TURKREACH (KKDİK)
New Turkish Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances
TURKREACH KKDIK regulation in Turkey is the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation (MoEU) regulation on chemicals and their safe use, published on 23 June 2017. It covers the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemical substances.
TurkREACH KKDIK addresses the use and production of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both the environment and human health. TurkREACH KKDIK will be the most comprehensive and stringent Turkish chemical legislation to date. Although the some part of the legislation has come into force like TR-CICL, due to the vast amount of chemicals used in Turkey it will not be fully implemented until the end of the decade.
TurkREACH KKDIK requires all companies producing chemical substances in Turkey or importing them in quantities over one tonne per year to register these substances with the Turkish Ministry of Environmental and Urbanisation (MoEU).
The regulation foresees three registration phases and phase dates announced by publishing the final regulation.
The registration is only one aspect of the Regulation, Evaluation and Authorisation/Restriction being the complementary ones.
Registration
TurkREACH KKDIK requires manufacturers and importers of chemical substances (larger than or equal to 1 tonne/year) to obtain information on the physicochemical, health and environmental properties of their substances and use it to determine how these substances can be used safely. Each manufacturer and importer must submit a registration dossier documenting the data and assessments to MoEU.
Evaluation
MoEU will perform dossier evaluation to assess testing proposals made by the registrant or to check that the registration dossiers comply with the requirements. MoEU will also co-ordinate substance evaluation, which will be conducted by the Member States to investigate more in depth chemicals of concern.
Authorisation
Authorisation is required for the prioritised substances of very high concern (SVHC). Companies applying for authorisation will have to demonstrate that risks associated with uses of these substances are adequately controlled or that the socio-economic benefits from their use outweigh the risks.
Applicants will also have to investigate the possibility of substituting these substances with safer alternatives or technologies, and prepare substitution plans, if appropriate.
Restriction
Turkish MoEU can impose restrictions and prohibit or set conditions for the manufacture, placing on the market or use of certain dangerous substances or group of substances when unacceptable risks to humans or the environment have been identified
REGISTRATION
TurkREACH KKDIK requires manufacturers and importers of chemical substances (larger than or equal to 1 tonne/year) to obtain information on the physicochemical, health and environmental properties of their substances and use it to determine how these substances can be used safely. Each manufacturer and importer must submit a registration dossier documenting the data and assessments to MoEU
EVALUATION
MoEU will perform dossier evaluation to assess testing proposals made by the registrant or to check that the registration dossiers comply with the requirements. MoEU will also co-ordinate substance evaluation, which will be conducted by the Member States to investigate more in depth chemicals of concern.
AUTHORISATION
Authorisation is required for the prioritised substances of very high concern (SVHC). Companies applying for authorisation will have to demonstrate that risks associated with uses of these substances are adequately controlled or that the socio-economic benefits from their use outweigh the risks. Applicants will also have to investigate the possibility of substituting these substances with safer alternatives or technologies, and prepare substitution plans, if appropriate..
RESTRICTIONS
Turkish MoEU can impose restrictions and prohibit or set conditions for the manufacture, placing on the market or use of certain dangerous substances or group of substances when unacceptable risks to humans or the environment have been identified.
