Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Licence needed for work use Learn More

Search

 

Cablegate: Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS ANKARA 001069

SIPDIS


STATE FOR EUR/SE, EB/EPD, AND EB/TPP/ABT
DEPT PLEASE PASS USTR FOR NOVELLI, DBIRDSEY
USDA FOR FAS FOR ITP/BERTSCH, MACKE, MEYER, THORBURN;
CMP FOR ALL COMMODITY DIVISIONS
EMO/FREEDAN
USDA FOR APHIS/ACKERMAN, PATEL
USDA FOR GIPSA/FGIS REILLY
USDOC FOR DEFALCO
VIENNA FOR APHIS/VINCINANZA


E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
SUBJECT: Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs


Ref:(A) 2002 Ankara 9192 (B) 2003 Ankara 441 (C)Ankara 1035


1. Turkey officially announced the temporary suspension
until July 7, 2003 of new phytosanitary regulations that had
been implemented on January 3, 2003.(Refs A&B) The
announcement was published in the "Official Gazette" on
Tuesday, February 18. The suspension will be retroactive to
January 3, 2003. USDA Quarantine officials had been informed
of the proposed suspension during discussions in Ankara at
the end of January (Ref C).


Pearson

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

© Scoop Media

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
 
 
 
World Headlines

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Join Our Free Newsletter

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.