G/TBT/N/TUR/173  
1 March 2021  
(21-1706) Page: 1/3 
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):  Energy 
Labelling of Electronic Displays  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Communique on Energy Labelling of Electronic Displays (2 019/2013/EU) (SGM:2021/6) 
(33 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Communique shall apply to electronic displays, including 
televisions, monitors and digital signage displays.  
This Regulation shall not apply to the following electronic displays:  
a) any electronic display with a screen area smaller than or equal to 100 square 
centimetres;  
b) projectors;  
c) all-in-one video conference systems;  
d) medical displays;  G/TBT/N/TUR/173  
 
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  e) virtual reality headsets;  
f) The products specified in the 6th paragraph of Arti cle 2 of the Regulation on 
Control of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment published in the Official 
Gazette dated 22/05/2012 and numbered 28300, large and fixed industrial tools 
specified in Annex -1/A of the same Regulation and the implantation produ cts 
specified in Annex - 1/B and the screens that are in infectious contact and the 
products listed below, integrated displays or the displays attached to these 
products,  
1) Devices designed to be sent to space,  
2) Large -scale stationary facilities, exclu ding any equipment not specially 
designed and installed as part of these facilities,  
3) Person or goods transportation vehicles, except electric two -wheeled vehicles 
that are not type -approved,  
4) Off -road moving vehicles for professional use only,  
5) Specially designed device for research and development offered only on an 
inter-business basis.  
g) electronic displays that are components or subassemblies of products covered by 
implementing measures adopted under the Regulation on Ecodesign of Energy 
Related  Products" published in the Official Gazette dated 07/10/2010 and 
numbered 27722 within the framework of the Council of Ministers Decision 
numbered 2010/643,  
h) broadcast displays;  
i) security displays;  
j) digital interactive whiteboards;  
k) digital photo frames;  
l) digital signage displays which meet any of the following characteristics:  
1) designed and constructed as a display module to be integrated as a partial 
image area of a larger display screen area and not intended for use as a 
standalone display device;  
2) dis tributed self -contained in an enclosure for permanent outdoor use;  
3) distributed self -contained in an enclosure with a screen area less than 30 dm2 
or greater than 130 dm2;  
4) the display has a pixel density less than 230 pixels/cm2 or more than 
3025 pixels/cm2;  
5) a peak white luminance in standard dynamic range (SDR) operating mode of 
greater than or equal to 1000 cd/m2;  
6) no video signal input interface and display drive allowing the correct display of 
a standardised dynamic video test sequence for power measurement purposes;  
m) status displays;  
n) control panels.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The purpose of this Communique is to establish requirements for the labelling 
of, and the provi sion of supplementary product information on electronic displays, 
including televisions, monitors and digital signage displays related to the implementation 
of the Regulation on Setting a Framework for Energy Labelling (1369/2017/EU) published 
in the Offic ial Gazette dated .../…/…and numbered …..; Consumer information, labelling; 
Protection of the environment; Harmonization  G/TBT/N/TUR/173  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
This Communique has been prepared based on Commission Regulation 2019/2013/EU, 
repealing the European Parliament and Council Regulation 1062/2010/EU on the Energy 
Labeling of Electronic Displays in the framework of alignment with the legislation of 
European Union.  
This Communique has been prepared on the basis of the Law No. 4703 of 29/6/2001 on 
the Prepar ation and Implementation of Technical Legislation on Products and Presidential 
Decree No. 1 on the Presidency Organization published in the Official Gazette No. 30474 
dated 10/7/2018.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The regulation will be adopted upon its p ublication.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  1 March 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:   
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_1529_00_e.pdf