G/SPS/N/TUR/43  
 
12 May 2014  
(14-2884)  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): Coffee and coffee extracts 
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: Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Coffee and 
Coffee Extracts  Language(s): Turkish  Number of pages: 6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/TUR/14_2323_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Communiqué has been prepared in compliance with the 
Council Directive 1999/4 on coffee and coffee extracts. The Communiqué covers: green 
coffee beans, roasted coffee beans, ground  coffee and coffee extract, soluble coffee 
extract, soluble coffee and instant coffee. Furthermore, this Communiqué covers the provisions on definitions of green coffee be ans, roasted coffee beans and ground coffee, 
chemical properties of ground coffee. It  also covers the chemical and physical 
characteristics of coffee extract, soluble coff ee extract, soluble coffee or instant coffee. 
It does not cover "café torrefacto soluble", other coffee products and chicory extracts. 
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 number of Codex 
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/43 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
 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 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2014 (with a transition period until 1 September 2015) 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 July 2014 
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:  
General Directorate of Food And Control 
Eskisehiryolu 9. Km.  
Lodumlu/ANKARA Fax: +(90 312) 258 77 60 
E-mail: sps@tarim.gov.tr 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
General Directorate of Food And Control  
Eskisehiryolu 9. Km.  Lodumlu/ANKARA 
Fax: +(90 312) 258 77 60 
E-mail: sps@tarim.gov.tr