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18 June 2020 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
 
CHANGE IN THE PLANT HEALTH CERTIFICATE A ND RE -EXPORT PLANT H EALTH 
CERTIFICATE OF TURKE Y 
COMMUNICATION FROM T URKEY  
The following document , received on 18 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Turkey . 
 
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1.1.  The image of the watermark used in the Plant Health Certificate and Re -Export Plant Health 
Certificate designated for plant and plant products exported from Turkey ha s been changed. 
Technical specifications and information about the image of the watermark have been published on 
the "https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/Konu/1963/Yeni_Logolu_BSS " website.  
1.2.  The usage of the new watermarked Plant Health Certificate and Re -Export Plant Health 
Certificates will begin as of 1st of August 2020.  
1.3.  However, the certificates printed with the old watermark which are on the stock of the Provincial 
Directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry shall remain valid until 31 of December 2021.  
1.4.  After 31 December 2021, only new watermarked Plant Health Certificate and Re -export Plant 
Health Certificate will be valid and the validity of the certificates with the old watermark will expire.  
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