WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/TUR/7 
4 April 2012  
 (12-1792) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
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 :   
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
DG of Food and Control Eskiºehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu-Ankara / Turkey Tel.:  +(90 312) 258 7755 Fax:   +(90 312) 258 7691 
Website:  http://www.gkgm.gov.tr/   
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food products in general 
(ICS: 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Communique of 
Turkish Food Codex - Foods Intended for Us e in Energy-Restricted Diets for Weight 
Reduction, 2012  (9 pages, available in Turkish)         G/TBT/N/TUR/7 
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  6. Description of content:  This communique is based on Turkish Food Codex  Regulation 
published in Official Gazette No. 28157 da ted 29 December 2011 an d Directive 96/8/EC 
which specifies compositional and labelling re quirements for foods specially manufactured 
for energy restricted diets intended to replace part or whole of the daily diet. The 
compositional criteria include energy, protei n quantity and quality, fat quantity and type, 
minimum and maximum levels for dietary fibre and minimum levels for certain vitamins and 
minerals based on the advice of the former Sc ientific Committee for Food. The sources of 
nutritional substances that can be used in these products are given in Commission Directive 2001/15/EC.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
purpose of this Communique is identifying the appropriate method and hygiene in producing, 
preparing, processing, preserving, storing, sh ipping and marketing of foods intended for use 
in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction.  
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation of Turkish Food Codex,  Official Gazett e of Republic of 
Turkey,  No. 28157, 29 December 2011, Duplicated  Issue 3  (available in Turkish)   
Commission Directive 96/8/EC of 26 February  1996 on foods intended for use in energy-
restricted diets for weight reduction:  
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ /LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSL EG:1996L0008:20070620:EN:PDF 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
10. Final date for comments:  -  G/TBT/N/TUR/7 
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  11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
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://ww w.teknikengel.gov.tr 
OR Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
DG of Food and Control 
Address: Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu-Ankara/TURKEY  
Tel: +(90 312) 258 7755 Fax:  +(90 312) 258 7691 Website:  http://www.gkgm.gov.tr/   
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:    
http://www.gkgm.gov.tr/mevzuat /taslak/taslak_liste.html  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/TUR/12_1169_00_x.pdf