G/TBT/N/TUR/42  
 
6 August 2013  
(13-4200)  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:  Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority  
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 :   
Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority  
Department of European Union and Foreign Affairs 
Söðütözü Mah. Söðütözü Cad. No:31 06520 Çankaya/ANKARA Tel: +(90 312) 218 03 28 Fax: +(90 312) 218 04 33 
Website: http://www.tapdk.gov.tr   
or 
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 80 74 
Fax:  +(90 312) 212 68 64 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 [   ], 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): Alcoholic 
Beverages (HS Codes: 2203; 2204; 2205; 2206; 2208). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft Regulation 
Amending the Regulation on Procedures and Principles Concerning Domestic and Foreign 
Trading of Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages (Article 2, 4 and 5/1(Provisional Article 8) 
(1 page, Turkish and English).     
6. Description of content:  With the Law 6487, published on the Official Gazette dated 
11/06/2013 and numbered 28674, some amendments were made to the Law 4250 of the spirits and alcoholic beverages Monopoly Act.  
Article 2 (9) of the Law regulates the usage of trademark on alcoholic beverages and 
Article 2 (10) of the Law requires the indication of the amount of residual alcohol content 
on the packages of alcoholic beverages.  
In order to implement the abovementioned provisions, the Draft Regulation Amending the 
Regulation on Procedures and Principles Concerning Domestic and Foreign Trading of 
Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages was prepared. G/TBT/N/TUR/42 
 
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  Pursuant to Article 2 of the Draft Regulation, except for those which are produced for 
export, if there is residual alcohol in the content of non-alcoholic beverage which is obtained from the processing of alcoholic beverages, the amount of alcohol in the non-
alcoholic beverages shall be indicated on the inner packages which directly contact to the 
products or on the labels affixed to the packages. On the other hand, if there is no residual alcohol in the content of non-alcoholic beverage, this information shall be indicated with a 
phrase as "Alcohol was fully removed" on the inner packages or on the labels attached to 
the packages. 
According to Article 4 of the Draft Regulation, brand, identification or distinguishing sign 
for alcoholic beverages shall not be used on the non-alcoholic beverages and on the 
products other than alcoholic beverages. In addition to that, any brand or identifying or distinguishing sign of non-alcoholic bevera ges and the products other than alcoholic 
beverages shall not be used on the alcoholic beverages. Products which are produced for 
exportation are excluded from this provision. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Paragraphs 9 and 10 of Article 2 of th e Law No. 6487 lay down the rules and 
procedures for the usage of trademark on alcoholic beverages and amount of residual alcohol content on the packages of alcoholic beverages.  
The Law rules that the secondary legislation concerning Article 2 (9) and (10) enter into 
force within 2 months after the publication of the Law, that is, as of 11 August 2013. 
Therefore, Draft Regulation Amending the Regulation on Procedures and Principles 
Concerning Domestic and Foreign Trading of Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages was 
prepared. 
The objective of this Implementing Regulation is to protect consumers and enable them to 
be informed accurately. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law of the spirits and alcoholic beverages Monopoly Act, Official 
Gazette of the Republic of Turkey, No: 4250 dated 08/06/1942. 
The Law numbered 6487 Amending Miscellaneou s Laws and Decree Law No: 375, Official 
Gazette of the Republic of Turkey; No: 28674 dated 11/06/2013. 
Regulation on Procedures and Principles Concerning Domestic and Foreign Trading of 
Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages, Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey, No: 25130 
dated 06/06/2003. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    11 August 2013 11 August 2013 - but a ten-month 
transitional period for conformity has been provided in the Implementing Regulation for 
the economic operators.  
10. Final date for comments:  9 August 2013 
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:    
Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority  
Department of European Union and Foreign Affairs 
Söðütözü Mah. Söðütözü Cad.  No:31 06520 Çankaya/ANKARA 
Tel: +(90 312) 218 03 28 
Fax: +(90 312) 218 04 33 
Website:  http://www.tapdk.gov.tr   
The electronic versions of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:    
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/TUR/13_3109_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/TUR/13_3109_00_x.pdf