G/TBT/N/TUR/178  
1 March 2021  
(21-1715) 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):  Energy 
Labelling Of Household Washing Machines And Household Washer -Dryers.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Communique On Energy  Labelling Of Household Washing Machines And Household 
Washer -Dryers (2019/2014/EU) (SGM:2021/4) (47 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Communique covers electric mains -operated household 
washing machines and electric mains -operated hous ehold washer -dryers including those 
which can also be powered by batteries and including built -in household washing 
machines and built -in household washer -dryers.  
This Communique shall not apply to:  
a) Washing machines and washer -dryers in the scope of the Regulation on Machinery 
(2006/42/EC) published in the Official Gazette No. 27158 dated 03/03/2009,  G/TBT/N/TUR/178  
 
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  b) battery -operated household washing machines and battery -operated household 
washer -dryers that can be connected to the mains through an AC/DC converter 
purcha sed separately,  
c) household washing machines with a rated capacity lower than 2 kg and household 
washer -dryers with a rated washing capacity lower than or equal to 2 kg.  
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 
household washing machines and electric mains -operated household washer -dryers 
including tho se which can also be powered by batteries, and including built -in household 
washing machines and built -in household washer -dryers related to the implementation of 
the Regulation on setting a framework for energy labelling (1369/2017/EU) published in 
the Of ficial Gazette dated .../…/…and numbered …..; Consumer information, labelling; 
Protection of the environment; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  This Communique has been prepared based on the Commission 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2014 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 
2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling 
of household washing machines and household washer -dryers and repealing Commission 
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1061/2010 and C ommission Directive 96/60/EC.   
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 the 
Presidential Decree No. 1 on the Presidency Organization publi shed 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  
10. Final date for comments:  1 March 2021  
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.o rg/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TUR/21_1534_00_e.pdf