G/TBT/N/TUR/203  
3 August 2022  
(22-5798) 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:  TÜRKIYE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
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:   
Türkiye -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Sögütözü Mah. 2176. Sk.  
No:63, Çankaya  
Ankara, 06530  
Tel: +(90 312) 204 89 75; +(90 312) 204 9286  
Fax: +(90 312) 212 87 68; +(90 312) 204 86 38  
Email: tbt@ticaret.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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food 
Supplements  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulation on 
Food Supplements; (48 page(s), in Turkish)  
6. Description of content:  This Regulation covers:  
(a) List of active ingredients in food supplements  
(b) Registration and approval procedures of food businesses that import, produce, 
process, and place on the market food supplements,  
(c) Import, production, processing, advertising, promotion, and placing on the market of 
food supplements,  
(d) Approval, traceability, and workplace responsibilities in terms of food supplements,  
(e) Provisions regarding the establishment , working procedures, and principles of the 
Commission on Food Supplements  
(f) rules on the labeling of food supplements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/TUR/203  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9).  
• Regulation (EC) No 2002/46 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 
June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food 
supplements.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  23 September 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2022; This Regulation enters into force 
on the date of its publication. Foods supplements that have been approved before the 
publication date of this Regulation and in compliance with the provisions of the Regulation 
on Import, Production, Processing and Placing of Food Supplements and Turkish Food 
Codex Communiqué on Food Supplements are allowed to be on the market until 
1/7/2024.  
10. Final date for comments:  22 September 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Trade  
DG Product Safety and Inspection  
T.C. Ticaret Bakanligi  
Söğütözü Mah. 2176. Sk. 
No:63, Çankaya  
Ankara, 06530  
Tel: +(90 312) 204 89 75; +(90 312) 204 9286  
Fax: +(90 312) 212 87 68; +(90 312) 204 86 38  
Email: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
OR 
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry  
DG of Food and Control  
Address: Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu -Ankara/TÜRKİYE  
Tel: +(90 312) 258 7758  
Fax: +(90 312) 258 7760  
E-mail: tegonay@tarimorman.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.tarimorman.gov.tr  
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