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The By-law on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases was updated and entered into force by being
published in the Official Gazette dated 29 June 2022 and numbered 31881 in order to regulate
the procedures and principles regarding the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases and products
or equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases, both within the scope of harmonisa-
tion with the EU Acquis, with the necessity of transposition of the EU By-law No. 517/2014 on
“Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases” into national legislation and within the framework of the Kigali
Amendment obligations.
The By-law aims to regulate the procedures and principles regarding the management of fluo-
rinated greenhouse gases and other fluorinated substances in order to control the emission of
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) with high global warming potential, which are included in the annex
of substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer to which Türkiye is a party. In this context, it includes the reduction of hydrofluorocarbons
within the framework of a calendar for the period 2024-2045 and beyond, controlling their tra-
de, and certifying the personnel and companies using these gases in service.

Within the framework of the reduction schedule of HFCs, a control certificate (licence) was int-
roduced as of May 2023 for imports and exports. In this context, approximately 800 control
certificates were issued by the Directorate of Climate Change until 31 December 2023. On 1 Ja-
nuary 2024, quota application for the import of HFCs started. In this direction, the development
and technical support of the Database of Activity Reports (FARAVET) software installed on the
system servers of the MoEUCC, financed within the scope of the National Ozone Unit Capacity
Building Project carried out by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNI-
DO), started in October 2020 and will be completed in October 2024.

With the F-gas Equipment Operators Database (EKOMVET) application, it is aimed to track the
interventions made to equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases and meeting cer-
tain criteria (such as stationary refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps, stationary fire
protection, refrigeration units in refrigerated trucks and trailers, Organic Rankin Cycles, Electrical
switchgear equipment). In addition, equipment related activities (installation, maintenance or
technical service, repair, decommissioning and leakage checks and recycling) reported by the
equipment operator.

The Communiqué on Certification of Real and Legal Persons Intervening in Equipment Conta-
ining Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases or Operating Based on These Gases was published in the
Official Gazette dated 24 September 2020 and numbered 31254 in order to determine the mi-
nimum requirements and related principles for the certification of real and legal persons who
intervene in equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or operating based on these
gases and carry out related activities in order to increase qualified workforce in the field. As a
result of the certification of technical personnel carrying out all kinds of maintenance, repair
and service operations on equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases, it is aimed to
increase the qualified workforce in Türkiye as well as to reduce emissions from leakage. In this
context, approximately 6,000 technicians were certified by the Vocational Qualifications Aut-
hority by 2023.

Legal entities or technical services that carry out the installation, maintenance, repair or de-
commissioning of devices and equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose
operation is based on fluorinated greenhouse gases must have a Service Competence Certifica-

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