DRAFT COMMUNIQUE  ON THE AMENDMENT OF COMMUNIQUE ON 
CONFORMITY INSPECTION OF SOME CONSUMER PRODUCTS  
 
ARTICLE 1  – Article 3 of the Communiqué on Conformity Inspection for Certain Consumer 
Products published in the Official Gazette dated 3/5/2016 and numbered 29701 has been 
amended as follows.  
“ARTICLE 3 – (1) This Communiqué has been prepar ed based on to the Articles 441 and 452 
of the Presidential Decree No. 1 on the Presidential Organization published in the Official 
Gazette dated 10/7/2018 and numb ered 30474,  Framework Regulation on Market Surveillance 
and Inspection of Products, which was put into effect with the President's Decision dated 
9/7/2021 and numbered 4269,  General Product Safety Regulation published in the Official 
Gazette dated 11/3/2021 and numbered 31420 and the Ministry of Trade  Market Surveillance 
and Inspection Regulation published in the Official Gazette dated 9/2/2022 and numbered 
31745 .” 
 
ARTICLE 2  – The second sentence of the first paragraph of Article 5 of the same Communiqué 
has been amended as follows and the following sentence has been added to the same paragraph.  
“Without pre judice to the provisions of the  General Product Safety Regulation, the compliance 
of these products with the essential  requirements is evaluated by taking into account the 
regulations in the Communiqué and the standards specified in the annex, unless proven 
otherwise by the relevant economic operator.”  
“In case these standar ds are amended, revised or canceled by the Turkish Standards Institute 
and a new standard is put into effect, the updated  version of the standards shall be taken into 
account.”  
 
ARTICLE 3 – The phrase  of "manufacturer" in the title of article 6 of the same Communiqué 
has been changed as "economic operator", and the phrase  "manufacturers" in the first paragraph 
of the same article has been changed as "relevant economic operator".  
 
ARTICLE 4   – Article 7  of the same Communiqué has been amended as follows.  
“ARTICLE 7 – (1) It is assumed that the products that are legally available on the market in a 
European Union member country comply with the rules set forth in this Communiqué.  The 
implementation of thes e rules is subject to the provisions of the Regulation on Mutual 
Recognition in the Unregulated Area published in the Official Gazette numbered 12/3/2021 and 
31421.”  
 
ARTICLE 5 – The 1st, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 21st rows of the table in  the 
annex of the same Communiqué have been changed as follows and the following line numbered 
23 has been added to the end of the same table.  
 
“ 
1 Children's high chairs  TS EN 14988 Children's high chairs - Requirements 
and test methods  
8 Drinking equipment  TS EN 14350  Child care articles - Drinking equipment 
- Safety requirements and test methods  
9 Seating and tables  TS EN 581 -1 Outdoor furniture - Seating and tables for 
camping, domestic and contract use - Part 1: General 
safety requirements  11 Buoyant aids  TS EN 13138 -2 Buoyant aids for swimming 
instruction - Part 2: Safety requirements and test 
methods for buoyant aids to be held  
TS EN 13138 -3 Buoyant aids for swimming 
instruction - Part 3: Safety requirements and test 
methods for swim seats into which a user is positioned  
12 Two-wheeled cycles  TS EN ISO 4210 -2 Cycles - Safety requirements for 
bicycles - Part 2: Requirements for city and trekking, 
young adult, mountain and racing bicycles  
13 Baby walking frames  TS EN 1273  Child care articles  - Baby walking frames 
- Safety requirements and test methods  
15 Cribs  TS EN 1130  Children's furniture - Cribs - Safety 
requirements and test methods  
16 Wheeled child conveyances  TS EN 1888 -1 Child care articles - Wheeled child 
conveyances - Part 1: Pushchairs and prams  
TS EN 1888 -2 Child care articles - Wheeled child 
conveyances - Part 2: Pushchairs for children above 15 
kg up to 22 kg  
21 Baby/c hild carriers  TS EN 13209 -1 Child care articles - Child carriers - 
Safety requirements and test methods - Part 1: Framed 
back carrier  
TS EN 13209 -2 Child use and care articles - Baby 
carriers - Safety requirements and test methods - Part 2: 
Soft carrier  
23 Furniture equipment  TS EN 15338  Hardware for furniture - Strength and 
durability of extension elements and their components  
TS EN 15570  Hardware for furniture - Strength and 
durability of hinges and their components - Hinges 
pivoting on a vertical axis  
” 
 
ARTICLE 6 – This Communiqué enters into force on 1/12/2022.  
ARTICLE 7  – The provisions of this Communiqué shall be executed by the Minister of 
Customs and Trade.