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Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils (3 pages, in Turkish)
Türkiye issued an addendum on 6 May 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/TUR/62. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 28 April 2015. The comment period closed on 25 November 2025.
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Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils
The Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils was notified to the WTO through G/TBT/N/TUR/62 on 28 April 2015. The last amendment on the the Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils was notified to the WTO through G/TBT/N/TUR/62/Add.2 on 26 Şeptember 2025. This last amendment aimed to revise the certain parameters related to high oleic acid sunflower oil and hazelnut oil. The regulation has been published in the Official Gazette dated 29 April 2026, numbered 33238. The consolidated text of the Communiqué can be found at Republic of Türkiye - Presidential Legislation Information System.
The purpose of this amendment is to determine the criteria for named vegetable oils (arachis oil, babassu oil, coconut oil, cottonseed oil, grapeseed oil, hazelnut oil, maize oil, palm kernel oil, palm kernel olein, palm kernel stearin, palm oil, palm olein, palm stearin, palm suprolein, rapeseed oil-low erucic acid, safflowerseed oil, sesamseed oil, soya bean oil, sunflowerseed oil) in line with Codex Alimentarius Standards, and revising the criteria for hazelnut oil.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/TUR/62/Add.3
Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils
The Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils was notified to the WTO through G/TBT/N/TUR/62 on 28 April 2015. The last amendment on the the Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils was notified to the WTO through G/TBT/N/TUR/62/Add.2 on 26 Şeptember 2025. This last amendment aimed to revise the certain parameters related to high oleic acid sunflower oil and hazelnut oil. The regulation has been published in the Official Gazette dated 29 April 2026, numbered 33238. The consolidated text of the Communiqué can be found at Republic of Türkiye - Presidential Legislation Information System.
AddendumG/TBT/N/TUR/62/Add.2
Comment deadline: Closed on 25 November 2025
Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils
Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Amending the Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils was notified to WTO through G/TBT/N/TUR/62 on 28 April 2015. The proposal notified in G/TBT/N/TUR/62/Add.1 (13 November 2019) has been amended with this draft Communiqué. The draft Communiqué revises certain parameters related to high oleic acid sunflower oil and hazelnut oil. Also, references to the legislation and the names of the Ministries have been adjusted according to the current situation. This Communiqué enters into force on the date of its publication.
AddendumG/TBT/N/TUR/62/Add.1
Title: Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry The proposal notified in G/TBT/N/TUR/62 (28 April 2015) has been amended in terms of the revision of some specifications regarding the hazelnut oil, cottonseed oil and palm superolein. This Communiqué will enter into force at the date of publication. The proposed date of publication is 1 February 2020. There is an adaptation period of this Communiqué until 31 December 202
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/TUR/62
Comment deadline: Closed on 27 June 2015
Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending Communiqué on Named Vegetable Oils (3 pages, in Turkish)
The purpose of this amendment is to determine the criteria for named vegetable oils (arachis oil, babassu oil, coconut oil, cottonseed oil, grapeseed oil, hazelnut oil, maize oil, palm kernel oil, palm kernel olein, palm kernel stearin, palm oil, palm olein, palm stearin, palm suprolein, rapeseed oil-low erucic acid, safflowerseed oil, sesamseed oil, soya bean oil, sunflowerseed oil) in line with Codex Alimentarius Standards, and revising the criteria for hazelnut oil.
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