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facturers to place only safe products on the market, while also authorizing public institutions to
regulate and implement product-specific legislation.
Market surveillance and inspection (PGD) was prepared as one of the opening criteria of the
“Free Movement of Goods” chapter in the EU membership negotiations. The products for which
the General Directorate of EIA, Permit and Inspection is responsible are solid fuels, as per the “Na-
tional Market Surveillance and Inspection Strategy”, which was prepared by taking the opinions
of producer and consumer organizations as well as PGD institutions and was accepted by the
Market Surveillance and Inspection Coordination Board (PGDKK) upon the recommendation of
the Market Surveillance and Inspection Coordination Board (PGDKK).
Solid fuel inspections, which are the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization
and Climate Change and the institutions/organizations to which authority has been transferred,
are carried out within the scope of the Environmental Law No. 2872 and the secondary legisla-
tion published based on this Law. Data on the market surveillance and inspection activities of
solid fuels carried out by the Provincial Directorates of Environment, Urbanization and Climate
Change and the institutions/organizations to which authority has been delegated are presented
in Table 107.

Table 107 Distribution of Market Surveillance and Inspections by Year (MoEUCC, 2024)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

PGD Number (Pieces) 19,233 13,967 11,943 19,475 16,313 15,974
Enforced Fines Amount (TRY) 134,788 309,776 212,686 1,182,742 2,665,066 1,837,540

H.6.4. Reduction of Major Industrial Accident Risks (BEKRA) Activities

Major industrial accidents include incidents such as fire, explosion and toxic emissions that cau-
se serious environmental, social and economic adverse consequences. The “EU Council Directive
on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances/Seveso III Directive”,
which is currently implemented in the EU regarding the control of major industrial accidents, has
been harmonized with the Turkish legislation and the “By-law on the Prevention and Reduction
of the Effects of Major Industrial Accidents” was published in the Official Gazette dated March 2,
2019 and numbered 30702 and entered into force.

The By-law, which is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Cli-
mate Change, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (ÇSGB) and the Ministry of Internal Affa-
irs/Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, determines the procedures and principles
regarding the measures to be taken to ensure high-level, effective and continuous protection
in order to prevent major industrial accidents in establishments that use hazardous substances
and to minimize the damages of possible accidents to people and the environment.

The By-laws, studies and changes made by the European Union (EU) on the subject are cons-
tantly being followed, and within the scope of the areas of responsibility for the implementation
of the By-law, the “Communiqué on the Safety Report to be Prepared Regarding Major Industrial
Accidents” and the “Communiqué on the Major Accident Prevention Policy Document” in the
Official Gazette dated 19 April 2019 and numbered 30750, and the “Communiqué on the Major
Accident Scenario Document to be Prepared Regarding Major Industrial Accidents” in the Official
Gazette dated 30.06.2020 and numbered 31171 were published by the Ministry of Labour and
Social Security and entered into force.

Regarding the internal emergency plans under the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment,
Urbanization and Climate Change, the “Communiqué on Internal Emergency Plans to be Imp-
lemented in Major Industrial Accidents” was published in the Official Gazette dated August 15,
2020 and numbered 31214 and entered into force. Organizations containing hazardous subs-
tances are primarily obliged to notify the BEKRA Notification System established under the In-

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