On June 23, 2017 KKDIK – Turkish REACH regulation was published by the Turkish Republic Ministry of Environment in the Official Gazette No. 30105 and came into force on December 23, 2017. KKDIK Pre-Registration Service
KKDIK has been prepared on the basis of EU REACH Regulation and adapted to the Turkish Industry within the frame of compliance with the legislation of the European Union.
Registration, Restriction and Permission are similar processes within the scope of KKDIK – Turkish REACH.
Registration within the scope of KKDIK are divided into two process named as Pre-Registration and Registration
European REACH registration of substances shall not be applied in Turkey. Therefore, these substances should be registered under the KKDIK again.
The first step, the KKDIK Pre-Registration Process, will be held between 23 December 2017 to 31 December 2020. After the pre-registration process will be completed on 31 December 2020, the registration process will start.
We can brief critical dates for these processes as below;
Substances
Deadlines
* 1000 t/a and above
31 December 2026
* between 100 – 1000 t/a and classified as aquatic acute 1/ aquatic chronic 1
* 1 – 10 t/a, 10 – 100 t/a, 100 – 1000 t/a and classified as CMR category 1A/1B
31 December 2028
* between 100 – 1000 t/a
* 1 – 10 t/a, 10 – 100 t/a
31 December 2030
KKDIK Registrations:
In order to prepare for the registration process, the process defined as the pre-registration process is called the pre-Substance Information Exchange forum (pre-SIEF) in the KKDIK regulation.
Some of the relevant articles for Pre-Registration, that are mentioned as Pre-Substance Information Exchange Forum (pre-SIEF) in the KKDIK Regulation, are specified as follows;
TRANSITIONAL ARTICLE 1- (1) All registrants, shall send a pre-SIEF including below mentioned information to the Ministry through Chemicals Registration System in the website of Ministry until 31/12/2020: a) Substance identity according to Annex-6; b) Role in the supply chain
Entry into Force
ARTICLE 66- (1) ç) All other provisions will enter into force 6 months later the date of its publication on the Official Gazette. As stated in the KKDIK Regulation, it is obligatory to submit Pre-SIEF (Pre-Registration) for chemical substances with registration obligation under the scope of KKDIK. This obligation comes into force as of December 23, 2017. The deadline for submission of the Pre-SIEF to the Ministry’s assessment is 31 December 2020.
There is a Pre-Registration / Registration obligations for substances manufactured or imported in 1 ton or more per year in its own form or in the mixture.
