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3 July 2019  
(19-4455) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 3 July 2019, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Turkey .  
 
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Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding Production Types, 
Labelling and Supervision of Tobacco Products  
"Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding Production Types, Labelling And Supervision 
of Tobacco Products" notified in G/TBT/N/TUR/147 (dated 7 March 2019) has been amended by the 
"Regulation Amend ing the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding Production Types, 
Labelling and Supervision of Tobacco Products".  
The amendment regulation was adopted and published  on 27 June 2019 and it will enter into force 
at the date of publication.  
With the first Article of amendment, the location of the variant name has been changed from the 
bottom surface of the unit package of tobacco products, to the visible front surface of unit the 
package, below the brand name.  
The provisional clause in the Regul ation notified in G/TBT/N/TUR/147 was amended as explained in 
the Article 7 of this Regulation:   The issuance, renewal of certificate of conformity for placing on the 
market in accordance with the provisions of "the Regulation on Principles and Procedures for the 
Production, Labelling and Control of Hazards of Tobacco Products" (Official Gazette dated 
6 January  2005 and numbered 25692) and production, import of the tobacco products and placing 
them on the market shall be permitted until 5 December 2019. (Th e date was 5 July 2019 in the 
Regulation notified in G/TBT/N/TUR/147).  
An additional provision was inserted with Article 8: Compliance with the provision that the health 
warnings in the unit package of tobacco products placed on the market shall not be par tially 
concealed or covered by the banderole will be provided until 31 December 2020.  
The full text of the adopted measure can be downloaded from the Internet address mentioned below:  
http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2019/06/20190627 -28.htm  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/TUR/19_3759_00_x.pdf  
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