G/TBT/N/TUR/37  
 
24 June 2013  
(13-3260)  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:  TURKEY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Turkey - TBT Enquiry Point: Ministry of Economy  
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :   
Turkey-TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of Economy  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection Inonu Bulv. No:  36 06100 Emek-Ankara / Turkey  Tel.:  +(90 312) 204 8074 
Fax:  +(90 312) 212 6864 
E-mail:  tbt@ekonomi.gov.tr  
Website:  http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  This law 
covers all products excluding food, feed, living plants and animals, genetically modified 
organisms, products of plants used for reproduction of plants, animal by-products and 
their derivative products, plant protection products and antique products. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Draft Law 
on Product Safety and Technical Regulations (13 pages, in Turkish).     
6. Description of content:  This law determines: - the rules and procedures which 
technical legislations on products shall follow; - the rules on procedures on product 
safety, general safety requirements for consumer products and product liability; - the obligations of the economic operators (manufacturers, authorized representatives, 
importers and distributers); - the rules and procedures relating to conformity 
assessment including the conformity markings  and conformity assessment bodies; - the 
general rules and procedures on the inspection of products; - the duties and powers of 
the competent authorities on market surveillance and the measures taken by them.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The purpose of this law is to ensure that products do not endanger health, 
safety or any other public interest and, where applicable, that they comply with the 
requirements set out in the relevant technical regulation.  G/TBT/N/TUR/37 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
- The Law Relating to the Preparation and Im plementation of the Technical Legislation 
on the Products dated 29/06/2001 and no 4703 which will be repealed by this Law; 
- Regulation (EC) No 765/2008/EC setting out the requirements for accreditation and 
market surveillance relating to the marketing of products; 
- Decision No 768/2008/EC on a common framework for the marketing of products; 
- Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety; 
- Regulation No 764/2008/EC laying down the procedures relating to the application of 
certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member 
State; 
- Council Directive 85/374/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and 
administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products; 
- Proposal No 2013/0048 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the 
Council on market surveillance; 
- Proposal No 2013/0049 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the 
Council on consumer product safety; 
- Decisions No 1/95, 2/97 and 1/2006 of the EC-Turkey Association Council.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification  
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Turkey-TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of Economy  DG of Product Safety and Inspection 
Inonu Bulv. No:  36 06100 Emek-Ankara / Turkey  
Tel.:  +(90 312) 204 8074 Fax:  +(90 312) 212 6864 
E-mail:  tbt@ekonomi.gov.tr  
Website:  http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:    
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/TBT/TUR/13_2364_00_x.pdf