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ducts prepared with alternatives. Currently, with the legal arrangements made by Türkiye, the
import and use of HBCD in the amount of 240 tonnes per year has been prevented.

In addition, the “By-law on the Export and Import of Certain Hazardous Chemicals” entered into
force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 28 January 2023 and numbered 32087
for the effective implementation of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent
Procedure in the International Trade of Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides at national
level and for the harmonisation and implementation of the relevant legislation of the EU.

In addition, as of 4 October 2022, Türkiye officially became a party to the “Minamata Conven-
tion on Mercury”, which was signed by Türkiye on 24 September 2014 and prepared under the
leadership of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in order to contribute to the
efforts to prevent mercury-related environmental pollution on a global scale.

The “Preliminary Assessment Project on Mercury” supported by GEF, which includes an
infrastructure study for the implementation of the Minamata Convention in Türkiye, was carried
out between 2017-2019, and within this scope, the process of becoming a party to the Minamata
Convention was completed and the current situation regarding mercury in the country was
determined.

The draft “By-law on Mercury” prepared for the effective implementation of the Minamata Con-
vention at the national level and harmonisation and implementation of the relevant EU legisla-
tion is expected to enter into force in 2025.

Amendments and updates made since 2017 in the European Union’s REACH By-law No.
1907/2006/EC have been transferred to the By-law on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation
and Restriction of Chemicals and the revision works of the other two By-laws in force harmo-
nising the EU’s CLP By-law No. 1272/2008/EC and Test Methods By-law No. 440/2008/EC are in
progress.
The basis of the work on Chemicals Management is primarily the identification (classification) of
the hazardous properties of chemicals and the effective communication of hazardousness th-
rough labels and safety data sheets containing this information. In this way, protection of people
exposed to chemicals and the environment is ensured at every stage.

However, over time, it has been observed that the studies carried out in order to maximise the
protection of human health and the environment from the possible harm of chemicals and to
prevent the negative consequences that may occur in advance have exhibited differences at the
global level. This situation, together with the increasing globalisation of trade as in every field
and the increasing share of chemicals in the global market day by day, has created differences in
the safe use of chemicals in commercial circulation due to the various systems they are subject
to.

For this reason, international organizations have initiated efforts to harmonise worldwide com-
munication about the hazardous properties of chemicals and the rules for their safe use so that
everyone exposed to chemicals can be protected in the same way, and to minimise trade bar-
riers by standardising the requirements for control at customs or on the market.
Regarding the quantity, hazard properties, areas of use and risk communication of chemicals
produced and imported in Türkiye, risk communication has been ensured between consumers/
professional users and producers/importers through safety data sheets and the negative effe-
cts on human health and the environment have been minimised. Manufacturers and impor-
ters of chemical substances submit their safety data sheets to the MoEUCC through web-based
software.

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