KKDİK Information Seminar Held

The Istanbul Association of Exporters of Chemical Substances and Products (İKMİB), which conducts intensive work for the development of Turkey's chemical sector, organized a seminar on "Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals" on 27 October 2017 at the Foreign Trade Complex in Istanbul to inform relevant industrialists. The seminar was attended by Şeref Yılmaz, Head of the Chemical Registration and Control Department at the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization's Chemicals Management Division, Murat Akyüz, Coordinator Chairman of İMMİB, and employees from 300 companies operating in Turkey, primarily in the chemical sector, as well as other specialists. At the seminar on the "Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals" delivered by Ministry of Environment and Urbanization officials, the obligations imposed on industrialists by the KKDİK regulation and the implementation timeline, chemical On the other hand, a tariff quota has been opened in order to exempt goods originating from the countries and customs territories listed in the annex to the Decision from protective measures. The tariff quota amount for the goods in question has been set at a total of 6,995 tonnes across periods, and the tariff quota to be granted to each country in any one period cannot exceed 2,332 tonnes. assessment expert, chemical registration system and preliminary MBDF issues were discussed. The KKDİK Regulation, prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, was published in the Official Gazette on 23 June 2017. While the regulation provides a transition period, it requires industrialists to register electronically in a system established by the Ministry for chemical raw materials produced or imported in quantities exceeding 1 tonne per year. Furthermore, restrictions on hazardous chemicals applied under the REACH Regulation in Europe will also be implemented in Turkey under the new regulation. The regulation also imposes information provision and authorisation obligations on industrialists regarding certain chemicals of high importance. KKDİK will affect not only chemical manufacturing companies but also companies producing articles and article components. Seminar presentations are shared on the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization's Chemicals Helpdesk website.