G/TBT/N/TUR/170  
26 February 2021  
(21-1680) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Industry and Technology  
DG for EU and Foreign Affairs  
Mustafa Kemal Mah. Dumlupinar Bulvari  
Eskişehir Yolu 2151. Cad. No:154  
Cankaya - Ankara/ Turkey  
Tel: +90 (312) 201 60 82  
Fax: +90 (312) 219 68 64  
E-mail: benan.akbas@sanayi.gov.tr , sumeyye.sabanci@sanayi.gov.tr  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Turkey -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Sogutozu Mah. 2180. Sk. No:63 06530 Çankaya -Ankara / Turkey  
Tel: +90 (312) 204 89 37 / 89 52  
Fax: +90 (312) 212 87 68  
E-mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Energy 
Labelling of Refrigerating Appliances with a Direct Sales Function.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Communique on Energy Labelling of Refrigerating Appliances with a Direct Sales Function 
(SGM:2021/…) (2019/2018/EU) (36 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Communique applies to refrigerating appliances with a 
direct sales function.  
This Communique does not a pply to:   
1. refrigerated appliances with a direct sales function that are only powered by 
energy sources other than electricity;  
2. refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that do not use a vapour 
compression refrigeration cycle;  G/TBT/N/TUR/170  
 
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  3. the remote components, such as the condensing unit, compressors or water 
condensed unit, to which a remote cabinet needs to be connected in order to 
function;  
4. food processing refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function;  
5. refrigerating appliances with a direc t sales function specifically tested and 
approved for the storage of medicines or scientific samples;  
6. refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function for the sale and display of 
live foodstuffs, such as refrigerating appliances for the sale and displ ay of living 
fish and shellfish, refrigerated aquaria and water tanks;  
7. saladettes;  
8. horizontal serve -over counters with integrated storage designed to work at 
chilled operating temperatures;  
9. refrigerating appliances with direct sales function that have no i ntegrated 
system for producing cooling and function by ducting chilled air that is produced 
by an external air chiller unit; this does not include remote cabinets nor does it 
include category 6 refrigerated vending machines, as defined Annex IV, Table 4;  
10. corner, curved and carousel cabinets;  
11. vending machines that are designed to work at frozen operating temperatures;  
12. serve -over fish counters with flaked ice;  
13. professional refrigerated storage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and 
process chillers as  defined in Communique on Ecodesign Requirements for 
Professional Refrigerated Storage Cabinets, Blast Cabinets, Condensing Units 
and Process Chillers (SGM: 2020/3) published in the Official Gazette dated 
5/9/2020 and numbered 31235;  
14. wine storage appliance s and minibars.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The purpose of this Communique is to establish requirements for the labelling 
of, and the provision of supplementary product information on, electric mains -operated 
refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function, including appliances sold for 
refrigeration of items other than foodstuffs related to the implementation of Regulation 
on Setting a Framework for Energy Labelling (2017/1369/EU) published in the Official 
Gazette dated .../…/… and numbered ….. .; Consumer information, labelling; Protection 
of the environment; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
This Communique has been prepared based on Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 
with regard to Energy Labelling of Refrigerating Appliances with a Direct Sales Function 
in the framework of alignment  with the legislation of European Union.  
This Communique has been prepared on the basis of the Law No. 4703 of 29/6/2001 on 
the Preparation and Implementation of Technical Legislation on Products and Presidential 
Decree No. 1 on the Presidency Organization published in the Official Gazette No. 30474 
dated 10/7/2018.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The regulation will be adopted upon its publication.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2021 ; This Communique shall enter into 
force on 01/03/2021.  
10. Final date for comments:  1 March 2021; The relevant legislation will be put into effect 
within the scope of harmonization with the EU legislation.  G/TBT/N/TUR/170  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Industry and Technology  
DG for EU and Foreign Affairs  
Tel: 0 (312) 201 60 82  
Fax: 0 312 219 68 64  
e-posta: benan.akbas@sanayi.gov.tr  
The text of regulation is supplied in English in the attached file.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TUR/21_1453_00_e.pdf