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Table 109 Number of Active Environmental Engineers/Authorised Person, Environmental Management Units and
Environmental Consultancy Firms by 2023. (MoEUCC, 2023)
2023

Environmental Management Service Certificate of Competence Granted Environmental
Engineer/Authorized Person 12,531

Environmental Consultancy Firm Certificate of Competence Granted Environmental Consultancy 675
Firm
Environmental Management Unit Certificate of Competence Granted Environmental 403
Management Unit
On the other hand, environmental consultancy firms with a Certificate of Competence are ins-
pected by the MoEUCC headquarters and the Provincial Directorates of Environment, Urbaniza-
tion and Climate Change within the scope of Article 11 of the By-law on Environmental Manage-
ment Services. The number of inspections of the firms is given in Table 110.

Table 110 Number of Inspections of Environmental Consultancy Firms Carried Out by the Central Directorate of
MoEUCC and Provincial Directorates of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change between 2019-2023
(MoEUCC, 2023)
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Number of Environmental Consulting Firm 322 228 358 463 319
Audits

H.7.3. Authorised Laboratories and Central Laboratory Determination System for Envi-
ronmental Measurement

Since 2004, private and public laboratories operating within the scope of Environmental Legis-
lation that meet the conditions determined by MoEUCC have been granted the “Environmental
Measurement and Analysis Competence Certificate”. The By-law on Competence of Environ-
mental Measurement and Analysis Laboratories, which entered into force upon publication in
the Official Gazette dated 05.09.2008 and numbered 26988, was revised in line with the needs
encountered in practice upon publication in the Official Gazette dated 25 December 2013 and
numbered 28862. Laboratories that will perform measurement and analysis activities within the
framework of Environmental Legislation are authorized by MoEUCC in accordance with the By-
law on Competence of Environmental Measurement and Analysis Laboratories.
The number of laboratories authorized by the Environmental Reference Laboratory to conduct
measurements/analysis within the scope of the Environmental Legislation between 2016 and
2023 is given in Table 111.

Table 111 Changes in Laboratories Authorised to Perform Measurement/Analyses within the Scope of Environmental
Legislation by Years (MoEUCC, 2023)
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED LABORATORIES

YEARS PUBLIC PRIVATE TOTAL
2012 51 102 153
2013 46 113 159
2014 41 115 156

2015 42 118 160
2016 42 129 171
2017 45 135 180

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