regulation shall enter into force six months after the date of its 
publication. Article 16 of this Implementing Regulation shall apply on the date of its 
publication.  
- The Communique on Cosmetic Ingredients shall enter into force on th e day its 
publication.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days of comment period for WTO Member States are 
provided both for the Draft Implementing Regulation on Cosmetic Products (22 page(s), 
in English) and the Communiqué on Cosmetic Ingredients (299 page( s), in English).  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TUR/21_4210_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TUR/21_4210_01_e.pdf