Import Controls for Products with Halal Conformity Certificates
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This communiqué sets import control rules for products entering Turkey with halal conformity marks or halal conformity certificates. Its aim is to stop misleading halal claims and unfair commercial practices before these products are placed on the domestic market. Importers of covered products will need to use Turkey’s risk-based TAREKS system and be ready for document checks or physical inspections. The rule affects companies importing products listed in the annex, especially where the product carries a halal claim and falls within areas accredited by the Halal Accreditation Agency.
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Key Changes
- Creates import controls for products carrying halal conformity marks or certificates
- Requires covered importers to process checks through the TAREKS risk-based control system
- Allows document checks and physical inspections to verify halal conformity claims
Obligations
What this law requires
Importers must subject covered products listed in the annex, when imported under the Free Circulation Regime or Inward Processing under Customs Control Regime, to Turkey’s risk-based TAREKS import control process before placing them on the Turkish domestic market.
Importers must ensure that halal conformity marks on covered imported products do not constitute misleading or unfair commercial practices before the products are supplied to the Turkish domestic market.
Importers must ensure that halal conformity certificates issued for covered imported products are compliant with the relevant Turkish rules and are not used in a misleading commercial manner.
Companies importing products within the annex that fall within conformity assessment areas accredited by the Halal Accreditation Agency must be prepared to undergo document checks or physical inspection by the Ministry’s product safety inspection units.
Products whose tariff position appears in the annex but that do not bear a halal indication are treated as out of scope for this communiqué’s halal import control requirements.