. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TUR/1 
8 June 2007 
 (07-2380) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Public Works and Settlement 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 
Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade 
DG of Standardization for Foreign Trade Inonu Bulv. No: 36 06100 Emek-Ankara, Turkey  Tel:  +(90) 312 204 8074 Fax:   +(90) 312 212 6864 
Email:   tbt@dtm.gov.tr 
Website: www.teknikengel.gov.tr 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):   Construction products 
(ICS:  13.220.10, 21.040.30, 21.060.10, 21.060.20, 21.060.50, 23.020.10, 23.040.01,  23.040.10, 23.040.20, 23.040.40, 23.040.45, 23.040.50, 23.060.01, 23.060.20, 23.060.30, 75.140, 77.080.20, 77.120.10, 77.140.10, 77.140.20, 77.140.50, 77.140.60, 77.140.70, 77.150.10, 81.060.20, 81.080, 83.140.99, 83.180, 87.040, 91.060.10,  91.060.20, 91.060.30, 91.060.50, 91.100.01, 91.100.10, 91.100.15, 91.100.25, 91.100.30, 91.100.50, 91.100.99, 
91.120.30, 91.140.10, 91.140.60, 91.140.70, 91.140.80, 91.180, 93.080.20, 93.140, 97.150). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Communiqué on the 
National Provisions of the Construction Products  Regulated by the By-law of Construction 
Products (89/106/EEC) and not Required to Bear CE Mark – Communiqué No: Y İG-
15/2006-07 (16 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   The Communiqué determines the required criteria to place the 
construction products on the market which are not subject to the harmonized standards and 
European technical approvals and expected to  overcome the legal loophole that may arise 
on the market surveillance activities of those products. 
Although the Communiqué was published in the Official Gazette on 06.12.2006 and entered 
into force at that date, date for the ma ndatory implementation of the Communiqué was 
determined as 01.01.2008. Turkey is ready to take the comments of the Members into 
account and introduce the necessary amendments to the Communiqué. G/TBT/N/TUR/1 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human security and safety 
8. Relevant documents:   By-law on Construction Products (89/106/EC) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    July 2007 
1 January 2008 (mandatory implementation) 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: