G/SPS/N/TUR/58/Add.1  
 
21 December 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 21 December 2020, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Turkey . 
 
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Regulation on the Determination of Animal Health Rules for the Importation and Transit of Certain 
Live Ungulate Animals  
The "Regulation on the Determination of Animal Health Rules for the Importation and Transit of 
Certain Live Ungulate Animals" published in the Official Gazette dated 20 September 2015 and 
numbered 29481 has been notified to the WTO as G/SPS/N/TUR/58.  
The first paragraph of Article 4 of the Regulation, titled as "Animal Health Rules for the Import of 
Certain Live Ungulate Animals", regarding the establishment of the list of authorized countr ies, states 
that " import and transit live ungulate animals are permitted only from the countries included in the 
lists prepared by the Ministry".  
On the other hand, in Article 13 of the same Regulation , it was stated that : a) the first paragraph of 
Article  4 shall come into force three  years after the date of its publication ; and  b)other provisions 
shall come into force on the date of publication.  
In line with the requests made by the exporter countries that there will be difficulties in the 
implementation of the foreseen changes and in the determination of the list of authorized countries 
for import, the effective date of the relevant article has been extended for two  years with the 
"Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on the Determination of Anim al Health Rules for the 
Importation and Transit of Certain Live Ungulate Animals" , which was published in the Official Gazette 
dated 7 May 2019 and numbered 30767.  
However, due to the worldwide COVID -19 pandemic, the process of determination of the list of 
authorized countries for import could not be completed. In this context, the effective date of the 
mentioned article of the regulation has been extended for two mo re years with the "Regulation on 
the Amendment of the Regulation on the Determination of Animal Health Rules Regarding the 
Importation and Transit of Certain Live Ungulate Animals and Transit Pass" dated 25  November 2020 
and numbered 31315.  
The amendment i ncludes the following changes in the "Regulation on the Determination of Animal 
Health Rules for the Importation and Transit of Certain Live Ungulate Animals " dated 20  September 
2015 and numbered 29481.  
The phrase "five" in the clause (a) of the first para graph of Article 13 of the Regulation has been 
changed as "seven".  
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  This addendum concerns  a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] 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  
[X] Other: Amendment of the effective date of Article 13 of the notified  Regulation.  
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 
comme nt period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 19 February 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [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  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 7758  
Fax: +(90) 312 258 7760  
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 Ag riculture and Forestry  
General Directorate of Food and Control  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 7758  
Fax: +(90) 312 258 7760  
E-mail: sps@tarimorman.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.tarimorman.gov.tr  
 
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