COMMUNIQUE ON CONFORMITY INSPECTION OF SOME CONSUMER 
PRODUCTS  
   
 
Objective  
ARTICLE  1 – (1) The objective of this Communique  is to specify essential requirements  
of the consumer products stated in the  annex  in order to ensure placing  safe products  on the 
market.  
Scope  
ARTICLE  2 – (1) This Communique  covers the consumer products of which placed o n 
the market as a final product and specified in the annex.  
Legal Basis  
ARTICLE  3 – (1) This Communique is based on Law No. 4703 on the Preparation and 
Implementation of the Technical Legislation on Products dated 29/6/2001, Decree Law No. 640  
and dated 3/6/2011 governing the Organization and Duties o f Ministry of Customs and Trade,  
Regulation concerning the Market Surveill ance and Supervision of Products passed by the 
Decree dated 13/11/2001 and numbered 2001/3529  and Regulation concerning the Market 
Surveillance and Inspection  of Products of Ministry of Customs and Trade  published in 
the Official Gazette  dated 12/6/2014 and numbered 29028 . 
Definitions  
ARTICLE  4 – (1) For the implementation of this Regulation the following definitions shall 
apply ; 
a) Ministry: Ministry of Customs and Trade,  
b) Essential requirements : The minimum safety conditions which the  product shall present 
regarding the level of protection for the health of  persons, safety of persons and their properties, 
life and health of animals and  plant s, environment and the consumer.  
Essential Requirements  
ARTICLE  5 – (1) Product s that are  specified in the annex of this Communique  shall meet 
the minimum safety conditions which the  product shall present regarding the level of protection 
for the health of  persons, safety of persons and their properties, life and health of animals and 
plants, e nvironment and the consumer.  Standards  specified  in the annex are taken into account 
when  considering conformity to  essential requirements of these products.  
Obligations of manufacturer   
ARTICLE  6 – (1) Manufacturers  shall submit test reports from internationally accredited 
laboratories or authorized laboratories  by the Ministry and/or all information and documentation 
regarding the conformity of the products to the Ministry upon its request.  
(2) Notary certified Turk ish translation s of the mentioned test reports and documents shall 
also be submitted to the Ministry upon its request.  
Mutual recognition  
ARTICLE  7 – (1) The provisions of this Communiqué shall not apply to the products 
lawfully manufactured or put into f ree circulation in a Member State of the European Union.  
(2) Nonetheless, the Ministry  may submit the product referred to in paragraph (1) to an 
evaluation following the rules and procedures laid down in Chapter Three of Regulation on 
Mutual Recognition in Non -Harmonised Area which was put into force by Decision of Council 
of Ministers No. 2012/3169 of 2/5/2012 and as a result of this evaluation if it finds out that this 
product does not provide a level of protection equivalent to that sought by this Communiqué  it may prohibit placing on the market of the product, make its placing on the mar ket subject to prior 
conditions or have the product withdra wn or recalled from the market.  
Market surveillance and inspection  
ARTICLE  8 – (1) Market surveillance and inspection  of the products in the scope of this 
Communiqué  shall be carried out by the Ministry and in accordance with the Regulation 
concerning the Market Surveillance and Inspection  of Products of Ministry of Customs and 
Trade . 
Penalty  
ARTICLE  9 – (1) Law on the Preparation and Implementation of the Technical Legisla tion 
on Products shall be applied f or the products that are not  found  conform ed to the essential 
requirements as a result of Ministry’s  market surveillance and inspection activities.  
Repeal  
ARTICLE  10 – (1) Communiqué regarding production, import, market surveillance and 
notification principles of the pacifier, baby bottle, baby bottle cap, grow up cup, cap of grow up 
cup and similar products published in the  Official Gazette dated 31/10/2013 and numbered 28807 
and Communiqué regarding  production, import, market surveillance and notification principles 
of the m anual toothbrushes , powered toothbrushes’ heads, proxy brushes published in the  Official 
Gazette dated 31/10/2013 and numbered 28807 shall be repealed.  
             (2) References to the Communiqué regarding production, import, market surveillance 
and notification principles of the pacifier, baby bottle, baby bottle cap, grow up cup, cap of grow 
up cup and similar products published in the  Official Gazette dated 31/10/2013 and numbered 
28807 and Communiqué regarding  production, import, market surveillance and notification 
principles of the manual toothbrushes, powered toothbrushes’ heads, proxy brushes published in 
the Official Gazette date d 31/10/2013 and numbered 28807 shall be construed as references to 
this Regulation.  
Entry into force  
ARTICLE  11 – (1) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th lines in the annex of this Communiqué  
shall enter into force 1/1/2017  where  other provisions shall enter into force on the date its 
publication.  
Implementation   
ARTICLE  12 – (1) This Regulation shall be enforced by the Minister of Customs and 
Trade.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Annex  
PRODUCT SCOPE OF THE COMMUNIQUÉ   
AND  ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS  
 
 
 PRODUCT  HARMONISED OR REFERENCE STANDARDS  
1 Children's high chairs  TS EN 14988 -1 (Children's high chairs  - Part 1: Safety 
requirements)  
2 Bicycles for young 
children  TS EN ISO 8098 (Cycles - Safety requirements for 
bicycles for young children )  
3 Children's cots and 
folding cots for 
domestic use  TS EN 716 -1 (Furniture - Children's cots and folding cots 
for domestic use  - Part 1: Safety requirements )  
4 Manual toothbrushes  TS EN ISO 20126  (Dentistry - Manual toothbrushes - 
General requirements and test methods ) 
5 Powered toothbrush  TS EN ISO 20127 (Dentistry - Powered toothbrushes - 
General requirements and test methods ) 
6 Lighters  TS EN ISO 9994 (Lighters - Safety specification ) 
7 Soothers for babies and 
young children  TS EN 1400 (Child use and care articles - Soothers for 
babies and young children - Safety requirements and test 
methods )  
8 Drinking equipment  TS EN 14350 -1 (Child use and care articles – Drinking 
equipment – Part 1: General and mechanical requirements 
and tests ) 
TS EN 14350 -2 (Child use and care articles – Drinking 
equipment – Part 2: Chemical requirements and tests ) 
9 Seating and tables for 
camping, domestic and 
contract use  TS EN 581 -1 (Outdoor furniture - Seating and tables for 
camping, domestic and contract use - Part 1: G eneral 
safety requirements )  
10 Internal blinds  TS EN 13120 (Internal blinds - Performance requirements 
including safety )  
11 Buoyant  aids for 
swimming instruction  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 to be worn ) 
12 City and trekking, 
young adult, mountain 
and racing bicycles  TS EN ISO 4210 -2 (Safety requirements for bicycles - 
Part 2: Requirements for city and trekking, young adult, 
mountain and racing bicycles )