G/TBT/N/TUR/57  
 
19 May 2014  
(14-3013)  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 Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
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 : 
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 8074 
Fax:  +(90 312) 212 6864 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): The 
Communiqué covers green coffee beans, roas ted coffee beans, grou nd coffee and coffee 
extract, soluble coffee extract, soluble coffee and instant coffee.  Coffee, whether or not 
roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion. (HS 0901), - Not decaffeinated (HS 090111), - Extracts, essences and 
concentrates, of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or 
concentrates or with a basis of coffee: (HS 21011) . Coffee and coffee substitutes (ICS 
67.140.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Turkish Food 
Codex Communiqué on Coffee and Coffee Extracts (6 pages, in Turkish) 
6. Description of content: Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Coffee and Coffee 
Extracts has been prepared in compliance with the Council Directive 1999/4 relating to 
coffee and coffee extracts. The Communiqué co vers the provisions on definitions of 
green coffee beans, roasted coffee beans and ground coffee; chemical properties of 
ground coffee; chemical and physical charac teristics of coffee extract, soluble coffee 
extract, soluble coffee or instant coffee. However, it does not cover "café torrefacto 
soluble", other coffee products and chicory extracts. 
In this Communiqué, additional provisions are excerpted from other international 
regulations on coffee beans and necessary for execution of national arrangements on 
production, import and inspections of these products more efficiently; since coffee 
beans, roasted coffee beans and ground coffee are widely consumed in Turkey.  G/TBT/N/TUR/57 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Directive 1999/4/EC of the European Par liament and of the Council on coffee 
extracts and chicory extracts 
 Austria Food Law/Coffee, Coffee extracts 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    15 July 2014 15 July 2014 (With a transition period until 
01 September 2015) 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
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:  
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
General Directorate of Food and Control Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. 
Lodumlu/ANKARA 
Tel.:  +(90 312) 258 77 13 Fax:  +(90 312) 258 77 60  
E-mail: kodeks@tarim.gov.tr  
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