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The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change have launched a plan with the aim of eliminating the usage of HCBD in Turkey and getting the necessary support from the private sector to ...

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change have launched a plan with the aim of eliminating the usage of HCBD in Turkey and getting the necessary support from the private sector to fulfill the obligations regarding the management of Persistent Organic Pollutants under the Stockholm Convention. The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) is funding this three-year project, which will expire in August 2024. UNIDO, the UN industrial development organization, is responsible for carrying it out.

The Ministry emphasized that this project has a very wide network of stakeholders and partners, and this is due to the very wide impact area of ​​Persistent Organic Pollutants.

Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) is a brominated flame retardant that applies extruded (XPS) and expanded (EPS) polystyrene foam mostly used as thermal insulation in the building industry. With this project, the Ministry is planning to phase out this chemical. The intention is to gradually replace HBCD with eco-friendly substitutes while also enhancing institutional, regulatory, and technical ability to carry out this transition successfully and sustainably.

On 2nd February 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change of Turkey announced a new regulation related to KKDIK registration dossiers for sections 1.7 and 13.1.  Firstly,...

On 2nd February 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change of Turkey announced a new regulation related to KKDIK registration dossiers for sections 1.7 and 13.1. 

Firstly, the Turkish importers of the foreign company they represent must be listed in the "1.7 Suppliers" section of the registration dossiers. It has been determined acceptable to remove this supplier section information requirement from being an obligation after the Ministry evaluated the views and recommendations from industry associations, associations, and various organizations. In this case, even though it is advised that only representatives submit this information to the registration dossiers, not doing so will not affect the completeness check on the registration dossiers from the Ministry. However, the Ministry advises that only representatives need to keep track of the importer details in case they require them in the future. The content in the already published guides, such as "Registration Guide," "KKS User Guide," and the "Frequently Asked Questions" section in the Chemicals Help Desk, will be updated as soon as practical in this respect by the Ministry.

Secondly, section 13.1 on KKS includes Chemical Safety Reports for the registered substances. According to the Ministry, the Chemical Safety Reports, which must be included in registration files for chemicals weighing 10 tons or more annually, could cause additional costs because of the lengthy translation process, and the deadline of the registration period. In this context, as the registration deadline of December 31, 2023, is approaching, registrants could upload Chemical Safety Reports in English until then. However, registrants who prefer to upload the Chemical Safety Report in English are required to attach the translated version to the registration dossier in order to include the uses, exposure scenarios, and risk management measures in Turkey within 1 (one) year at the latest. In other words, even though English reports are accepted this year, from next year onwards Turkish reports should be prepared and included.

The deadline for KKDIK registration, 31 December 2023, is not expected to be postponed. We suggest that industry representatives should complete the process as soon as possible since substances not registered after the deadline will not be able to enter the Turkish market.

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and Climate Change of Turkey published the "Regulation on the Export and Import of Certain Hazardous Chemicals" on 28 January 2023 in order to comply with ...

• Make an export notification before export and provide the information in Annex-3 to the Ministry for notification for chemicals in Annex-1 of the Regulation,
• Provide information about the annual amount of chemicals in Annex-1 and Annex-2 of the Regulation and the name and address of the importer to the Ministry,
• Provide a Safety Data Sheet in the official language or languages ​​of the imported country to the importing party together with the chemicals exported within the scope of this regulation,
• Export the chemicals within the scope of this regulation in a packaged and labeled form in accordance with the Regulation on Classification, Labeling, and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures,
• Ensure the transfer of information through the Ministry’s e-ÖBK system and comply with the rules determined by the ministry,
• Do not export the chemicals in Annex-6 of the Regulation,
• Provide additional information requested by the Ministry,

Mercury is one of the most dangerous heavy metals. Because of this, the "Minamata Convention on Mercury" was prepared under the leadership of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in order t...

The directorate of the Revolving Fund of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change has published the 2023 KKDIK registration fees. Compared to 2022, the fees have increased by 1...

The directorate of the Revolving Fund of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change has published the 2023 KKDIK registration fees.

Compared to 2022, the fees have increased by 121% on average in TL. In 2022, the joint submission fee was lesser than the individual submission. The registration fee currently varies from 130 TL/€7 (for SME companies that jointly register 1-10 tonnage) to 26,700 TL/€ 1346 (for large size companies that individually register 1000+ tonnage substance) depending on the tonnage band, the size of the company, and whether it is a joint or individual submission. This indicates the importance of joint registration for companies. If you haven't pre-registered your substances yet, kindly do, so you can be part of SIEF and also participate in joint registration.

With KKDIK registration deadline, 31 December 2023 approaching, we encourage companies to complete their registration process as soon as possible and not to take the risk of jeopardizing the trade.

If you would like to learn more about 2023 KKDIK registration fees, please contact GPC.

On 16th December 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Turkey announced that the terminology table with English-Turkish equivalents of terms related to chemicals managem...

On 16th December 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Turkey announced that the terminology table with English-Turkish equivalents of terms related to chemicals management regulation has been updated.

With the registrations going forward to meet the deadline of December 2023 under KKDIK, this table would be helpful for the preparation and submission of the technical dossiers. It is recommended by the Ministry to use the translations in the terminology table in Chemical Registration Dossiers, Chemical Safety Reports, and Safety Data Sheets prepared by companies and certificated specialists.

The deadline for KKDIK registration, 31 December 2023, is not expected to be postponed. We suggest that industry representatives should complete the process as soon as possible since substances not registered after the deadline will not be able to enter the Turkish market.

If you want to learn more about this, and the table, please contact GPC.

Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change (MoEUCC) in Turkey is planning measures to offer KKDIK registrants an advantage to submit dossiers before December 2023, the registration deadl...

Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change (MoEUCC) in Turkey is planning measures to offer KKDIK registrants an advantage to submit dossiers before December 2023, the registration deadline, since the industry criticized significant issues with data access for an extremely low number of registrations submitted under the REACH-like regulation.

During the meeting held on the 11th of October, 2022 with industry representatives, the Ministry told that it will publish a circular soon to support registrations, alongside revised guidelines on data sharing. Until then, the Ministry has only received 504 lead dossiers which is much lower than expected. Within the scope of KKDIK, the industry forecasts that approximately 10,000 substances will be included. The data problems with KKDIK seem much more severe than those experienced in other countries such as South Korea with K-REACH. Furthermore, registrants might not increase much until the problems with data sharing were solved.  

The challenges with data access range from a general lack of understanding about where and how to acquire information inside the local sector, which is primarily made up of SMEs, to numerous administrative expenditures and costs that many businesses find difficult to deal with. To overcome data-sharing problems, the Ministry said that they would analyze the options to generate data at local labs to improve activity and capacity.

Ministry representatives made it clear that they would not postpone the KKDIK registration deadline, December 2023. On the other hand, it could be considered to set a timeframe for the lead registrant to submit completed dossiers with necessary test data.

As a result, we would recommend to complete the registration processes at the earliest time with new data sharing measures.

To learn more about latest updates, please contact GPC.