G/TBT/N/TUR/187  
16 August 2021  
(21-6240) 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. 21 80. 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):  Technical 
and general requirements on emission limits and type approval for internal combustion 
engine s installed on off -road mobile machines  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification on Technical and General Requirements on Emission Limits and Type Approval 
For Internal Combustion Engines Installed on Off -Road Mobile Machines (467 page(s), in 
English) (467 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Notification covers the emission limits for all engines in the 
categories specified in the first paragraph of Article 5 of the afore mentioned Regulation 
and for gas and particulate pollutants arising from the engines of these machines, which 
are installed or intended to be fitted to mobile machines used outside the highway 
determined by The Regulation on Gas and Particulate Pollutant Emission Limits and 
Requirements Regarding Type Approval for Internal Combustion Engines Installed on 
Moving Machines Used Outside the Highway (2016/1628 / EU).  G/TBT/N/TUR/187  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
The objective of this Notification is in order to supplement the framework determined by 
the Regulation on Gas and Particulate Pollutant Emission Limits for Internal Combustion 
Engines and Requirements Regarding Type Approval (2016/1628 / EU) published in the 
Official Gazette d ated 11/09/2020 and numbered 31241, the emission limits, to 
determine the technical and general requirements and test methods for the EU type 
approval procedures for internal combustion engines for non -road mobile engines and to 
determine technical and gen eral requirements and test methods, regulations on 
production conformity and conditions and procedures for technical services for these 
engines; Protection of human health or safety; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
This Notification, considering Com mission Delegated Regulation (Eu) 2017/654 of 19 
December 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council with regard to monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in -
service internal combustion engines instal led in non -road mobile machinery has been 
prepared within the framework of harmonization with the EU legislation.  
This Notification was prepared pursuant to; Article 4 of Law No. 7223 on Product Safety 
and Technical Regulations Law dated 12/03/2021 and 310 66 and Articles 385 and 388 of 
the Presidential Decree No. 1 on the Presidential Organization published in the Official 
Gazette dated 10/7/2018 and numbered 30474 and the Regulation on Gas and Particulate 
Pollutant Emission Limits for Internal Combustion E ngines and Requirements Regarding 
Type Approval (2016/1628 / EU) published in the Official Gazette dated 11/09/2020 and 
numbered 31241.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   The Notification will be adopted upon its publication.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Provisions of this Notification shall apply from date 
of publication.  
10. Final date for comments:  31 August 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_5223_00_e.pdf