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Viewing cable 03ANKARA1069, Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
03ANKARA1069 2003-02-18 10:26 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Ankara
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 
 
 
ΒΆ1.  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). 
 
 
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