G/TBT/N/TUR/212  
2 April 2024  
(24-2783) 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:  TÜRKIYE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry/General Directorate of Food and Control  
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 indi cated if different from above:   
Türkiye -TBT E nquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Söğütözü Mah. 2176 Sk. No:63, 06510 Çankaya/Ankara  
Telephone: +90 312 204 89 75  
Fax: +90 312 212 68 64  
E-mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addit ion, where applicable):  Butter and 
Clarified Butter  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Turkish Food 
Codex Communiqué on Butter and Clarified Butter, 2024/4; (3 page(s), in Turkish)  
6. Description of content:  This Communiqué covers product characteristics of butter and 
clarified butter in order to ensure that they are produced, prepared, processed, 
transported, stored and supplied to the market.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wh ere 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
-Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9),  
-Regulation on Specific Hygiene Rules for Food of Animal Origin (G/SPS/N/TUR/12)  G/TBT/N/TUR/212  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 December 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  31 December 2024; This Communiqué enters into 
force on the date of its publication.  
Food operators operating before the publication date of this Communiqué must comply 
with the provisions of thi s Communiqué until 31/12/2024. Products produced before 
31/12/2024 may be available on the market until the end of their shelf life.  
10. Final date for comments:  5 June 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Türkiye -TBT E nquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Söğütözü Mah. 2176 Sk. No:63, 06510 Çankaya/Ankara  
Telephone: +90 312 204 89 75  
Fax: +90 312 212 68 64  
E-mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
OR 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
General Directorate of Food and Control  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Türkiye  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 53  
Fax: +(90) 312 258 77 60  
E-mail: kodeks@tarimorman.gov.tr  
Website: https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/GKGM  
https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/GKGM/Duyuru/562/Mevzuat -Taslagi -Tgk-Tereyagi -Ve-
Sadeyag -Tebligi  
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