Introduction
The Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation (the
"Ministry") has published Environmental
Labelling Regulation (the "Regulation")
in the Official Gazette numbered 30570 and dated 19 October
2018.
The Regulation aims to promote the use of products and services
with reduced environmental impact as well as increase the share of
such domestic products in foreign markets where such labelling
mechanisms are already in place. The system, which is based on
voluntary participation, presents companies a new tool to stand out
in the competitive landscape in various sectors.
It is Turkey's aim to implement the EU-compliant standards
for environmental labelling within the Turkish industry as part of
the overall EU integration process. In line with this goal, the
majority of the requirements and criteria set out in the Regulation
are taken from the EU Regulation on the EU
Ecolabel1.
