G/TBT/N/TUR/194  
30 November 2021  
(21-8987) 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  
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 in dicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to Turkey WTO TBT Enquiry Point, E -mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
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 75  
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):  Ecodesign 
requirements for solid fuel local space heaters.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the no tified document:  Draft 
Communique on the Ecodesign Requirements for Solid Fuel Local Space Heaters 
(2015/1185/EU) (SGM:2021/…) (19 page(s), in English) (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Communique shall apply to solid fuel local spa ce heaters 
with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or less. This Communique shall not apply to:  
• solid fuel local space heaters that are specified for the combustion of non -woody 
biomass only,  
• solid fuel local space heaters that are specified for outdoor use only, 
• solid fuel local space heaters of which the direct heat output is less than 6 % of 
the combined direct and indirect heat output at nominal heat output,  
• solid fuel local space heaters that are not factory assembled, or are not provided 
as prefabricate d components or parts by a single manufacturer which are to be 
assembled on site,  
• air heating products,  
• sauna stoves.  G/TBT/N/TUR/194  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of this Communique is to lay down the  ecodesign requirements 
for the placing on the market and putting into service of solid fuel local space heaters 
with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or less; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  This Communique has been prepared based on the Regulation on 
a framework for the setting of Ecodesign Requirements For Energy -Related Products 
2009/125/EC and amended by the Commission Regulation EU/2016/2282, Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2015/1185 with rega rd to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel local 
space heaters.  
This Communique has been prepared based on 05/03/2020 dated the Law No. 7223 on 
the Product Safety and Technical Regulations and on 23/06/2010 dated and 2010/643 
numbered and put into effect by the decision of the Council of Ministers, Regulation on a 
framework for the setting of Ecodesign Requirements For Energy -Related Products.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This Communique will be adopted upon its publication.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Communique shall enter into force on the date 
of publication.  
10. Final date for comments:  10 December 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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TUR/21_7404_00_e.pdf