G/TBT/N/TUR/182  
8 April 2021  
(21-2942) Page: 1/4 
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: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):  Electric 
motors and variable speed drives  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Communique on Ecodesign Requirements for Electric Motors and Variable Speed Drives 
(SGM:2021/16) (2019/1781/EU) (25 page(s), i n English)  
6. Description of content:   
(1) This Communique applies to the following products:  
a) induction electric motors without brushes, commutators, slip rings or electrical 
connections to the rotor, rated for operation on a 50 Hz, 60 Hz or 50/60 Hz sinusoidal 
voltage, that:  
1) have two, four, six or eight poles;  G/TBT/N/TUR/182  
 
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  2) have a rated voltage U N above 50 V and up to and including 1 000 V;  
3) have a rated power output P N from 0,12 kW up to and including 1 000 kW;  
4) are rated on the basis of continuous duty operation; and  
5) are rated for direct on -line operation;  
b) variable speed drives with 3 phases input that:  
1) are rated for operating with one motor refer red to in point 1(a) of this article, within 
the 0,12 kW -1 000 kW motor rated output range;  
2) have a rated voltage above 100 V and up to and including 1 000 V AC;  
3) have only one AC voltage output.  
(2) The requirements in section 1, and points (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), ( ğ), (h), (1) 
section 2, and (13) of section 3 (a) of Annex I shall not apply t o the following motors:  
a) motors completely integrated into a product (for example into a gear, pump, fan or 
compressor) and whose energy performance cannot be tested independently from the 
product, even with the provision of a temporary end -shield and dr ive-end bearing; the 
motor must share common components (apart from connectors such as bolts) with the 
driven unit (for example, a shaft or housing) and shall not be designed in such a way that 
the motor can be separated in its entirety from the driven uni t and operate independently. 
The process of separation shall have the consequence of rendering the motor inoperative;  
b) motors with an integrated variable speed drive (compact drives) whose energy 
performance cannot be tested independently from the variab le speed drive;  
c) motors with an integrated brake which forms an integral part of the inner motor 
construction and can neither be removed nor powered by a separate power source during 
the testing of the motor efficiency;  
ç) motors specifically designed an d specified to operate exclusively:  
1) at altitudes exceeding 4 000 metres above sea -level;  
2) where ambient air temperatures exceed 60°C;  
3) in maximum operating temperature above 400°C;  
4) where ambient air temperatures are less than 30°C; or  
5) where the water coolant temperature at the inlet to a product is below 0°C or above 
32°C;  
d) motors specifically designed and specified to operate wholly immersed in a liquid;  
e) motors specifically qualified for the safety of nuclear installations,  
f) exp losion -protected motors specifically designed and certified for mining, as defined in 
section 1 of Annex I of Regulation on the Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for G/TBT/N/TUR/182  
 
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  Use In Potentially Explosive Atmospheres (2014/34/EU) published in the Official Ga zette 
dated 30/06/2016 and numbered 29758.  
g) motors in cordless or battery -operated equipment;  
ğ) motors in hand -held equipment whose weight is supported by hand during operation;  
h) motors in hand -guided mobile equipment moved while in operation;  
1) motors with mechanical commutators;  
i) Totally Enclosed Non -Ventilated (TENV) motors;  
j) motors placed on the market before 1 July 2029 as substitutes for identical motors 
integrated in products placed on the market before 1 July 2021 for motors referred t o in 
Annex I. Part 1 (1)(a) and before 1 July 2023 for motors referred to in Annex I. Part 1 
(1)(b) , and specifically marketed as such;  
k) multi -speed motors, i.e. motors with multiple windings or with a switchable winding, 
providing a different number of  poles and speeds;  
l) motors designed specifically for the traction of electric vehicles.  
(3) The requirements in section 3, and points (1), (2), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) of 
section 4 and section 3 of Annex I shall not apply to the following VSDs:  
a) VSDs integrated into a product and whose energy performance cannot be tested 
independently from the product, that is to say that an attempt to do so would render the 
VSD or the product inoperative;  
b) VSDs qualified specifically for the safety of nuclea r installations defined in Directive on 
Nuclear Safety Controls and Sanctions published in the Official Gazette dated 13/10/2007 
and numbered 26642,  
c) regenerative drives;  
ç) drives with sinusoidal input current.  
d) VSDs consisting of a single cabinet, co mprising VSDs which are all in conformity with 
this Communique.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The purpose of this Communique is to establish ecodesign requirements for 
the placing on the market or the putting into service of electric motors and variable speed 
drives, including where they are integrated in other products,  related to the 
implementat ion of the Regulation on the Ecodesign of Energy -Related Products which was 
put into effect with the Cabinet Decree dated 23/6/2010 and numbered 2010/643; 
Protection of the environment; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
This Communique has been prepar ed based on Commission Regulation No 2019/1781/EU 
laying down ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives 
pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, 
repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/ 2009 in the framework of alignment with 
the European Union legislation.  G/TBT/N/TUR/182  
 
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  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:  Paragraph 1 of Article 9 of this Communique shall 
enter into force on the date of its publication and other provisions shall enter into force 
on 01/07/2021.  
10. Final date for comments:  14 April 2021; The relevant legislation will be put into effect 
within the scope of harmonization with  the EU legislation.  
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  
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: sumeyye.sabanci@sanayi.gov.tr  
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