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Agreement Document symbol Notifying Member Year Harmonized types of environment-related objectives Harmonized types of measures Harmonized types of sectors subject to the measure Measure description See more information
Agriculture G/AG/N/TUR/50 Türkiye 2020
Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Sustainable agriculture management
 Grants and direct payments Agriculture
Environmental programmes: Biological combat…
Environmental programmes: Biological combat support: payments
Environment related objective
To reduce the usage of pesticides
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Environmental programmes: Biological combat support: payments
Biological combat support
Type of measure
Environmental programmes
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Calendar year 2016
Keywords
Bio
Agriculture G/AG/N/TUR/50 Türkiye 2020
Sustainable agriculture management, Sustainable…
Sustainable agriculture management, Sustainable and environmentally friendly production
 Grants and direct payments Agriculture
Other direct payment: Investment subsidies…
Other direct payment: Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture: organic agriculture
Environment related objective
To promote organic agriculture and good agricultural practices.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Other direct payment: Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture: organic agriculture
Organic agriculture
Type of measure
Investment subsidies
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Calendar year 2016
Keywords
Organic
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/TUR/16 Türkiye 2020 Air pollution reduction Import licences Manufacturing
4 Vehicles: For the imports of vehicles indicated…
4 Vehicles: For the imports of vehicles indicated below, the requirement by the Customs Authorities of a pro forma invoice certified by the Ministry of Industry and Technology or other organizations authorized by the Ministry (Technical visa) was removed. However, the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Technology or Turkish Standard Institution (TSI) authorized by the Ministry continues to be required for the importation of the vehicles below.
Environment related objective
To comply with emissions regulation.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
4 Vehicles: For the imports of vehicles indicated below, the requirement by the Customs Authorities of a pro forma invoice certified by the Ministry of Industry and Technology or other organizations authorized by the Ministry (Technical visa) was removed. However, the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Technology or Turkish Standard Institution (TSI) authorized by the Ministry continues to be required for the importation of the vehicles below.
Road tractors for semi-trailers; Agricultural tractors and forestry tractors, wheeled; Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, including station wagons and racing cars; Motor vehicles for the transport of goods; Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire-fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units); Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor (with or without side-cars) side-cars; Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled
Type of measure
Import licences; Prior-approval requirements
 ICS - HS Code
87.02
87.03
87.04
87.05
87.11
87.16
8701.20
8701.91.10
8701.92.10
8701.93.10
8701.94.10
8701.95.10
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Emissions
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/TUR/16 Türkiye 2020
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
 Import licences Agriculture, Chemicals
9. Fertilizers: The approval of the Ministry of…
9. Fertilizers: The approval of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is required for importation of goods included in the Communiqué.
Environment related objective
To manage the resources used in agricultural production properly, which may cause damage to health or lifecycle of plant, animal or human when they are treated without control.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
9. Fertilizers: The approval of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is required for importation of goods included in the Communiqué.
- For all countries:Potassium nitrate exclusively used for fertilizerAnimal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable productsAmmonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solutionMixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilising substancesSodium nitrateDouble salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate- For all countries except EU member states:Containing not more than 16 % by weight of calcium nitrate exclusively used for fertilizerIn tablets, lozenges and similar prepared forms or in packings of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg exclusively used for fertilizerOther calcium nitrate exclusively used for fertilizerUrea, whether or not in aqueous solutionAmmonium sulphateOtherMixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution, OtherMineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphaticMineral or chemical fertilisers, potassicMineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kgOther (Exclusively used for fertilizer)Other (Exclusively used for fertilizer)Other (Exclusively used for fertilizer)
Type of measure
Import licences
 ICS - HS Code
31.03
31.05
2832.30.00.90.00
2834.29.80.11.00
2834.29.80.12.00
2834.29.80.19.00
3102.10
3102.21.00.00.00
3102.29
3102.80.00.00.00
3102.90
31.04
3824.84.00.00.00
3824.85.00.00.00
3824.86.00.00.00
3824.87.00.00.00
3824.84.08.00.00
3824.99.92.00.39
3824.99.93.00.19
3824.99.96.90.68
2834.21
3002.90.50.90.00
3101.00
3102.30
3102.40
3102.50
2832.30.00.20.00
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Hazardous
Import Licensing Procedures G/LIC/N/3/TUR/16 Türkiye 2020
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and…
Animal protection, MEAs implementation and compliance, Plant protection
 Export licences, Import licences Other
10 Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: By…
10 Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: By virtue of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), CITES document issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is required for the importation and exportation of the species listed in the Foreign Trade Communiqué 2011/1.
Environment related objective
To ensure the control of imports and exports for the sake of sustainability of the endangered species. To comply with CITES.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
10 Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: By virtue of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), CITES document issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is required for the importation and exportation of the species listed in the Foreign Trade Communiqué 2011/1.
Species listed in Annexes to the Foreign Trade Communiqué 2011/1
Type of measure
Import licences; Export licences
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Endangered
MEAs
Sustainable
Wildlife
Trade Facilitation G/TFA/N/TUR/2 Türkiye 2019
Waste management and recycling, Chemical, toxic…
Waste management and recycling, Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
Ban/Prohibition, Regulation affecting movement or…
Ban/Prohibition, Regulation affecting movement or transit
 Other
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization:…
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization: Restrictions, prohibitions and import and export procedures regarding solid waste, scrap metal, battery-type goods and dangerous waste goods
Environment related objective
To protect the environment from dangerous waste
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization: Restrictions, prohibitions and import and export procedures regarding solid waste, scrap metal, battery-type goods and dangerous waste goods
Solid waste, scrap metal, battery-type and dangerous waste goods
Type of measure
Import, export or transit restrictions or prohibitions
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Keywords
Environment
Waste
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/315/TUR/SUPPL.1 ; G/SCM/N/343/TUR Türkiye 2019
Biodiversity and ecosystem, Sustainable fisheries…
Biodiversity and ecosystem, Sustainable fisheries management
 Grants and direct payments, Tax concessions Fisheries
Fisheries Support Programme The vessels…
Fisheries Support Programme
The vessels registered and valid fishing licensing in the Fisheries Information System (SUBIS), which have a length of ten meters or bigger than ten meters having permissions for fishing are included in the scope of the support. The vessels operating in inland waters, under 10 meters in length and that the administrative sanctions applied for IUU fishing vessels are excluded from the scope of the support.
Aquaculture Support Programme

The aquaculture support programme includes the instruments to increase the quality of production, to create disease-free enterprises and hatcheries, to promote the production of new species, to protect the environment and to re-cycle system used in aquaculture.

The aim is preservation and protection of fisheries stocks, reduction of fishing fleet capacity, reduction of fishing pressure on stocks and ensuring sustainable fishing, to reduce environmental degredation by using new technologies and by doing environmental-friendly production.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment against illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Fisheries Support Programme
The vessels registered and valid fishing licensing in the Fisheries Information System (SUBIS), which have a length of ten meters or bigger than ten meters having permissions for fishing are included in the scope of the support. The vessels operating in inland waters, under 10 meters in length and that the administrative sanctions applied for IUU fishing vessels are excluded from the scope of the support.
Aquaculture Support Programme

The aquaculture support programme includes the instruments to increase the quality of production, to create disease-free enterprises and hatcheries, to promote the production of new species, to protect the environment and to re-cycle system used in aquaculture.

The aim is preservation and protection of fisheries stocks, reduction of fishing fleet capacity, reduction of fishing pressure on stocks and ensuring sustainable fishing, to reduce environmental degredation by using new technologies and by doing environmental-friendly production.
Certain fisheries related products
Type of measure
Grant; Tax concessions
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Period of notification: 2015-2016.
Keywords
Environment
Fish
Sustainable
Endangered
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2 Türkiye 2019 Animal protection Ban/Prohibition Other
4. Prohibition to export all game and wild…
4. Prohibition to export all game and wild animals meat or alive and/or pieces and garment thereof.
Environment related objective
To prohibit export of all game and wild animals meat or alive and/or pieces and garment thereof.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
4. Prohibition to export all game and wild animals meat or alive and/or pieces and garment thereof.
All game and wild animals (except wild pig, wolf, jackal, fox, marten, badger and snakes, turtels and lizards) meat or alive and/or pieces and garment thereof.
Type of measure
P-X. Export Prohibition.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
The notification provides information for the following biennial period: 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 October 2019
Keywords
Environment
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2 Türkiye 2019 Natural resources conservation Ban/Prohibition Forestry
5. Prohibition to export trunk, log, lumber and…
5. Prohibition to export trunk, log, lumber and wooden beams of walnut, mulberry, cherry, pera, pulm, ash, clin, linden and yew trees.
Environment related objective
To prohibit export of trunk, log, lumber and wooden beams of walnut, mulberry, cherry, pera, pulm, ash, clin, linden and yew trees.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
5. Prohibition to export trunk, log, lumber and wooden beams of walnut, mulberry, cherry, pera, pulm, ash, clin, linden and yew trees.
Exports of trunk, log, lumber and wooden beams of walnut, mulberry, cherry, pera, pulm, ash, clin, linden and yew trees.
Type of measure
P-X. Export Prohibition.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
The notification provides information for the following biennial period: 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 October 2019
Keywords
Environment
Natural resources
Quantitative Restrictions G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2 Türkiye 2019 Natural resources conservation Ban/Prohibition Forestry 7. Prohibition to export wood.
Environment related objective
To prohibit export of wood.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
7. Prohibition to export wood.
Wood
Type of measure
P-X. Export Prohibition.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
The notification provides information for the following biennial period: 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 30 October 2019
Keywords
Environment
Natural resources