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According to the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, when conducting international trade of hazardous chemicals into Turkey, it is necessary to apply the requirements of the Regulation on the Export and Import of Hazardous Chemicals. The government published this regulation to place the PIC Regulation and the Rotterdam Convention into Turkish Law.

 

What is the PIC Regulation (Prior Informed Consent Regulation)?

PIC Regulation, also known as Prior Informed Consent Regulation ((EU) (649/2012), aims to protect the environment and human health from the effects of certain hazardous chemicals and to provide countries with information on their transport, use, storage and disposal by encouraging cooperation in the import and export of these chemicals.

PIC Regulation implements the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. In order to comply with the said convention and to place the relevant EU Regulation into Turkish Law, the “Regulation on the Export and Import of Certain Hazardous Chemicals” was published by the Ministry in the Official Gazette No. 32087.

 

What are the requirements of these regulations?

With the PIC Regulation and the “Regulation on the Export and Import of Certain Hazardous Chemicals” published by the Ministry, certain obligations arise for those who conduct international trade of relevant chemicals. In the case of the export and import of chemicals subject to the PIC (Prior Informed Consent) Procedure and banned or restricted chemicals, these obligations include informing the related country, providing safety data sheets (SDS), and informing the Ministry in the first quarter of each year and as needed.

 

The obligations specified by the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change can be listed as follows:

• If specified harmful chemicals are exported to countries that are party to the convention, notification must be made to the Ministry once a year, at most thirty-five days before the first export date.
• If a chemical specified in the second annex of the Regulation on the Export and Import of Certain Hazardous Chemicals will transit through the territory of a party listed in the seventh annex of the same regulation, the Ministry must be informed within a maximum of thirty days after the first transit pass and within eight days before each transit thereafter.
• Chemicals intended for trade must be packaged and labeled according to the relevant regulation.
• An SDS (Safety Data Sheet) form that complies with the KKDİK (Turkey REACH) Regulation must be submitted along with the relevant chemicals. These forms should be prepared in the official language of the target country whenever possible.
• Exporters who are subject to certain obligations specified in the Regulation on the Export and Import of Certain Hazardous Chemicals must submit the letter of conformity issued by the Ministry to the customs administration.
• If the Ministry requires it, exporters must make their notifications through the e-ÖBK system within the e-MEU.

 

To review the relevant legislation, please click here.

 

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