* This English translation is for informative purposes only and not an authentic translation of the 
original Turkish texts. 
 
COMMUNIQUÉ ON CLASSIFICATION OF  
GOODS AND SERVICES REGARDING APPLICATIONS FOR TRADEMARK REGISTRATION  
 (TPE: 2016/2)  
Purpose and scope 
ARTICLE 1 – (1) The purpose of this Communiqué is, in accordance with the Nice Classification, which 
is regulated in accordance with the provisions of the Nice Agreement on the International Classification 
of Goods and Services for the Purpose of Registration of Trademarks, which is a party with the Council of 
Ministers Decision dated 12/7/1995 and numbered 95/7094. (Institute) to create the Goods and Services 
Classification List to be taken as a basis for trademark registration applications and to regulate the 
principles regarding this list. 
 
Rest 
ARTICLE 2 – (1) This Communiqué is on the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of 
Goods and Services for the Purpose of Registration of Trademarks, which is a party with the Council of 
Ministers Decision dated 12/7/1995 and numbered 95/7094, and on the Protection of Trademarks dated 
24/6/1995 and numbered 556. It has been prepared on the basis of the Decree-Law. 
 
Scope and application of the goods and services classification list 
ARTICLE 3 – (1) In the Goods and Services Classification List in Annex-1, goods are collected in 34 
classes and services in 11 classes. 
(2) Some groups in this list are organized under general headings. It is accepted that the general 
headings of these groups cover all of the goods or services included in the definition and in the relevant 
Nice class. 
(3) This list does not cover all goods and services. In case the goods or services that are not covered 
by any general title and are not specified in the list are included in the trademark registration application; 
the goods or services in question may be evaluated in the same scope as the goods or services included 
in the list, in the same Nice class and having similar qualities, functions or purposes. 
(4) In the determination of the same type of goods or services specified in subparagraph (b) of the 
first paragraph of Article 7 of the Decree Law No. 556 on the Protection of Trademarks, the groups 
included in the annex to this Communiqué are taken as basis. However, during the examination of 
trademark registration applications or objections, the Institute may evaluate these groups more narrowly 
or in a broader way to include different groups of goods or services in the determination of the same type 
of goods or services. 
(5) In the trademark registration applications made to the Institute, the services included in the 35th 
class of the list in Annex-1 and “bringing together the goods* so that the customers can see the goods 
conveniently and buy them (the specified services are retail, wholesale stores, electronic media, catalog 
and other similar methods). In case of services expressed as “)”, goods or groups of goods are written in 
the field indicated with “*”. Services or service groups are not written in this field. 
(6) In cases where the list of goods and services in the annex of this Communiqué and the repealed 
communiqué are written simultaneously and together as a list of goods and services in the trademark 
registration applications made to the Institute, the list of goods and services is prepared on the basis of 
the list in the annex of this Communiqué. 
 
Notice of repeal 
ARTICLE 4 – (1) The Goods and Services of Trademark Registration Applications published in the 
Official Gazette dated 8/12/2014 and numbered 29199 The Communiqué on Classification (TPI: 2014/2) has been repealed. 
 
 
Force 
ARTICLE 5 – (1) This Communiqué enters into force on 1/1/2017. 
 
Executive 
ARTICLE 6 – (1) The provisions of this Communiqué are executed by the President of the Turkish 
Patent Institute.