. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/TUR/14 
10 September 2012  
 (12-4798) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation 
Name and address (including telephone 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 :   
Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation 
DG of Occupational Services 2179. Sk No : 2 06105 Söðütözü-Ankara/Turkey Tel.:  +(90 312) 287 92 24 Fax:  +(90 312) 284 57 89  
Website:  http://www.csb.gov.tr/gm/meslekihizmetler/index.php  
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@economy.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):  Construction Products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft By-Law on 
Construction Products (31 page s, available in English). 
6. Description of content:  This regulation covers the rules a pplicable to construction products 
within the framework of essential requirement s for construction works set out in Annex I, 
declaration of performance and CE marking, obligations of economic operators, the rules 
applicable to harmonised tech nical specifications, designation, monitoring and evaluation of 
Technical Assessment Bodies, legislative rule s for notifying authorities and notified bodies, 
and procedures for market surveillance activities.  G/TBT/N/TUR/14 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of Human Health and Harmonization.  
8. Relevant documents:    
1. The Preparation and Applic ation of Technical Legislation for Products Law No. 4703 
 dated 11 July 2001; 2. Decree Law of Organization and Functio ns of  Ministry of Environment and 
 Urbanisation  (No. 644 dated 4 July 2011); 3. Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 on Construction Products.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of circulation 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
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@economy.gov.tr  
Website:  http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
Ministry of Environm ent and Urbanisation 
DG of Occupational Services 2179. Sk No : 2 06105 Söðütözü-Ankara/Turkey 
Tel.:  +(90 312) 287 92 24 
Fax:  +(90 312) 284 57 89  Website:  http://www.csb.gov.tr/gm/meslekihizmetler/index.php  
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:    
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/TUR/12_3509_00_e.pdf