What are the responsibilities of manufacturers and importers of chemicals in the scope of Turkish CLP Regulation?

There are some responsibilities of the chemical manufacturers and importers for classification, labeling and notifications. We can briefly summarize them below:


* Notification to the Turkish C&L inventory for which the notification period will start by 1st of June 2014 and will be ending as of 1st of June 2015 for the substances that have been placed on the market, either on their own or in a mixture, before 1st of June 2015.

* Substances which are placed on the market after 1st of June 2015, have to be notified to the Turkish C&L inventory within a month from the day of the first date of import or manufacturing.

* According to the new implementation, Classification & Labelling for substances will be obligatory as of 1st of June 2015 and for mixtures the CLP Classification & Labelling obligation will apply as of 1st of June 2016. A two-year transition period for the products that were placed on the market prior to that date, will apply to prevent are labelling.