Regulation

REGULATION

Regulation on “Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases Emissions“ went into force on May 17, 2014 with the publication of 29003 numbered official gazette. Following some amendments on several articles, the regulation has been revised and republished on May 31, 2017 on 30082 numbered official gazette.

Obligations on monitoring and reporting of the regulation on “Communique of Monitoring and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions” came into force on July 22, 2014 and has been published with 29068 numbered official gazette. This communiqué was revised and published in the Official Gazette dated February 5, 2021 and numbered 31386.

After this legislation, “Communique on Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reports and Authorization of Verifiers” also came into force on April 02, 2015 with the publication of 29314 numbered official gazette. This Communique from 02.04.2015 was repealed on 02.12.2017 and instead, the "Communique on Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Accreditation of Verifiers" went into force with 30258 numbered official gazette. This communiqué was revised and published in the Official Gazette dated June 21, 2022 and numbered 31873.

Within the scope of the legislation, industries mentioned in Appendix-1 of the regulation are subject to annual monitoring, reporting and verification processes. The monitoring plans, which are prepared within the legislation scope, are delivered to Ministry via Environmental Information System.