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Within the scope of the “Communiqué on Authorisation of Institutions and Organizations to
Prepare Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Plans for Pollution of the Marine Environ-
ment with Oil and Other Harmful Substances”, the applications of a total of 10 (ten) institutions
/ organizations were finalized and “Certificate of Competence” was given as of July 2020.
In order to provide consumers with accurate, non-misleading and science-based information
about the environmental status of products and services, Türkiye Eco-label System, which was
established on a voluntary basis for the promotion of products and services with environmen-
tal labels and prepared in accordance with the EU Eco-Label By-law, has been put into practice
in Türkiye with the Environmental Label By-law published on 19/10/2018, and as of the end of
2023, “Environmental Label Certificate” has been issued to 12 companies in 5 product groups:
textiles, ceramics, hand washing dishwashing detergent, cleaning paper and hard surface clea-
ners.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURES increased by 111.4% in 2022 compared to the
previous year and totalled TRY 140.3 billion. 70.3% of environmental protection expenditu-
res were made by financial and non-financial corporations, 26.1% by general government and
non-profit organizations serving households and 3.6% by households.

Environmental protection expenditures were composed of 60.9% on waste management servi-
ces, 25.3% on wastewater management services, 4.2% on protection of ambient air and climate,
4% on protection of biodiversity and landscape, 2.4% on protection and improvement of the
quality of soil, groundwater and surface water and 3.3% on other environmental protection is-
sues. The ratio of environmental protection expenditures in gross domestic product was 0.91%
in 2021 and 0.93% in 2022.

With the Coastal Facilities Marine Pollution Compulsory Financial Liability Insurance, clean-up
costs, costs to be incurred for the transportation of collected wastes, damages arising from in-
juries and deaths of third parties and damages to private property caused by the pollution or
danger of pollution arising in the maritime jurisdiction areas consisting of inland waters, territo-
rial waters, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of Türkiye as a result of the incident
caused by coastal facilities are compensated. The number of policies issued in 2023 was 458 and
premium production was realized as 16,977,637 TRY.
Environmental Pollution Financial Liability Insurance provides coverage for compensation cla-
ims that the insured will be legally obliged to pay due to the sudden and unexpected pollution
or danger of pollution of the soil, groundwater, inland waters, seas and air in one, several or all of
them, depending on the scope of the contract, within the framework of environmental legisla-
tion. The number of policies issued in 2023 was 2,481 and premium production was realized as
21,883,984 TRY.

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