Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Turkey - Food additives

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: Turkey

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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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

DG Product Safety and Inspection

Sögütözü Mah. 2180 Cad. No:63 06530 Çankaya / Ankara – Turkey

Tel: +90 312 204 89 40

Fax: +(90 312) 212 68 64

E-mail: tbt@ekonomi.gov.tr

Website: http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Specifications for food additives

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Specifications for Food Additives (16 pages, in Turkish)

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Description of content: The purpose of this regulation is to specify the specifications for food additives

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health

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Relevant documents: Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9)

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Proposed date of adoption: 15 December 2016

Proposed date of entry into force: 31 December 2017

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Final date for comments: 14 December 2016

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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 Food, Agriculture and Livestock

DG of Food and Control

Address: Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara / Turkey

Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 53

Fax: +(90) 312 258 77 60

website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr/

The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:

http://www.tarim.gov.tr/Mevzuat/Taslaklar

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/TUR/16_4276_00_x.pdf