. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/TUR/9 
20 April 2012  
 (12-2124) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environment and Urbanization 
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 :   
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization 
Ehlibeyt Mah. 1271 Sk. No:13 06520  Balgat/Çankaya/Ankara/Turkey Tel.:  +(90 312) 586 3098 - +(90 312)586 3100 Website:  http://www.cygm.gov.tr  
Turkey-TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of Economy  DG of Product Safety and Inspection Inonu Bulv. No:  36 06100 Emek-Ankara / Turkey  Tel.:  +(90 312) 204 8074 
Fax:  +(90 312) 212 6864 
E-mail:  tbt@dtm.gov.tr  
Website:  http://www.teknikengel.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):  Electrical Devices 
(HS Code: 84) and Ot her Relate d Goods. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft By Law on 
Control of Waste Electrical a nd Electronic Equipment, 2012  (17 pages, in Turkish)     
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation li mits certain hazardous  substances found in 
the related electrical and electronic equipment,  determines the processes to be omitted from 
such restrictions, controls the importation of these goods and finally embodies legal and 
technical grounds for techniques and goals to reuse, recycle a nd recover waste electrical and 
electronic equipment residue formation and to reduce such occurrences.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
purpose of this draft regulation is to protec t human health and the environment from the 
production process up to the fina l disposition of electrical  and electronic equipment.  G/TBT/N/TUR/9 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
1. Environment Law No. 2872 dated 09/08/1983; Articles 8, 11 and 12; 
2. Decree Law No. 644 dated 29/ 06/2011 of Organization and Fu nctions of  Ministry of 
 Environment and Urban Settlement (Articles 2 and 8); and 3. Preparation and Enforcement of Techni cal Regulation of Products Law (No.4703 
 dated 29 June 2001). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Turkey-TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of Economy  
DG of Product Safety and Inspection Inonu Bulv. No:  36 06100 Emek-Ankara / Turkey  Tel.:  +(90 312) 204 8074 Fax:   +(90 312) 212 6864 
E-mail:  tbt@ekonomi.gov.tr  
Website:  http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
Ministry of Environm ent and Urbanization 
Ehlibeyt Mah. 1271 Sk. No:13 06520  Balgat/Çankaya/Ankara/Turkey Tel: +(90 312) 586 3098 - +(90 312)586 3100 
Website:  http://www.cygm.gov.tr  
Upon request, the electronic version of the draf t regulatory text can be  provided by the TBT 
Enquiry Point.    
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/TUR/12_1375_00_x.pdf