G/TBT/N/TUR/192  
30 November 2021  
(21-8985) 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 indicated if di fferent 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 0 6530 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):  Energy 
labelling of solid fuel boilers and packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, 
temperature con trols and solar devices.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Communique on the Energy Labelling of Solid Fuel Boilers and Packages of a Solid Fuel 
Boiler, Supplementary Heaters, Temperature Controls and Solar Devices (2015/1187/EU) 
(SGM: 2021/…) (32 page(s), in English) (32 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Communique shall apply to solid fuel boilers with a rated 
heat output of 70 kW or less and packages of a solid fuel boiler with a rated heat out put 
of 70 kW or less, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices.  
This Communique shall not apply to:  
• boilers generating heat only for the purpose of providing hot drinking or sanitary 
water;  
• boilers for heating and distributing gaseous heat transfer media such as vapour 
or air;  
• solid fuel cogeneration boilers with a maximum electrical capacity of 50 kW or 
more;  
• non-woody biomass boilers.  G/TBT/N/TUR/192  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable:   
The objective of this Communique is to lay down the requirements for the energy labelling 
of and the provision of supplementary product information on solid fuel boilers with a 
rated heat output of 70 kW or less and packages of a solid fuel boiler with a rated heat 
output of 70 kW or less, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  This Communique has been prepared based on the indication by 
labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other 
resources by energy -related products Directive 2010/30/EU of The European Parliament 
and of The Council and amended by the Commission Regulation EU/2017/254, 
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1187 with regar d to solid fuel boilers and packages of 
a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices.  
This Communique has been prepared based on 05/03/2020 dated the Law No. 7223 on 
the Product Safety and Technical Regulations and on 01/03/2021 dated and 3584 
numbered and put into effect by the decision of the Presidency, Regulation on a 
framework for Energy Labeling.  
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/cr nattachments/2021/TBT/TUR/21_7402_00_e.pdf