SG 80/23
Turkey’s Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has published The Regulation on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Equipment.
On December 26, 2022, the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change published Regulation on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Equipment in the Official Gazette No. 32055.
The purpose of this regulation is to determine the procedures and principles for restricting the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) with a view to contributing to the protection of human health and the environment, including the environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste EEE.
This regulation covers EEE in the following categories.
The regulation’s scope includes:
| Substance | Quantity (Weight in Homogeneous Material) |
|---|---|
| Lead (Pb) | 0,1% |
| Mercury (Hg) | 0,1% |
| Cadmium (Cd) | 0,01% |
| Hexavalent Chromium (Cr+6) | 0,1% |
| Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) | 0,1% |
| Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) | 0,1% |
| Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) | 0,1% |
| Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) | 0,1% |
| Dibutylphthalate (DBP) | 0,1% |
| Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) | 0,1% |
Table 1
This regulation has been created within the framework of compliance with the legislation of the European Union, taking into account Directive 2011/65/EU on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in EEE (RoHS Directive):
Entry into force
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