DRAFT REGULATION ON ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR ENERGY -RELATED 
PRODUCTS  (2009/125/EC)  
 
 
PART I  
Objective, Scope, Legal Basis and Definitions  
 
             
 Objective  
 ARTICLE 1  – (1) The objective of this Regulation is to contribute to sustainable 
development by increasing energy efficiency, the level of protection of the environment and the 
security of the energy supply and to provide for the setting of requirements must be fulfilled  by 
establishing a framework for set ting of eco -design requirements for energy -related products with 
the aim of placing on the market and/or putting into service.  
 
 
 Scope  
 ARTICLE 2 – (1) The energy related products covered by this Regulation shall be 
determined by implementing regulations  to be published by relevant competent authorities.   
 
 (2) This Regulation shall not apply to means of transport for persons or goods.  
 
 (3) This Regulation and the implementing regulations adopted pursuant thereto  shall be 
without prejudice to Community w aste management legislation and Community chemicals 
legislation, including Community legislation on fluorinated greenhouse gases.   
 
 Legal Basis  
 ARTICLE  3 – (1) This Regulation has been prepared based on the Law No. 4703 on the 
Preparation and Implementation of the Technical Legislation on Products, dated 29/6/2001 .  
 
 Compliance with the European Union Legislation  
ARTICLE 4 – (1) This Regulation has been prepared based on the Directive 2009/125/EC of 
the European Parliament and of Council of 21 October 2009 on the Harmonization of Laws of 
Member States establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy -
related products . 
 
 Definitions  
 ARTICLE  5 – For the purposes of this  Regulation the following definitions shall apply : 
 
 1) “Waste” means any substance or object which is covered by Article 4(d) of the 
Regulation on Waste Management published in the Official Gazette no. 29314, dated 2/04/2015,  
 
 2) “Ministry” means Ministry of Industry  and Technology,  
 
 3) “Components and sub-assemblies” means parts intended to be incorporated into products, 
and which are not placed on the market and/or put into service as individual parts for end -users or 
the environmental performance of which cannot be assessed independently,  
 
 4) "Enviro nmental aspect" means an element or function of a product that can interact with 
the environment during its life cycle,  
 
 5) “Environmental impact" means any change to the environment wholly or partially 
resulting from a product during its life cycle,   
 6) "Environmental performance" of a product means the results of the manufacturer's 
management of the environmental aspects of the product, as reflected in its technical documentation 
file, 
  
 7) "Improvement of the environmental performance" means the proce ss of enhancing the 
environmental performance of a product over successive generations, although not necessarily in 
respect of all , 
 
 8) "Generic ecodesign requirement" means any ecodesign requirement based on the 
ecological profile as a whole of a product  without set limit values for particular environmental 
aspects,  
 
 9) "Specific ecodesign requirement" means a quantified and measurable ecodesign 
requirement relating to a particular environmental aspect of a product, such as energy consumption 
during use,  calculated for a given unit of output performance,  
 
 10) "Ecodesign" means the integration of environmental aspects into product design with the aim of 
improving the environmental performance of the product throughout its whole life cycle,  
 
 11) "Ecodesign requirement" means any requirement in relation to a product, or the design 
of a product, intended to improve its environmental performance, or any requirement for the supply 
of information with regard to the environmental aspects of a product,  
 
 l2) “ Ecological profile" means a description, in accordance with the implementing 
regulation applicable to the product, of the inputs and outputs (such as materials, emissions and 
waste) associated with a product throughout its life cycle which are signif icant from the point of 
view of its environmental impact and are expressed in physical quantities that can be measured,   
 
 13) "Energy recovery" means the use of combustible waste as a means to generate energy 
through direct incineration with or without ot her waste but with recovery of the heat,   
 
 14) "Energy -related product (a “product”)" means any good that has an impact on energy 
consumption during use which is placed on the market and/or put into service, and includes parts 
intended to be incorporated into energy -related products covered by this Regulation which are 
placed on the market and/or put into service as individual parts for end -users and of which the 
environmental performance can be assessed independently , 
 
 15) "Recycling" means the reprocess ing defined in the Article 4 of Regulation on Waste 
Management  published in the Official Gazette no. 29314, dated 2/04/2015 ,  
 
 16) ‘Recovery’ means any of the applicable operations listed in Annex II B to Regulation on 
Waste Management published in the Of ficial Gazette no. 29314, dated 2/04/2015 ,  
 
 17) "Putting into service" means the first use of a product for its intended purpose by an end -
user, 
 
 18) “Self -regulation” means a regulation prepared by the organizations engaged in the 
design or manufacturing of the products covered by this Regulation in order to fulfill the provisions 
of this Regulation and implementing regulations for the respective products,  
  19) "Manufacturer" means the natural or legal person who manufactures products covere d 
by this Regulation and is responsible for their conformity with this Regulation in view of their 
being placed on the market and/or put into service under the manufacturer's own name or trademark 
or for the manufacturer's own use. In the absence of a manu facturer or of an importer, any natural or 
legal person who places on the market and/or puts into service shall be considered a manufacturer;  
 
 20) “Importer” means any natural or legal person established in Turkey who imports and 
places a product on the m arket,  
 
 21) “Commission” means European Commission , 
 
 22) "Materials" means all materials used during the life cycle of a product,  
 
 23) "Placing on the market" means making a product available for the first time on the  
market with a view to its distribu tion or use whether for reward or free of charge and irrespective of 
the selling technique ,  
 
 24) “Hazardous waste” means waste which displays one or more of the hazardous properties 
listed in Annex III A to  the Regulation on Waste Management published in  the Official Gazette no. 
29314, dated 2/04/2015,  
 
 25) "Implementing regulations" means regulations adopted pursuant to this Regulation 
laying down eco -design requirements for defined products or for environmental aspects thereof,  
 
 26) “Harmonised standard” means a European standard adopted on the basis of a request 
made by the Commission for the application of Union harmonization legislation,  
 
 27) "Product design" means the set of processes that transform legal, technical, safety, 
functional, mark et or other requirements to be met by a product into the technical specification for 
that product , 
 
 28) “Member States” mean the member states of the European Union;  
 
 29) “Life cycle” means the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product from raw 
material use to final disposal , 
 
 30) “Reuse” means any operation defiined in Article 4 of Regulation on Waste Managment  
published in the Official Gazette no. 29314, dated 2/04/2015 ,  
 
 32) “Competent Authority” means the public authority or organization which is authorized 
to prepare and implement the legislation on products and which prepares and implements the 
implementing regulations for the respective products as required by this Regulation;  
 
 32) “Authorized representative" means any natural or legal  person established in Turkey 
who has received a written mandate from the manufacturer to perform on his behalf all or part of 
the obligations and formalities connected with this Regulation , 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 PART II  
Placing on the market and/or Putting into service , Responsibilities of importer ,  
Marking and Declaration of conformity  
 
 Placing on the market and/or putting into service  
 ARTICLE 6 – (1) (The products covered by implementing regulations  may be placed on 
the market and/or put into service only if they comply with those regulations and bear the CE 
marking in accordance with Article 8.  
 
 (2) The market surveillance and inspection for the products shall be carried out by the 
competent author ity according to the provisions of the Regulation Relating to the Market 
Surveillance and Inspection of the Products put into force by the Decision of the Council of 
Ministers No: 2001/3529 of 13/11/2001.  
 
 (3) The competent authority shall ensure that con sumers and other interested parties are 
given an opportunity to submit observations on product compliance to it.  
 
 Responsibilities of the importer  
 ARTICLE 7 – (1) Where the manufacturer is not established in Turkey and in the absence 
of an authorized rep resentative established in Turkey, the importer shall have the following 
obligations;  
  
 a) to ensure that the product placed on the market or put into service complies with this 
Regulation and the applicable implementing regulations , 
 
 b) to keep and make  available the EC declaration of conformity and the technical 
documentation , 
  
 Marking and EU Declaration of Conformity  
 ARTICLE 8 – (1) Before a product covered by implementing regulations is placed on the 
market and/or put into service, a CE conformity marking shall be affixed in accordance with the 
Regulation on CE Marking published in the Official Gazette no.28213, dated 23/2/2012, and an EU 
declaration of conformity issued whereby the manufacturer or its authorized representative ensures 
and declares that the product complies with all relevant provisions of the applicable implementing 
regulation . 
 
 (2) The CE marking consists of the initials "CE" as shown in Annex III  
 
 (3) The EC declaration of conformity shall contain the elements specified in Annex  VI and 
shall refer to the appropriate implementing regulation  
 
 (4) The affixing of markings on a product which are likely to mislead users as to the 
meaning or form of the CE marking shall be prohibited.  
 
 (5) The information to be supplied pursuant to A nnex I, Part 2 must be in Turkish when the 
product reaches the end -user. The information in question may also be provided in one or more 
other official languages of the institutions of the European Union in addition to Turkish. While 
enforcing this provisi on, it shall be considered whether the information can be supplied by 
harmonized symbols or recognized codes or other measures, the type of user anticipated for the 
product and the nature of the information which is to be provided shall also be considered.  
 
 PART III  
    Free Movement and Safeguard Clause  
 
 Free movement  
 ARTICLE 9 – (1) The placing on the market and/or putting into service of a product that 
complies with all the relevant provisions of the applicable implementing regulation and bears the 
CE marking in accordance with Article 8 shall not be prohibited, restricted or impeded on grounds 
of ecodesign requirements relating to those ecodesign parameters referred to in Annex I, Part 1 
which are covered by the applicable implementing regulation.  
 
 (2) The prohibition, restriction or impedition  of the placing on the market and/or putting into 
service of a product bearing the CE marking on grounds of ecodesign requirements relating to those 
ecodesign parameters referred to in Annex I, Part 1 for which the applicable implementing 
regulation provid es that no ecodesign requirement is necessary.  
 
 (3) The display, for example at trade fairs, exhibitions and demonstrations, of products 
which are not in conformity with the provisions of the applicable implementing regulation shall not 
be prevented, prov ided that there is a visible indication that they may not be placed on the market 
and/or put into service until brought into conformity   
 
 Safeguard clause  
 ARTICLE 10 – (1) Where the competent authority ascertains that a product  bearing the CE 
marking re ferred to in Article 8 and used in accordance with its intended use does not comply with 
all the relevant provisions of the applicable implementing regulation, the manufacturer or its 
authorized representative shall be obliged to make the product comply wi th the provisions of the 
applicable implementing regulation and/or with the CE marking and to end the infringement under 
conditions imposed by the competent authority . 
 
 (2) Where there is sufficient evidence that a product might be non -compliant, the comp etent 
authority shall take the necessary measures which, depending on the gravity of the non -compliance, 
can go as far as the prohibition of the placing on the market of the product until compliance is 
established.   
 
 (3) Where non -compliance continues, th e competent authority shall take a decision 
restricting or prohibiting the placing on the market and/or putting into service of the product in 
question or ensure that it is withdrawn from the market. In cases of prohibition or withdrawal from 
the market, t he Commission and Member States shall be immediately informed thereof through the 
Ministry of Trade . 
  
 (4) Any decision by the competent authority concerned pursuant to this Regulation which 
restricts or prohibits the placing on the market and/or the putting into service of a product shall state 
the grounds on which it is based. Such decision shall be notified forthwith to the party concerned, 
who shall at the same time be informed of the legal remedies available and of in the time limits to 
which such  remedies are subject.  
 
 (5) The competent authority shall immediately inform the Commission and the other 
Member States, through the Ministry of Trade  of any decision taken pursuant to this Article, 
indicating the reasons therefore, and, in particular, wh ether non -compliance is due to : 
 
 a) failure to satisfy the requirements of the applicable implementing regulations , 
 
 b) incorrect application of harmonized standards,  
  c) shortcomings in harmonized standards . 
 
 (6) The competent authority shall take the  necessary measures to guarantee confidentiality with 
regard to information provided during that procedure, where justified.  
 
 (7) The decisions taken by competent authorities pursuant to this Article shall be made 
public in a transparent way.  
 
 
PART IV  
Conformity Assessment, Presumption of Conformity and  
Harmonised Standarts  
 
 Conformity assessment  
 ARTICLE 11 – (1) Before placing a product covered by implementing regulations on the 
market and/or putting such a product into service, the manufacturer or its authorized representative 
shall ensure that an assessment of the product's conformity with all the relevant requirements of the 
applicable implementing regulation is carried out.  
  
 (2) The conformity assessment procedures shall be specified by the imp lementing 
regulations and shall leave to manufacturers the choice between the internal design control set out 
in Annex IV to this Regulation and the management system set out in Annex V to this Regulation. 
Where duly justified and proportionate to the risk , the conformity assessment procedure shall be 
specified among relevant modules as described in the Regulation on CE Marking.  
 
 (3) If the competent authority has strong indications of probable non -compliance of a 
product, the competent authority shall as soon as possible publish a substantiated assessment of the 
product's compliance. This assessment may be conducted by a competent body in order to allow for 
timely corrective action.  
  
 (4) If a product covered by implementing measures is designed by an organisation registered 
the Community eco -management and audit scheme (EMAS) and the design function is included 
within the scope of that registration, the management system of that organisation shall be presumed 
to comply with the requirements of Annex V.  
  
 (5) If a product covered by implementing regulations is designed by an organization having 
a management system which includes the product design function and which is implemented in 
accordance with harmonized standards , that management system shall be presumed to comply with 
the corresponding requirements of Annex V.  
 
 (6) After placing a product covered by implementing regulations on the market or putting it 
into service, the manufacturer or its authorized representative shall keep relevant documents 
relating to the conformity assessment performed and declarations of conformity issued available for 
inspection by the competent authority for a period of 10 years after the last of that product has been 
manufactured. The relevant documents shall be made ava ilable within 10 days upon receipt of a 
request by the competent authority.  
 
 (7) Documents relating to the conformity assessment and EC declaration of conformity 
referred to in Article 8 shall be drawn up in Turkish. If the documents are drawn up in other  
languages Turkish translations shall also be added . 
 
 
  Presumption of conformity  
 ARTICLE 12 – (1) A product bearing the CE marking referred to in Article 8 shall be 
regarded as conforming to the relevant provisions of the applicable implementing regulat ion. 
 
 (2) A product for which harmonised standards have been applied shall be regarded as 
conforming to all the relevant requirements of the applicable implementing regulation to which 
such standards relate.  
 
 (3) P roducts  which have been awarded the Community eco -label pursuant to applicable 
European regulations, shall be presumed to comply with the ecodesign requirements of the 
applicable implementing regulations in so far as those requirements are met  by the eco -label.   
 
 Harmonised standards  
 ARTICLE 13 – (1) The competent authority shall, as far as possible, ensure that  interested 
parties are consulted at national level on the process of preparing and monitoring harmonised 
national standards.  
 
 (2) Where the competent au thority considers that harmonised standards the application of 
which is presumed to satisfy specific provisions of an applicable implementing regulation do not 
entirely satisfy those provisions, the competent authority shall inform the Commission through t he 
Ministry of Trade  to that effect, giving the reasons therefor . 
 
 
PART V  
Requirements for Components and Sub -assemblies  
and Implementing Regulations  
 
 Requirements for components and sub -assemblies  
 ARTICLE 14 – (1) Implementing regulations may require a manufacturer or its authorized 
representative placing components and sub -assemblies on the market and/or putting them into 
service to provide the manufacturer of a product covered by implementing regulations with relevant 
information on the material compos ition and the consumption of energy, materials and/or resources 
of the components or sub -assemblies.  
 
 Implementing regulations  
 ARTICLE 15 – (1) Where a product meets the criteria listed under paragraph 2 of this 
Article, it shall be covered by an implemen ting regulation  or by a self -regulation measure.  
 
 (2) The criteria referred to in paragraph 1 are as follows:  
 
 a) the product shall represent a significant volume of sales and trade in the past year 
according to the most recently available figures;  
 
 b) the product shall, considering the quantities placed on the market and/or put into service, 
have a significant environmental impact ; 
 
 c) the product shall present significant potential for improvement in terms of its 
environmental impact without entail ing excessive costs, taking into account in particular:  
 
 (1) the absence of other relevant legislation or failure of market forces to address the issue 
properly , 
  (2) a wide disparity in the environmental performance of products available on the market 
with equivalent functionality , 
 
 (3) Implementing regulations shall meet all the following criteria:  
 
  a) there shall be no significant negative impact on the functionality of the product, from the 
perspective of the user,   
 
  b) health, safety and the en vironment shall not be adversely affected,  
 
 c) there shall be no significant negative impact on consumers in particular as regards the 
affordability and the life cycle cost of the product,  
 
 d) there shall be no significant negative impact on industry’s c ompetitiveness,  
  
 d) in principle, the setting of an ecodesign requirement shall not have the consequence of 
imposing proprietary technology on manufacturers,  
 
 e) no excessive administrative burden shall be imposed on manufacturers . 
 
 (4) Implementing re gulations shall lay down ecodesign requirements in accordance with 
Annex I and/or Annex II . Specific ecodesign requirements shall be introduced for selected 
environmental aspects which have a significant environmental impact . Implementing regulations 
may also provide that no ecodesign requirement is necessary for certain specified ecodesign 
parameters referred to in Annex I, Part 1.  
 
 (5) The requirements shall be formulated so as to ensure that the competent authorities can 
verify the conformity of the pr oduct with the requirements of the implementing regulations. The 
implementing regulation shall specify whether verification can be achieved directly on the product 
or on the basis of the technical documentation.  
 
 (6) Implementing regulations  shall include  the elements listed in Annex VII.  
 
 
PART VI  
Miscellaneous and Final Provisions  
 
 Coordination and cooperation  
 ARTICLE 16 – (1) The Ministry shall ensure that appropriate measures are taken in order to 
encourage the competent authorities responsible for implementing this  Regulation to cooperate with 
each other and provide each other and the Commission with information to assist the operation of 
this Regulation and in particular, o assist in the implementation of Article 10.  
 (2) The administrative cooperation and exchange of information  shall take utmost advantage 
of electronic means of communication . 
 (3) The Ministry shall inform the Commission of the authorities responsible for applying 
this Regulation though the Ministry of Economy . 
 
 Small and medium -sized enterprises  
 ARTICLE 17 – (1) The Ministry shall take necessary measures to encourage Small and 
Medium -Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and very small firms to adopt an environmentally sound 
approach as early as at the product design stage and to adapt  to the regulations . Where required, guidelines covering specificities of SMEs active in the product sector affected may be included in 
the implementing regulations to be published by competent authorities.  
 
 Consumer information  
 ARTICLE 18 – (1) (1) In accordance with the applicable implementing regulation, 
manufacturers shall ensure, in the form they deem appropriate, that consumers of products are 
provided with:  
 
 a) the requisite information on the role that they can play in the sustainable use of the  
product;  
 b) when required by the implementing regulations, the ecological profile of the product and 
the benefits of ecodesign . 
 
 Confidentiality  
 ARTICLE 19 – (1) Requirements relating to the supply of information referred to in Article 
14 and Annex I, Part 2 shall be proportionate and  shall take into account the legitimate 
confidentiality of commercially sensitive information.  
 
 Self-regulation  
 ARTICLE 20 – (1) Voluntary agreements or other self -regulation measures shall be 
assessed at least on the basis of Annex VIII . 
 
 Penalties  
 ARTICLE 21 – (1) The provisions of the Law no. 4703 on Preparation and Implementation 
of Technical Legislation on Products shall be applied in the case of violation of the provisions of 
this Regulation and of the implementi ng regulations . 
 
 Repeal  
ARTICLE 12  – (1) The Regulation on Ecodesign Requirements for Energy -Related 
Products (2009/125/EC) published in the Official Gazette dated 07/10/2010 and 27722  is repealed  
at the date of the entry into force of this Regulation. References to the repealed Regulation shall be 
construed as references to this Regulation.  
    
 Entry into force  
 ARTICLE 22 – (1) This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication.  
 
 Enforcement    
 ARTICLE 23 – (1) The provisions of this Regulation shall be enforced by the Presidency.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Annex I  
 
 
METHOD FOR SETTING GENERIC ECO -DESIGN REQUIREMENTS  
 
Generic ecodesign requirements aim at improving the environmental performance of products, 
focusing on significant environmental aspects thereof without setting limit values. The method 
according to this Annex will be applied when it is not appropriate to set limit values for the product 
group under examination.  
  
PART I  
Ecodesign Parameters for Products  
 
(1) In so far as they relate to product design, significant environmental aspects are must be 
identified with reference to the following phases of the life cycle of the product:  
 
 a) raw material selection and use;  
 b) manufacturing;  
 c) packaging, transpo rt, and distribution;  
 d) installation and maintenance;  
 e) use;  
 f) end -of-life, meaning the state of a product having reached the end of its first use until its 
final disposal.  
  
(2) For each phase, the following environmental aspects must be assessed wh ere relevant:  
 
 a) predicted consumption of materials, of energy and of other resources such as fresh water;  
 b) anticipated emissions to air, water or soil;  
 c) anticipated pollution through physical effects such as noise, vibration, radiation, 
electromag netic fields;  
 d) expected generation of waste material;  
 e) possibilities for reuse, recycling and recovery of materials and/or of energy, taking into 
account the  provisions of applicable regulations.  
(3) In particular, the following parameters must be used, as appropriate, and supplemented by 
others, where necessary, for evaluating the potential for improving the environmental aspects 
referred to in point 2:  
 
 a) weight and volume of the product;  
 b) use of materials issued from recycling activities;  
 c) consumption of energy, water and other resources throughout the life cycle;  
 d) use of substances classified as hazardous to health and/or the environment according to 
the Regulation on Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances published in 
the Official Gazette dated 26/12/2008 and numbered 27094 and taking into account legislation on 
the marketing and use of specific substances, such as Regulation on Restrictions on the 
Manufacturing, Marketing and Use of Certain Dangerous Substanc es and Preparations published in 
the Official Gazette dated 26/12/2008 and numbered 27094 or Regulation on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances In Electrical and Electronic Equipment published in the 
Official Gazette dated 30/5/2008 a nd numbered 26891 ,  
 e) quantity and nature of consumables needed for proper use and maintenance;  
 f) ease for reuse and recycling as expressed through: number of materials and components 
used, use of standard components, time necessary for disassembly, co mplexity of tools necessary 
for disassembly, use of component and material coding standards for the identification of 
components and materials suitable for reuse and recycling (including marking of plastic parts in 
accordance with ISO standards), use of ea sily recyclable materials, easy access to valuable and 
other recyclable components and materials; easy access to components and materials containing 
hazardous substances;  
 g) incorporation of used components;  
 h) avoidance of technical solutions detrimenta l to reuse and recycling of components and 
whole appliances;  
 i) extension of lifetime as expressed through: minimum guaranteed lifetime, minimum time 
for availability of spare parts, modularity, upgradeability, reparability;  
 j) amounts of waste generated  and amounts of hazardous waste generated;  
 k) emissions to air (greenhouse gases, acidifying agents, volatile organic compounds, ozone 
depleting substances, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals, fine particulate and suspended 
particulate matter) wi thout prejudice to the Regulation on the Measures Against the Emission of 
Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants From Internal Combustion Engines to be Installed in Non -road 
Mobile Machinery published in the Official Gazette dated 26/6/2015 and numbered 29398,   
 l) emissions to water (heavy metals, substances with an adverse effect on the oxygen 
balance, persistent organic pollutants),  
 m) emissions to soil (especially leakage and spills of dangerous substances during the use 
phase of the product, and the poten tial for leaching upon its disposal as waste).  
 
 
PART II  
Requirements Relating to the Supply of Information  
 
 (1) The information to be provided by the manufacturer may include:  
 
 a) information from the designer relating to the manufacturing process;  
 b) information for consumers on the significant environmental characteristics and 
performance of a product, accompanying the product when it is placed on the market to allow 
consumers to compare these aspects of the products;  
 c) information for consumers on  how to install, use and maintain the product in order to 
minimise its impact on the environment and to ensure optimal life expectancy, as well as on how to 
return the product at end -of-life, and, where appropriate, information on the period of availabilit y of 
spare parts and the possibilities of upgrading products; and  
 d) information for treatment facilities concerning disassembly, recycling, or disposal at end -
of-life. 
  
 (2) Information should be given on the product itself wherever possible.  
 
 (3) This information must take into account obligations under other relevant  legislation, 
such as the Regulation on Control of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2012/19/EU) 
published in the Official Gazette dated 22/05/2012 and numbered 28300.   
 
 
 
 PART III  
Requirements for the Manufacturer  
 
 (1) Addressing the environmental aspects identified in the implementing regulations as 
capable of being influenced in a substantial manner through product design, manufacturers of 
products  must perform an assessment of the product model throughout its lifecycle, based upon 
realistic assumptions about normal conditions and purposes of use. Other environmental aspects 
may be examined on a voluntary basis.  On the basis of this assessment manufacturers will est ablish 
the product’s ecological profile. It will be based on environmentally relevant product characteristics 
and inputs/outputs throughout the product life cycle expressed in physical quantities that can be 
measured.  
 
 (2) Manufacturers must make use of t his assessment to evaluate alternative design solutions 
and the achieved environmental performance of the product against benchmarks.  
 
 (3) The benchmarks will be identified in the implementing regulations.  
 
 
 (4) The choice of a specific design solution m ust achieve a reasonable balance between the 
various environmental aspects and between environmental aspects and other relevant 
considerations, such as safety and health, technical requirements for functionality, quality, and 
performance, and economic aspe cts, including manufacturing costs and marketability, while 
complying with all relevant legislation.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annex II  
 
METHOD FOR SETTING SPECIFIC ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS  
 
 Specific ecodesign requirements aim at improving a selected environmental aspect of the 
product. They may take the form of requirements for reduced consumption of a given resource, 
such as a limit on the use of a resource in the various stages of a product’s life cycle, as appropriate 
(such as a limit on water consumption in the use ph ase or on the quantities of a given material 
incorporated in the product or a requirement for minimum quantities of recycled material).  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Annex III  
 
CE MARKING  
  
 
 The CE marking must have a height of at least 5 mm. If the CE marking is reduced or  
enlarged the proportions given in the above graduated drawing must be respected.  
 
 The CE marking must be affixed to the product. Where this is not possible, it must be 
affixed to the packaging and to the accompanying documents.  
 
 
Annex IV  
 
INTERNAL DESIGN CONTROL  
 
 The manufacturer or its authorized representative who ensures and declares that the product 
satisfies the relevant requirements of the applicable implementing regulation must take into account 
the following considirations while preparing d eclariton of conformity:  
  
 (1) The declaration of conformity may cover one or more products and must be kept by the 
manufacturer.  
 (2) A technical documentation file making possible an assessment of the conformity of the 
product with the requirements of the applicable implementing regulation must be compiled by the 
manufacturer.  
 (3) The documentation must contain, in particular:  
 
 a) a general description of the product and of its intended use;  
 b) the results of relevant environmental assessment studies  carried out by the manufacturer, 
and/or references to environmental assessment literature or case studies, which are used by the 
manufacturer in evaluating, documenting and determining product design solutions;  
 c) the ecological profile, required by the implementing regulation;  
 d) elements of the product design specification relating to environmental design aspects of 
the product;  
 e) a list of the appropriate standards referred to in Article 12, applied in full or in part, and a 
description of the solut ions adopted to meet the requirements of the applicable implementing 
measure where the standards referred to in Article 12 have not been applied or where these 
standards do not cover entirely the requirements of the applicable implementing regulations;  
 f) a copy of the information concerning the environmental design aspects of the product 
provided in accordance with the requirements specified in Annex I, Part 2;  
 g) the results of measurements on the ecodesign requirements carried out, including details 
of the conformity of these measurements as compared with the ecodesign requirements set out in 
the applicable implementing regulation.  
 (4) The manufacturer must take all measures necessary to ensure that the product is 
manufactured in compliance with the de sign specifications referred to in point 3 and with the 
requirements of the measure which apply to it.  
 
 
Annex V  
 
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING CONFORMITY  
 
 (1) A management system may be used for the conformity assessment of an product 
provided that the manufacturer implements the following environmental elements specified in point 
2.  
 (2) Environmental elements of the management system  
 
 This point specifies th e elements of a management system and the procedures by which the 
manufacturer can demonstrate that the product complies with the requirements of the applicable 
implementing measure  
 
 a) The environmental product performance policy:  
  
 The manufacturer mu st be able to demonstrate conformity with the requirements of the 
applicable implementing regulations. The manufacturer must also be able to provide a framework 
for setting and reviewing environmental product performance objectives and indicators with a vi ew 
to improving the overall environmental product performance.  
 
 All the measures adopted by the manufacturer to improve the overall environmental 
performance of and to establish the ecological profile of an product, if required by the implementing 
regulat ion, through design and manufacturing, must be documented in a systematic and orderly 
manner in the form of written procedures and instructions. These procedures and instructions must 
contain, in particular, an adequate description of:  
 
 1) the list of doc uments that must be prepared to demonstrate the product’s conformity, and, 
if relevant, that have to be made available;  
 2) the environmental product performance objectives and indicators and the organizational 
structure, responsibilities, powers of the ma nagement and allocation of resources with regard to 
their implementation and maintenance;  
 3) the checks and tests to be carried out after manufacture to verify product performance 
against environmental performance indicators;  
 4) procedures for controllin g the required documentation and ensuring that it is kept up to 
date;  
 5) the method of verifying the implementation and effectiveness of the environmental 
elements of the management system.  
 
 b) Planning   
 
 The manufacturer must establish and maintain:   1) procedures for establishing the ecological profile of the product,  
 2)environmental product performance objectives and indicators, which consider 
technological options taking into account technical and economic requirements,  
 3) a programme for achievin g these objectives,  
  
 c) Implementation and documentation : 
 
 The documentation concerning the management system should cover the following, in 
particular:  
 1)  responsibilities and authorities must be defined and documented in order to ensure 
effective en vironmental product performance and reporting on its operation for review and 
improvement  
 2) documents must be established indicating the design control and verification techniques 
implemented and processes and systematic measures used when designing the product  
  3) the manufacturer must establish and maintain information to describe the core 
environmental elements of the management system and the procedures for controlling all 
documents required  
 
 d) The documentation concerning the product must specify,  in particular:  
 1) a general description of the product and of its intended use  
 2) the results of relevant environmental assessment studies carried out by the manufacturer, 
and/or references to environmental assessment literature or case studies, which a re used by the 
manufacturer in evaluating, documenting and determining product design solutions  
 3) the ecological profile, if required by the implementing regulations  
 4)  documents describing the results of measurements on the ecodesign requirements carr ied 
out including details of the conformity of these measurements as compared with the ecodesign 
requirements set out in the applicable implementing regulations  
 5) the manufacturer must establish specifications indicating, in particular, standards which 
have been applied; where standards referred to in Article 13 are not applied or where they do not 
cover entirely the requirements of the relevant implementing regulations, the means used to ensure 
compliance  
 6) a copy of the information concerning the envi ronmental design aspects of the product 
provided in accordance with the requirements specified in Annex I, Part 2  
 
 d) Checking and corrective action:  
 
 1)  the manufacturer must take all measures necessary to ensure that the product is 
manufactured in compliance with its design specification and with the requirements of the 
implementing regulation which applies to it.  
 2) the manufacturer must establish and maintain procedures to investigate and respond to 
non-conformity, and implement changes in the do cumented procedures resulting from corrective 
action.  
3) the manufacturer must carry out at least every three years a full internal audit of the management 
system with regard to its environmental elements . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annex VI   
EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY  
 
 (1) The EC declaration of conformity must contain the following elements:  
 
 a) the name and address of the manufacturer or of its authorized representative,  
 b) a description of the model sufficient for unambiguous identification , 
 c) where appropriate, th e references of the harmonized standards applied ., 
 d) where appropriate, the other technical standards and specifications used,   
 e) where appropriate, the reference to other legislation providing for the affixing of the CE 
mark that is applied , 
 f)  the identification and signature of the person empowered to bind the manufacturer or its 
authorized representative  
 
 
Annex VII  
 
CONTENTS OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS  
 
 (1) the exact definition of the type(s) of product(s) covered  
 (2) the ecodesign requirement(s) for the product(s) covered, implementing date(s), staged or 
transitional measures or periods:  
 a) in the case of generic ecodesign requirement(s), the relevant phases and aspects selected 
from those mentioned in Annex I, points 1 and 2, acco mpanied by examples of parameters selected 
from those mentioned in Annex I, point 3 as guidance when evaluating improvements regarding 
identified environmental aspects  
 b) in the case of specific ecodesign requirement(s), its (their) level(s)  
 (3) the ecod esign parameters referred to in Annex I, Part 1 relating to which no ecodesign 
requirement is necessary  
 (4) the requirements on installation of the product where it has a direct relevance to the 
product’s environmental performance considered  
 (5) the meas urement standards and/or measurement methods to be used; where available, 
harmonised standards must be used  
 (6) the details for conformity assessment specified in the Regulation on CE Marking 
published in the Official Gazette dated 23/2/2012 and numbered  28213  
 a) Uygulanan modülün ya da modüllerin Modül (A)’dan farklı olması durumunda, o işlemin 
seçilmesine yol açan faktörler.  
 b) İlgili olduğunda, üçüncü tarafların onaylama veya belgelendirme kriterleri. (Aynı ürün 
için diğer “CE” koşullarında farklı mo düller belirtilmişse, ilgili koşul için uygulama tebliğlerinde 
belirtilen modül geçerlidir.)  
 (7) Özellikle teknik dosyanın ürünün uygulama tebliğlerine uygunluğunun kontrolünü 
kolaylaştırmak için gerekli olan unsurlarına ilişkin olmak üzere imalatçı taraf ından sağlanacak 
bilgiye ilişkin şartlar.  
 (8) Uygulama tebliğlerinin kabul edildiği tarihte mevzuata uygun olan ürünün piyasaya 
arzına veya hizmete sunulmasına izin verilen geçiş döneminin süresi.  
(9) Teknolojik gelişmelerin hızını da dikkate alarak, uygu lama tebliğlerinin değerlendirilmesi ve 
olası revizyonu için öngörülen tarih.  
 
 
 
Annex - III 
 SELF -REGULATION  
 
 (1) Self-regulatory initiatives must comply with all provisions of the international Treaties 
that Turkey is a party . 
 (2) I n addition, the following non -exhaustive list of indicative criteria may be used to 
evaluate the admissibility of self -regulatory initiatives as an alternative to an implementing 
regulation in the context of this Regulation.   
 a) Openness of participation: Self-regulatory initiatives must be open to the participation of 
operators, both in the preparatory and in the implementation phases  
 b) Added value: Self -regulatory initiatives must deliver added value in terms of the 
improved overall environmental perfor mance of the product covered  
 c) Representativeness: Economic enterprises and non -governmental organizations taking 
part in the preparation and implementation of a self -regulatory action must represent a large 
majority of the relevant economic sector, with  as few exceptions as possible. Care must be taken to 
ensure respect for competition rules  
 d) Quantified and staged objectives: The objectives defined by the stakeholders must be set 
in clear and unambiguous terms. If the self -regulatory initiative covers  a long time -span, interim 
targets must be included. It must be possible to monitor compliance with objectives and (interim) 
targets in an affordable and credible way using clear and reliable indicators. Research information 
and scientific and technologica l background data shall facilitate the development of these 
indicators.  
 e) Involvement of civil society: With a view to ensuring transparency, self -regulatory 
initiatives, interim and final monitoring reports must be publicized, including through the use of the 
Internet and other electronic means of disseminating information. Stakeholders including industry, 
environmental NGOs and consumers' associations must be invited to comment on a self -regulatory 
initiative.  
 f) Monitoring and reporting: Self-regulato ry initiatives must contain a well -designed 
monitoring system, with clearly identified responsibilities for industry and independent inspectors. 
The plan for monitoring and reporting must be detailed, transparent and objective.  
 g) Cost-effectiveness of a dministering a self -regulatory initiative: The cost of administering 
self-regulatory initiatives, in particular as regards monitoring, must not lead to a disproportionate 
administrative burden, as compared to their objectives and to other available policy instruments.   
 h)  Sustainability: Self -regulatory initiatives must respond to the policy objectives of this 
Directive, including the integrated approach, and must be consistent with the economic and social 
dimensions of sustainable development. The protec tion of the interests of consumers, health, quality 
of life and economic interests, must be integrated  
 i) Incentive compatibility: Self-regulatory initiatives are unlikely to deliver the expected 
results if other factors and incentives - market pressure, taxes, and legislation at national level - send 
contradictory signals to participants in the self -regulatory initiative. Policy consistency is essential 
in this regard and must be taken into consideration when assessing the effectiveness of the initiative