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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 number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Feed additives

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 Feed Additives For Use In Animal Nutrition  Language(s): Turkish  Number of pages: 11

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Description of content: This Regulation covers the procedure for authorising placement on the market and use of feed additives. It outlines the rules for the supervision and labelling of feed additives and premixtures in order to provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection of public health, animal health and welfare, environment and users' and consumers' interests in relation to feed additives.

7.

Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

8.

Is there a relevant international standard? 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 has been prepared on the basis of the Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9).

·         This regulation is fully compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition.

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 18 July 2013

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 18 July 2013

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 18 January 2014

[ ]       Trade facilitating measure

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 20 April 2014

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:

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock

General Directorate of Food and Control

Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey

Tel: +(90) 312 258 76 01

Fax: +(90) 312 258 76 77

E-mail/Internet: sps@gkgm.gov.tr

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

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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

Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey

Tel: +(90) 312 258 76 01

Fax: +(90) 312 258 76 77

E-mail/Internet: sps@gkgm.gov.tr

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