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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/TUR/6 
31 August 2011  
 (11-4266) 
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 :   
Turkey-TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of Economy General Directorate of Product Safety and Inspection Inonu Bulv. No:  36 06100 Emek-Ankara / Turkey  Tel.:  +(90 312) 204 8074 
Fax:  +(90 312) 212 8768 
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, Materials and 
Articles in contact with Food and Feed 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulation on Import 
Controls of food of plant origin and Feed (8 pages in Turkish) 
6. Description of content:   
(1) This Regulation encompasses the official controls to be carried out with regard to the 
 safety of food of plant origin and feed that will be in domestically free circulation 
 following the importation.  
(2) Materials and articles in contact with Fo od, the goods which are not of animal origin 
 and intended to be used for food and feed  purposes fall under the scope of this 
 Regulation. 
(3) This Regulation does not c over the controls related to plant and animal health and 
 transit passage. 
(4)  This Regulation does not encompass the food and feed, materials and articles in 
 contact with food and the goods of animal origin which will not be used for food and G/TBT/N/TUR/6 
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   feed purposes and without commercial  purpose, those brought by the foreign 
 presidents and their company for the consumption, belonging to the diplomatic or 
 consular mission, brought for the scientific purpo ses, exhibitions, fa irs, sports and 
 cultural activities, sent as grants in the st ates of emergency, received as samples and 
 those do not signify commercial amount brought together with the passenger or 
 through mail route or fast shipping. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Food safety, animal hea lth and plant protection  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Communiqué published in Official Jour nal No: 26631 and dated 2 September 2007 
 on the Approval of the Control Document  in the Importation of Foodstuff and 
 Materials and Articles in contact with F ood and Control Procedures in the course of 
 Importation 
- Law No: 5996 and dated 11 June 2010 on Ve terinary Services, Plant Health, Food 
 and Feed 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    No later than 13 December 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  1 November 2011 
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  
General Directorate of Prod uct Safety and Inspection 
Inonu Bulv. No:  36 06100 Emek-Ankara / Turkey  Tel.:  (+90) 312 204 8074 Fax:  (+90 312 212 8768 
E-mail:  tbt@ekonomi.gov.tr  
Website:  http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
 
Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock General Directorate of  Food and Control 
Address: Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara/TURKEY  
Tel.:  (+90) 312 2873360  
Fax:  (+90) 312 2863830 Website:  http://www.kkgm.gov.tr/   
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