G/TBT/N/TUR/171  
26 February 2021  
(21-1684) 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):  Eco-
Design Requirements For Servers And Online Data Storage Products.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Communique On Eco -Design R equirements For Servers And Online Data Storage Products 
(25 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Communique shall apply to servers and online data storage 
products.  
This Communique shall not apply to:  
a) servers intended for embedded applications;  
b) servers classified as small scale servers in terms of Communique On Ecodesign 
Requirements For Computers And Computer Servers (617/2013/EU) 
(SGM:2020/…)  published in the Official Journal dated ../…/2020 and 
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  c) servers with more than  four processor sockets;  
d) server appliances;  
e) large servers;  
f) fully fault tolerant servers;  
g) network servers;  
h) small data storage products;  
i) large data storage products;  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The object of this Communique is to establish eco -design requirements for 
placing on the market and/or putting into service of servers and online data storage 
products related to implementation of the Regulation on Ecodesign Requirements for 
Energy-Related Products published in the Official Gazette dated 7/10/2010 and numbered 
27722; Protection of the environment; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  This Communique has been prepared based on the Commission 
Regulation No 2019/424/EU on the Ecod esign Requirements for Servers and Online Data 
Storage Products in accordance with Directive 2009/125/EU of the European Parliament 
and the Council in the framework of alignment with the legislation of European Union.  
This Communique has been prepared base d on the Regulation on Ecodesign Requirements 
for Energy -Related Products (2009/125/EC) published in the Official Gazette dated 
7/10/2010 and numbered 27722.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The regulation will be adopted upon its publication.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Communique enters into force on its 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:  1 March 2021; The relevant legislation will be put into effect 
within the scope of harmonization with the EU legi slation.  
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.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TUR/21_1454_00_e.pdf