G/SPS/N/TUR/51
9 January 2015
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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): Plants, plant products and other objects 
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: Communiqué on introduction into and/or movement 
within the country of plants and plant products and other objects and harmful organisms for scientific study, trial and varietal breeding purposes (Official Gazette No: 29217 
Communique No: 2014/59)   Language(s): Turkish  Number of pages: 17 
http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/Metin.Aspx?Mevz uatKod=9.5.20338&MevzuatIliski=0&sourc
eXmlSearch=2014/59  
6. Description of content: The purpose of this Communiqué is to regulate principles to be 
subject to during the introduction into and/or movement within the country of plants, 
plant products and other objects and harmfu l organisms which were listed Annex-1, 
Annex-2, Annex-3, Annex-4 and Annex-5 of Plant Quarantine Regulation published in 
the Official Gazette No: 28131 dated 3 December 2011 (G/SPS/N/TUR/23). 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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 standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TUR/51 
 
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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). - Plant Quarantine Regulation (G/SPS/N/TUR/23). 
- Commission Directive 2008/61/EC of 17 June 2008 establishing the conditions under 
which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC may be introduced into or moved 
within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific 
purposes and for work on varietal selections. 
(available in Turkish and/or English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 26 December 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 March 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 7456 
Fax: +(90) 312 258 7472 
E-mail/Internet: sps@tarim.gov.tr Website: https://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 7456 
Fax: +(90) 312 258 7472 
E-mail/Internet: sps@tarim.gov.tr Website: https://www.tarim.gov.tr