G/TBT/N/TUR/45  
 
6 February 2014  
(14-0697)  Page: 1/3  
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 / General Directorate of 
Food and Control 
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):  Food 
(excluding spring water, drinking water, natural mineral water, water for special medical 
purpose of which are produced without using any food additives, flavorings and any material for enrichment purposes). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment 
Regulation on Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Labelling (3 pages, available in Turkish). Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey, No. 28754, 3 September 2013 (4 pages, in 
Turkish).     G/TBT/N/TUR/45 
 
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  6. Description of content:   
This Regulation establishes the general principles, requirements and responsibilities 
governing food information, and in particular food labelling. The amendments foreseen 
with the "Amendment Regulation  on Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Labelling" are: 
- If ethyl alcohol or any alcoholic beverage, used as an ingredient or compound 
ingredient in the manufacture or preparation of a food, shall be given in the 
ingredients list and notwithstanding the amount of the alcohol, the statement 
"contains alcohol" shall be placed on the label. The transition period will end on 1 January 2015; 
- If the food contains any product obtained from pigs shall be indicated by the 
statement "contains ... obtained from pigs" on the label, notwithstanding the amount of that product. The transiti on period will end on 1 January 2015; 
- Tracking system for certain food categories should be implemented and Product 
Verification and Tracking System labels sh ould be applied to the food categories 
specified by the Ministry. The transition  period will end on 1 September 2014. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer awareness in relation to information on food labels.  
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Labelling (41 pages, available in Turkish). 
Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey, No. 28157, 29 December 2011, Repeated Issue 3 (available in Turkish, the electronic version of the text can be 
downloaded 
at: (http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/Metin.Asp x?MevzuatKod=7.5.15691&MevzuatIlisk
i=0&sourceXmlSearch=etiketleme yönetmeli?i); 
2. Amendment Regulation on Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Labelling (1 page, 
available in Turkish). Official Gazette  of the Republic of Turkey, No. 28201, 
11 February 2012; 
3. Article 23 and 24 of Law on Veterinary Services, Plant Health, Food and Feed (Law 
No. 5996 Date: 11 June 2010); 
4. Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, 
presentation and advertising of foodstuffs; 
5. Commission Directive 2008/5/EC concerning the compulsory indication on the 
labelling of certain foodstuffs of partic ulars other than those provided for in 
Directive 2000/13/EC of the European  Parliament and of the Council; 
6. Commission Directive 1999/10/EC providing for derogations from the provisions of 
Article 7 of Council Directive 79/112/EEC as regards the labelling of foodstuffs; 
7. Commission Directive 2002/67/EC on the labelling of foodstuffs containing 
quinine, and of foodstuffs containing caffeine; 
8. Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 concerning the labelling of foods and 
food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or 
phytostanol esters; 
9. Council Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling rules of foodstuffs; 10. Commission Directive 87/250/EEC on the indication of alcoholic strength by 
volume in the labelling of alcoholic beverages for sale to the ultimate consumer; 
11. Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council on 
nutrition and health claims made on foods. G/TBT/N/TUR/45 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    3 September 2013 3 September 2013 (Tra nsition periods have 
been stated in Article 6 of this Notification). 
10. Final date for comments:  Regulation entered into force on 3 September 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:    
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
DG of Food and Control 
Address: Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu-Ankara/TURKEY  Tel.:  +(90 312) 258 7758 Fax:  +(90 312) 258 7760 
Website:  http://www.dso.org.tr/u serFiles/File /2(2).htm  
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