Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs

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