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the scope of environmental management of dredging material, discharge areas, ecotoxicological
analysis methods, Monitoring and Ecological Report formats to be submitted to the Administ-
ration, and delegation of authority for the supervision of discharge activities, was published on
20/02/2020.

C.1.3.1.4. Risk Management and Emergency Response for Pollution Caused by Marine Accidents

Türkiye is a party to regional and international conventions in order to prevent pollution of our
seas and environment. In this context, in order to fulfil the requirements of the conventions to
which we are a party and to ensure the prevention of pollution of our seas with oil and other
harmful substances, “Law No. 5312 on Principles of Emergency Response and Compensation for
Damages in Pollution of Marine Environment by Oil and Other Harmful Substances” (11 March
2005) and the Implementing By-law of the Law (21 October 2006) entered into force.

With the legislation in question, the principles of intervention and preparedness to be applied
in order to eliminate the danger of pollution of our seas and their environment or to reduce,
limit and eliminate pollution, the principles of determination and compensation of damages
resulting from the incident, and the duties, powers and responsibilities of public institutions /
organizations within the scope of the legislation are clearly defined.

Within the scope of the Law, the approval of emergency response plans for coastal facilities
started in 2009, and the risk assessment and Emergency Response Plans of 377 coastal facilities,
including 57 facilities in 2023, were approved by the MoEUCC.

Graph 30 Number of Facilities with Approved Emergency Response Plans (MoEUCC, 2024)
400 364 365 366 375 377
350 325 346
300 276 286 295
250 216 227
200
150
100
50
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

On the other hand, within the scope of Law No. 5312 and its Implementing By-law, determina-
tion of environmental risks and classification of coastal facilities for effective response to mari-
ne pollution by coastal facilities obliged to prepare Risk Assessment and Emergency Response
Plans, and preparedness for pollution events on all our coasts and planning of the response,
“Project for Planning Response in Marine Pollution Incidents (2022-2024)” is being carried out
by the MoEUCC in order to update the response planning to include the principles of response,
waste collection and disposal, rehabilitation of polluted areas, compensation for damages and
cooperation.

In addition, within the scope of the “Establishment of Emergency Response Centres and Deter-
mination of the Current Situation in Our Seas Project” by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastru-
cture, it was aimed to establish emergency response stations against marine pollution to domi-
nate the coasts of Türkiye and to coordinate them from a centre, and the Directorate of National

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