G/TBT/N/TUR/201  
8 July 2022  
(22-5271) 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:  TÜRKİYE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Industry and Technology  
DG for EU and Foreign Affairs  
Mustafa Kemal Mah. Dumlupinar Bulvari  
Eskişehir Yolu 2151. Cad. No:154  
Cankaya - Ankara/ Turkey  
Fax: +90 (312) 219 68 64  
E-mail: sumeyye.sabanci@sana yi.gov.tr  
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:   
Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Sogutozu Mah . 2180. Sk. No:63 06530 Çankaya -Ankara / Turkey  
Tel: +90 (312) 204 89 75 / 89 52  
Fax: +90 (312) 212 87 68  
E-mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Certain 
Mandatory Standards  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Communique on the Mandatory Implementation of Turkish Standards (Communique No: 
SGM 2022/...); (87 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This regulation concerns many different categories of products. 
This Communique cov ers the Turkish standards published by TSE, which standard 
number, title and scope are given in the attached text.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The purpose of this Communique is to determine the pro cedures and 
principles regarding the mandatory application of Turkish standards published by the 
Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) to related products regulated by the Ministry of Industry 
and Technology (MoIT).  G/TBT/N/TUR/201  
 
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  This communique has been prepared to impleme nt mandatory Turkish standards for 
certain products regulated by the Ministry of Industry and Technology.  
Mandatory standards contained in Annex of this Communique was being published as 
seperate Communiques as per different product groups. However, this a pproach is 
abandoned as follow -up of those standards was difficult in this way. Henceforward, a 
Communique including all mandatory standards required for certain products regulated 
by the MoIT will be published every year and the list of these standards wi ll be updated 
every year through publishing a new Communique and repealing the previous one.  
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This Communique will be adopted upon its publication.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Communique shall enter into force six months 
after following the date of publication in Official Gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Trade  
DG Product Safety and Inspection  
T.C. Ticaret Bakanligi  
Sögütözü Mah. 2176. Sk. 
No:63, Çankaya  
Ankara, 06530  
Tel: +(90 312) 204 89 75; +(90 312) 204 89 52  
Fax: +(90 312) 212 87 68; +(90 312) 204 86 38  
Email: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
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