G/TBT/N/TUR/174  
1 March 2021  
(21-1707) Page: 1/2 
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):  Eco-design 
Requirements for Welding Equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Communiqué on Eco -design Requirements for Welding Equipment (SGM:2020/…) 
(18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Communique shall apply to welding equipment using one 
or more of the following welding and allied processes:  
a) manual metal arc welding;  
b) shielded metal arc welding;  
c) self-shielded flux -cored welding;  
d) flux cored arc welding;  
e) metal active gas and metal inert gas welding;  G/TBT/N/TUR/174  
 
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  f) tungsten inert gas welding;  
g) plasma arc cutting.   
This Communique shall not apply to welding equipment using the following welding and 
allied processes:  
a) submerged arc welding,  
b) limited -duty arc welding,  
c) resistance welding,  
d) stud welding.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of this Communique is to establish eco -design requirements 
for placing on the market and/or putting into service of electric mains operated welding 
equipments related to implementation of the Regulation on Ecodesign Requirements for 
Energy -Related Products entered into force by Cabinet Decree dated 23/6/2010 and 
numbered 2010/643 ; Protection of the environment; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  This Communiqué has been prepared within the framework of 
harmonization with the EU legislation  on the basis of Commission Regulation dated 
1 October 2019 numbered (EU) 2019/1784 laying down ecodesign requirements for 
welding equipment pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of 
the Council.  
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:  This Communique enters into force on its 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:  1 March 2021; The relevant leg islation has inplaced 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  
Tel: 0 (312) 201 60 82  
Fax: 0 312 219 68 64  
e-mail: 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_1530_00_e.pdf