. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TUR/6 
6 April 2009  
 (09-1672) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), General 
Directorate of Protection and Control 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plants and plant products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:   Regulation on Agricultural Qu arantine (Official gazette 
10.02.2009-27137)  Language:  Turkish and English  Number of pages:   56   
6. Description of content:  The Regulation agricultural Quaran tine prepared by the Ministry 
of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was publis hed on 10.02.2009 and it replaces the previous 
regulation (06.07.2003-25160).  This regulation, with the purpose of protecting Turkey from harmful organisms in plants and plant pr oducts, consists of pr ovisions concerning the 
import and transit of plants, plant products and other matters with regard to these 
organisms; plants and plant products delivered to free zones from foreign countries and 
imported or transited from there to Turkey; and pests impeding import.  It includes 20 
articles and 11 annexes.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/TUR/6 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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)     
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The 
Regulation on Agricultural Quarantine is availa ble on the website (available in Turkish and 
English 56 pages) (http://www.kkgm.gov.tr/regul ation/regulations.html ) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  10 February 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  10 February 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  10 February 2009    
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:     
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Turkey SPS Notification Authority  
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs  General Directorate of Protection and Control  Akay Cad.No:3 Bakanl ıklar ANKARA  
Fax:  +(90) 312 417 81 98  
Tel.  +(90) 312 418 05 21  E-mail:  her@kkgm.gov.tr, dkarantinabilgi@kkgm.gov.tr Website:  http://www.kkgm.gov.tr