G/TBT/N/TUR/67  
 
14 September 2015  
(15-4658)  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: 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Erucic acid in certain 
foodstuffs, namely: vegetable oils and fats, foods containing added vegetable oils and fats 
more than %5 and other foodstuffs (with possible risk of erucic acid content). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Turkish Food 
Codex Communique on the methods of sampling and performance criteria for the methods of 
analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in certain foodstuffs; (7 pages, in Turkish).  
6. Description of content: This Communique establishes the methods for carrying out the 
sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in the Turkish Food 
Codex Regulation on contaminants foodstuffs.  
It also establishes the performance criteria with which the method of analysis used for 
official control has to comply.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
This Communique establishes the methods for carrying out the sampling and analysis for 
the official control of the levels of erucic acid in the Turkish Food Codex Regulation on 
contaminants foodstuffs. Quality requirements; Protection of Human health or Safety G/TBT/N/TUR/67 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9);  COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/705 of 30 April 2015 laying down methods of 
sampling and performance criteria for the methods of analysis for the official control of the 
levels of erucic acid in foodstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 80/891/EEC 
(available in Turkish and English). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 30 November 2015  
Proposed date of entry into force: 30 June 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 15 November 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
General Directorate of Food and Control 
Address: Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu-Ankara/TURKEY  
Tel: +(90 312) 258 7758 Fax: +(90 312) 258 7760 
E-Mail: kodeks@tarim.gov.tr  
Web site: http://www.tarim.gov.tr  
or 
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachm ents/2015/TBT/TUR/15_3592_00_x.pdf