G/TBT/N/TUR/145  
 
11 January 2019  
(19-0179) 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: Ministry of Industry and Technology DG for EU and Foreign Affairs 
Mustafa Kemal Mah. Dumlupınar Bulvarı Eskişehir Yolu 2151. Cad. No:154 Cankaya  - 
Ankara/Turkey Tel: +90 (312) 201 60 82 Fax: +9 (312) 219 68 64 E -mail: 
benan.akbas@sanayi.gov.tr aysenur.susam@sanayi.gov.tr  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designa ted to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  Turkey -TBT 
Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade, DG of Product Safety and Inspection,  
Söğütözü Mahallesi, 2176. Sk. No:63, 06510  
Çankaya/Ankara  
Telephone: +90 312 204 89 93  
Fax: +90 312 212 68 64  
E-mail: 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 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Screws; 
bolts and nuts (HS 741533). (ICS: 21.060.20).  
5. Title, number of page s and language(s) of the notified document: Communiqué on 
TS 1026 -91 "Fasteners - Hexagon Nuts - Section: 91 - Weld Nuts With Metric Coarse And 
Fine Pitch Th reads Coarse - Product Grades A"  (2 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This standard covers hexagon  nuts whose product quality is A, 
used in welded nuts from M3 to M16 in nominal sizes with metric coarse threads and from 
M8 to M16 in nominal sizes with metric fine pitch threads in description, classification and 
specifications, sa mpling, inspection and testing, and based on market supply.  
Nuts welded and used in accordance with this standard are suitable for connection with 
bolts with strength class less than 8.8 according to TS EN ISO 898 -1. 
This standard does not cover flanged he xogonal nuts which are welded to the parts 
specified in TS EN ISO 21670.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The purpose of this Communiqué is to identify issues related to the 
implementation of the revisi on of TS 1026 -91“Fasteners - Hexagon Nuts - Section: 91 - 
weld nuts with metric coarse and fine pitch threads Coarse - Product Grades’’ 
(December  2017) standard.  G/TBT/N/TUR/145  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  TS 1026 -91 “Fasteners - Hexagon Nuts - Section: 91 - weld nuts 
with me tric coarse and fine pitch threads Coarse - Product Grades A”   
9. Proposed date of adoption: The regulation will be adopted upon its publication.  
Proposed date of entry into force: The regulation will enter into force 6 months after its 
publication.  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/TUR/19_0206_00_e.pdf