G/SPS/N/TUR/68  
 
12 January 2016  
(16-0230)  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Animal products 
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 on rules regarding the veterinary 
checks on the products that were sent for the entry into free zones or customs warehouses or for ship chandlery  Language(s): Turkish  Number of pages: 5 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/TUR/16_0099_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Communiqué is to determine the detailed rules regarding 
entry into or exit from free zones or customs warehouses. 
This Communiqué includes documents to be accompanied to consignments, rules on the 
transport of shipments and rules for warehouses and veterinary checks with regard to 
products which do not meet national requirements that sent for the entry into free zones 
or customs warehouses or for ship chandlery. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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/68 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
- Commission Decision 2000/571/EC of 8 September 2000 laying down the methods of 
veterinary checks for products from third countries destined for introduction into free 
zones, free warehouses, customs warehouses or operators supplying cross border means 
of sea transport (notified under document number C(2000) 2532) (Text with EEA relevance) 
Date and number of reference document;(OJ No. L 240, 23 September 2000, p. 14) 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2016 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2016 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 March 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Livestoc k General Directorate of Food and Control 
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara 
Tel: +(90) 312 2587502 Fax: +(90) 312 2587580 E-mail: sps@tarim.gov.tr 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestoc k General Directorate of Food and Control  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara Tel: +(90) 312 2587502 
Fax: +(90) 312 2587580 
E-mail: sps@tarim.gov.tr