G/SPS/N/TUR/83  
 
5 January 2017  
(17-0032) Page: 1/2 
Committee o n 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 (prov ide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Animal and animal products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practic able: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Regulation on determination of animal health 
rules for importation of poultry and hatching eggs . Language(s): Turkish . Number of 
pages: 10 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/TUR/17_0042_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This regulation determines rules regarding animal health 
requirements for the im portation of poultry and hatching eggs which are intended to 
breeding or consumption or fed/kept for the supply of game animals.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pes t or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? 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 stand ard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TUR/83  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Council  Directive of 2009/158/EC /30 November 2009 on animal h ealth conditions 
governing intra -Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and 
hatching eggs  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 April 2017  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 April 2017  
11. Proposed date of entry in to force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 April 2017, except for Article 5 w hich will enter into force on 
1 April 2020.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation  of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 March 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Food,  Agriculture and Livestock General Directorate of Food and Control  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara  
Tel: +(90) 312 2587502  
Fax: +(90) 312 2587580  
E-mail: sps@tarim.gov.tr  
13. Text(s)  available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National En quiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock General Directorate of Food and Control  
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara  
Tel: +(90) 312 2587502  
Fax: +(90) 312 2587580  
E-mail: sps@ tarim .gov.tr