G/TBT/N/TUR/198  
 
9 June 2022  
(22-4338) 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  
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:   
Ministry  of Trade  
DG Product Safety and Inspection  
T.C. Ticaret Bakanligi  
Sögütözü Mah. 2176. Sk. 
No:63, Çankaya  
Ankara, 06530  
Tel: +(90 312) 204 89 46; +(90 312) 204 89 52  
Fax: +(90 312) 212 87 68; +(90 312) 204 86 38  
Email: 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 addition, where applicable):  Plants, 
Fungi, Algae, Lichens and Their Preparations That May Be Used in Foods  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Turkish Food 
Codex Regulation on Plants, Fungi, Algaes and Lichens That May Be Used in Foods, 2022; 
(200 page(s), in Turkish)  
6. Description of content:  This Regulation lays down:  
• The procedures and principles regardi ng the safety assessment of plants, fungi, 
algae, lichens, their parts and preparations obtained from them, and pure 
substance, substance mixture, enriched extract -extracts used in foods, and 
applications within this scope, and  
• Labelling rules, lists of th eir use in foods and conditions of use  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/TUR/198  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
- Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9),  
Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Botanicals and Botanical Preparations That May Be 
Used in Foods (G/SPS/N/TUR/70).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 October 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Regulation enters into force on the d ate of its 
publication.  
The food business operators in -service must comply with the third paragraph of Article 
37, and the Annex -6, Annex -7 and Annex -8 of this Regulation until 31/12/2024.  
The products that do not comply with this Regulation cannot be placed on the market 
after 31/12/2026.  
Regarding the issues and cases falling under the scope of this Regulation, the food 
business operators in -service are obliged to comply with the current regulations applied 
by the Ministry until they comply with the t hird paragraph of Article 37 and, Annex -6, 
Annex -7 and Annex -8 of this Regulation after its publication.  
10. Final date for comments:  6 August 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Trade  
DG Product Safety and Inspection  
T.C. Ticaret Bakanligi  
Sögütözü Mah. 2176. Sk. 
No:63, Çankaya  
Ankara, 06530  
Tel: +(90 312) 204 89 46; +(90 312) 204 89 52  
Fax: +(90 312) 212 87 68; +(90 312) 204 86 38  
Email: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
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