G/TBT/N/TUR/75  
 
28 January 2016  
(16-0597)  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 Customs and Trade 
DG Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance 
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 : 
Ministry of Economy DG Product Safety and Inspection Tel: +90 312 204 8074-75 
Fax: + 90 312 212 87 68 
E-mail: tbt@economy.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10 .1 [X], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [X], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Consumer products 
covering children's high chairs, bicycles for young children, children's cots and folding cots for domestic use, manual toothbrushes, powered toothbrush, lighters, soothers for babies 
and young children, drinking equipment, seating and tables for camping, domestic and 
contract use, internal blinds, buoyant aids for swimming instruction, city and trekking-young adult- mountain and racing bicycles 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Communiqué on 
Conformity Inspection of Some Consumer Products (3 pages, in English; 3 pages, in Turkish) 
6. Description of content: The Draft Communiqué specifies the standards that will be 
considered about the conformity (the product meets essential requirements or not) of the products that are stated in the annex.  
The current legislation for some of the prod ucts (soothers, baby bottles, toothbrushes) 
covered by this Communiqué need to be updated. Also this Communiqué aims to specify minumum requirements for the covered consumer products through EN standards. 
This Communiqué needs to be publicated in a shortest period of time because the current 
legislation for some products covered (soothers, baby bottles, tootbrushes) needs urgently to be updated for safety purposes. Also, the Communiqué covers product types being marketed especially to the most sensitiv e/critical consumer type: children/baby. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/TUR/75 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 EN 14988-1 (Children's high chairs – Part 1: Safety requirements) 
 EN ISO 8098 (Cycles- Safety requirements for bicycles for young children) 
 EN 716-1 (Furniture – Children's cots and folding cots for domestic use – 
Part 1: Safety requirements)  
 EN ISO 20126 (Dentistry – Manual toothbrushes – General requirements and test 
methods) 
 EN ISO 20127 (Dentistry – Powered toothbrushes – General requirements and test 
methods) 
 EN ISO 9994 (Lighters – Safety specification) 
 EN 1400 (Child use and care articles – Soothers for babies and young children – 
Safety requirements and test methods) 
 EN 14350-1 (Child use and care articles – Drinking equipment – Part 1: General and 
mechanical requirements and tests) 
 EN 14350-2 (Child use and care articles – Drinking equipment – Part 2: Chemical 
requirements and tests) 
 EN 581-1 (Outdoor furniture – Seating and tables for camping, domestic and 
contract use – Part 1: General safety requirements)  
 EN 13120 (Internal blinds – Performance requirements including safety) 
 EN 13138-2 (Buoyant aids for swimming instruction – Part 2: Safety requirements 
and test methods for buoyant aids to be held) 
 EN 13138-3 (Buoyant aids for swimming instruction – Part 3: Safety requirements 
and test methods for swim seats to be worn) 
 EN ISO 4210-2 (Safety requirements for bicycles – Part 2: Requirements for city and 
trekking, young adult, mountain and racing bicycles) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: The Communiqué will be published within a month. 
Proposed date of entry into force: This Communiqué shall have effect for the 
lines 4,5,6,7,8 from the date of its publication. On the other hand, the Communiqué shall 
have effect from 1 January 2017 for the new product groups (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 11th, 
12th lines in the annex) 
10. Final date for comments: 30 days from notification 
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 Customs and Trade 
DG Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance 
Tel:+90 312 449 45 60 
Fax:+90 312 449 45 22  
E-mail: m.karaaslan@gtb.gov.tr   
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