G/TBT/N/TUR/207  
8 August 2023  
(23-5394) 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:  TÜRKIYE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Turkish Environment Agency  
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:   
Türkiye -TBT En quiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Söğütözü Mahallesi 2176. Sk. No:63 06530 Çankaya -Ankara / Türkiye  
Tel: +(90 312) 204 8975 +(90 312) 204 9286  
Fax: +(90 312) 212 8768  
E-mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addit ion, where applicable):  
BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR (HS code(s): 22); Carboys, bottles, flasks and 
similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics (HS code(s): 
392330); Composite paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat layers of paper or 
paperboard together with an adhesive), not surface -coated or impregnated, whether or 
not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets. (HS code(s): 4807); Carboys, bottles, flasks, 
jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial 
conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass 
inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume atomizers, flasks, bottles etc. for 
atomizers) (HS code(s): 701090); Casks, drums, cans, boxes an d similar containers, incl. 
rigid tubular containers, of aluminium, for any material (other than compressed or 
liquefied gas), of a capacity of <= 300 l, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 761290)  
Composite and other beverage containers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Procedures and 
Principles Regarding Mandatory Deposit Management System Applications; (21 page(s), 
in Turkish)  
6. Description of content:  The objective of this technical regulation is to determine the 
strategies and p olicies, administrative, financial and technical procedures and principles 
for the implementation of the deposit management system.  G/TBT/N/TUR/207  
 
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  This technical regulation covers general principles, responsibilities of Turkish Ministry of 
Environment, Urbanization and C limate Change, responsibilities of Turkish Environment 
Agency, responsibilities of General Directorate of Minting and Printing (Operator of 
Deposit Information Management System (DBYS) ), responsibilities of Deposit Field 
Management System Operator. Additi onally, this regulation includes the obligations of all 
stakeholders in the process from the placing on the market to the recycling of the 
packages within the scope of the mandatory deposit management system.  
This technical regulation covers beverage conta iners and product groups included in the 
system, and these are listed below.  
Annex 1: Beverage Containers (Volume included: 0,10 -3,01 L)  
• Class 1: Glass Bottles  
• Class 2:  PET Bottles  
• Class 3:  Aluminium Bottles/Containers  
• Class 4:  HDPE Bottles/Containers  
• Class 5: Composite Bottles/Containers  
• Class 6:  Other Bottles/Containers  
Annex 2: Product Groups (Beverages/Foods)  
• Class 1:  
-Soft drinks (coke, flavored and/or fruity drinks, flavored and/or fruity natural mineral 
drinks, flavored w ater, tonic, other beverages, etc.)  
-Drinking and mineral waters  
-Natural mineral waters  
-Alcoholic and non -alcoholic beers, including aromatized  
-Malt drinks  
-Energy drinks  
-Sports drinks  
• Class 2:  
-Fruit juices/nectars with a fruit ratio of 50% or less  
• Class 3:  
-Juices/nectars with a fruit ratio above 50%  
-Milk and drinkable dairy products  
• Class 4:  
-Wines, distilled alcoholic beverages  
-Other/unspecified beverages  
-Other/unspecified liquid foods  
By those who put on the market the products defined as 1st class to be placed on the 
market with packages defined as 1st, 2nd and 3rd class in Annex -1 and Annex -2 of the 
The Procedures and Principles Regarding Mandatory Deposit Management System 
Applications; It is obligatory to start the registration process thro ugh DBYS as of 1/1/2023 
and to start placing their registered packaged products on the market as of 1/8/2023. It 
is forbidden to put on the market the packages that have not been registered via DBYS 
as of 1/1/2024. Transition dates for registration procedu res and placing on the market 
with a deposit for products defined as 2nd, 3rd and 4th class in Annex -2, which will be 
placed on the market in packages included in Annex -1 of The Procedures and Principles 
Regarding Mandatory Deposit Management System Applic ations, shall be separately 
regulated and published by the Turkish Environment Agency.  G/TBT/N/TUR/207  
 
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  This technical regulation is also covers labelling and marking standards of included 
products, principles regarding the use of Deposit Management System (DYS) logo and 
barcode, principles regarding the physical requirements of packaging.  
This technical regulation covers registration procedure of Packaging and Packaging/Label 
Manufacturers, registration procedure and minimum criterias of return points, principles 
and regis tration procedures for machinery and equipment to be used within the scope of 
the system, principles and registration procedures regarding verification facilities. It also 
includes considerations regarding the Deposit Field Implementation Plan and financia l 
matters of the system.  
With this technical regulation, there will be international standardization in the use of 
barcode and logo for the product groups within the scope. Thus, product tracking, 
traceability of the system, accurate data collection and pr oper control and verification of 
beverage container within the scope of the system will be ensured.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  High quality recycling, encourage people to introduce recycling system, 
prevention beverage container littering into the environment (seas, oceans, gardens, 
forests etc.); Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
-Environmental Law (Law No. 2872) -(Additional Article 12)  
https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=2872&MevzuatTur=1&MevzuatTertip
=5 
-Establishment of the Turkish Environment Agency a nd Amendments to Various Laws 
(Law No. 7261)  
https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=7261&MevzuatTur=1&MevzuatTertip
=5 
-Zero Waste Regulation (Official Gazette Date: 12.07.2019 Number of Official Gazette: 
30829) -(Annex -3/B Criteria for Buildings and Campuses)  
https://www.mevzuat.gov.t r/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=32659&MevzuatTur=7&MevzuatTerti
p=5 
-Regulation on Control of Packaging Waste (Official Gazette Date: 26.06.2021 Number of 
Official Gazette: 31523)  
https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=38745&MevzuatTur=7&MevzuatTerti
p=5 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Procedures and Principles Regarding Mandatory Deposit 
Management System Applications was published on 01 December 2022 on Turkish 
Environment Agency official web site.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Procedures and Principles Regarding Mandatory 
Deposit Management System Applications was published on 01 De cember 2022 on 
Turkish Environment Agency official web site.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/TUR/207  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Türkiye -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Trade  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection  
Söğütözü Mahallesi 2176. Sk. No:63 06530 Çankaya -Ankara / Türkiye  
Tel: +(90 312) 204 8975 +(90 312) 204 9286  
Fax: +(90 312) 212 8768  
E-mail: tbt@ticaret.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
OR 
Turkish Environment Agency  
Directorate of Deposit Management System  
Kocatepe Mahallesi, Mithatpaşa Caddesi No:60. Çankaya /ANKARA  
Tel: +90 (312) 424 23 23  
Fax: +90 (312) 418 22 77  
E-mail: tucailetisim@csb.gov.tr  
Website: https://www.tuca.gov.tr/  
https://www.tuca.gov.tr/  
https://tuca.gov.tr/userfiles/ files/tuca_dys_ue.pdf  
https://tuca.gov.tr/userfiles/files/tuca_dys_ue.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/TUR/23_11578_00_x.pdf