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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/TUR/19 
7 September 2011 
 (11-4366) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, General Directorate of 
Food and Control  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food, materials and articles in contact with food and feed 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Regulation on Import Controls of Food of Plant Origin 
and Feed  Language(s):  Turkish  Number of pages:  8 
6. Description of content:   
(1) This Regulation encompasses the official contro ls to be carried out with regard to the 
safety of food of plant origin and feed th at will be in domestically free circulation 
following the importation. 
(2) Materials and articles in contact with food, 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 cover the controls related to plant and animal health and 
transit passage. 
(4) This Regulation does not encompass the f ood and feed, materials and articles in 
contact with food and the goods of animal or igin which will not be used for food and 
feed purposes and without commercial purpose;  those brought by the foreign presidents and their company for the cons umption, belonging to diplomatic or 
consular missions;  those brought for scientif ic purposes, exhibitions, fairs, sports and 
cultural activities;  those sent as grants in the states of emergency, received as samples and those which do not signify commercial amount brought together with the passenger or through mail route or fast shipping. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/TUR/19 
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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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  This 
Regulation was prepared on the basis of the provisions of the Law No. 5996 and dated 11 June 2010 on Veterinary Services, Plant H ealth, Food and Feed.  After a period of six 
months from the date this Regulation ente r into force the Communiqué published in 
Official Journal No. 26631 and dated 2 Sept ember 2007 on the Approval of the Control 
Document in the Importation of Foodstuff and Ma terials and Articles in contact with Food 
and Control Procedures in the course of Importation is repealed.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  No later than 13 December 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  No later than 13 December 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  6 November 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock  
General Directorate of Food and Control 
Eskişehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu 
Ankara Tel:  +(90) 312 2587616 Fax:  +(90) 312 2587658 E-mail/Internet:  sps@kkgm.gov.tr 
Website:  http://www.kkgm.gov.tr