G/TBT/N/TUR/189  
16 August 2021  
(21-6242) 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):  
Notification on the determination of emission limits and administrative requirements on 
type approval for internal combustion engines installed on off -road mobile machines  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification on 
The Determination of Emission Limits and Administrative Requirements on Type Approval 
for Internal Co mbustion Engines Installed on Off -Road Mobile Machines (2017/656/EU) 
(118 page(s), in English) (118 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:   
This Notification covers the emission limits for all engines in the categories specified in 
the first para graph 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/189  
 
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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 complete the framework determined by the 
Regulation on Gas and Particulate Pollutant Emission Limits for Internal Combustion 
Engines and Requirements Regarding Type Approval (201 6/1628/EU)   published in the 
Official Gazette dated 11/09/2020 and numbered 31241, laying down the administrative 
requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
This Notification, considering Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/656 of 19 
Decemb er 2016 supplementing Regulation No: 2016/1628/EU of with regard to 
monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in -service internal combustion engines 
installed in non -road mobile machinery has been prepared within the framework of 
harmonization with th e 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 31066 and Articles 385 and 388 of 
the Presidential Decree No. 1 on the Presidential Organization pu blished in the Official 
Gazette dated 10/7/2018 and numbered 30474 and 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 Gazet te 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_5225_00_e.pdf