G/SPS/N/TUR/57  
 
23 April 2015  
(15-2168)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on 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 (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Named vegetable oils (arachis oil, babassu oil, coconut 
oil, cottonseed oil, grapeseed oil, hazelnut oil, maize oil, palm kernel oil, palm kernel 
olein, palm kernel stearin, palm oil, palm olein, palm stearin, palm suprolein, rapeseed 
oil-low erucic acid, safflower seed oil, sesame seed oil, soya bean oil, sunflower seed oil) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners  [ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending 
Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils  Language(s): Turkish  Number of pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/TUR/15_1682_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The purpose of this amendment is  to determine the criteria for 
named vegetable oils in line with Codex Alimentarius Standards, and revise the criteria 
for hazelnut oil. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) CODEX STANDARD FOR NAMED VAGETABLE OILS 
CODEX STAN 210-1999 Adopted in 1999. Revisions in 2001, 2003, 2009 
Amendment in 2005, 2011 and 2013 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TUR/57 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: –  
Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9) (available in Turkish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 June 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 – Turkey 
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 53 
Fax: +(90) 312 258 77 60 E-mail/Internet:  sps@tarim.gov.tr 
  kodeks@tarim.gov.tr 
Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation 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 – Turkey 
Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 53 Fax: +(90) 312 258 77 60  
E-mail/Internet:  sps@tarim.gov.tr 
  kodeks@tarim.gov.tr Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr