G/SPS/N/TUR/87  
 
5 July 2017  
(17-3613) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: TURKEY  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock / General Directorate 
of Food and Control  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs 
and food ingredients  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Communiqué amending the Turkish Food Codex 
Communiqué on extraction s olvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food 
ingredients.  Language(s): Turkish . Number of pages: 2 
6. Description of content: This Communiqué covers amendment of Annex I, use of 
extraction solvents of the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on extracti on solvents used 
in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/TUR/87  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are a vailable:  
 Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9)  
 Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 
on the approximation of the laws of the member States on extraction solvents used 
in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (Recast) (Text with EEA 
relevance)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2017  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2017  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months f rom date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 31 December 2017  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 August 2017  
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 Food, Agriculture and Livestock  
General Directorate of Food and Control  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km . Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 32  
Fax:+(90) 312 258 77 60  
E-mail/Internet: sps@tarim.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr/Mevzuat/Taslaklar  
13. 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 Food, Agriculture and Livestock  
General Directorate of Food and Control  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km . Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey  
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 32  
Fax: +(90) 312 258 77 60  
E-mail/Internet: kodeks@tarim.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr/Mevzuat/Taslaklar