Türkiye: Changes Made in Some of the Hazard Classifications  

Authors: Ipek Unlu Tik and A. Kaan Baser

A communique concerning changes in hazard classifications has been published to remove some of the hazard classes and include new classes. 

The Communique concerning changes in hazard classifications (“Communique”) has been published in the National Gazette, numbered 32, 276. Accordingly, some hazard classes have been removed and new hazard classes have been included. 

The removed classes are as follows: 

Class Explanation	Hazard Class
Electricity trading for consumers (excluding brokers and agents)	Low
Production activities concerning movies, videos, and television programmes (including documentary productions)	Medium
Activities for earning on movable assets (dividends, bank interests, profits in shares, etc.)	Low

 

The newly included classes are as follows: 

Class Explanation	Hazard Class
Electricity trading for consumers (excluding brokers and agents, and activities for charging stations for electric vehicles)	Low
Activities for charging stations for electric vehicles (cars, motorcycles, laptops, cell phones, etc.)	Medium
Production activities concerning movies, videos, and television programmes (including documentary productions; excluding production and broadcasting activities of influencers and vloggers)	Medium
Production and broadcasting activities for video contents (e.g., influencers and vloggers)	Medium
Activities for earning on movable assets (including dividends, bank interests, profits in shares, etc.; excluding earning wages)	Low
Activities for earning wages (per diem, etc.)	Low
Activities of joint health and safety units	Medium

 

Key Points

• Some hazard classes have been removed. 
• New hazard classes have been included.