Import Inspection Communique for Certain Products Required to Bear the CE Marking (PSD: 2026/9) and Inspection Guide

Import Inspection Communique for Certain Products Required to Bear the CE Marking (PSD: 2026/9) and Inspection Guide

Under the Import Inspection Communique for Certain Products Required to Bear the CE Marking, designated as Product Safety and Inspection: 2026/9 and published by the Ministry of Trade, import inspection is applied to products listed by HS Code in the annexes of the Communique in terms of product safety and compliance with technical legislation. How this process is to be carried out has been explained step by step in the Inspection Guide for Certain Products Required to Bear the CE Marking, a handbook on implementation principles published by the Ministry of Trade. Inspections are conducted by TSE (Turkish Standards Institute).

Which products are subject to inspection?

Although the products within the scope of the Communique are listed by HS Code in the annex lists, the product groups most commonly encountered in practice are generally grouped under the following headings: electrical household appliances and domestic devices, industrial and professional electrical products, electric hand tools and garden machinery, air conditioning devices and similar industrial products, pumps, motorized equipment and system components, printers and certain electronic office equipment, lighting products and LED products, solar panels and certain energy system equipment, adapters, chargers and power supplies, and devices that may qualify as radio equipment due to features such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Where and when should the application be submitted?

Applications are conducted through TAREKS (Foreign Trade Product Safety and Inspection System). The fundamental rule for applications is that the TAREKS application must be completed before customs declaration registration. The importing company and the authorized users who will carry out transactions on behalf of the company must be registered and authorized in the system. The inspection process is initiated by entering product information, batch information, and import-related data on the application screen.

How does the inspection process work?

The inspection process generally consists of the following stages: review of application information, scope check, document review, physical inspection if deemed necessary, and laboratory testing if deemed necessary. During the scope check, the HS Code of the product and whether it falls within the scope of the Communique are assessed. For products determined to be outside the scope, the process may conclude as out of scope.

Which documents must be prepared?

During inspection, documents demonstrating the product's compliance with technical legislation are reviewed. The documents most frequently requested in practice are the EU Declaration of Conformity, a technical document or product presentation document, a test report or conformity report, product label and packaging visuals, the user manual and mandatory warnings, and an invoice or proforma invoice. Documents must in principle be submitted in Turkish. English documents may be accepted but a translation may be requested when necessary. It is important that test reports are current and correspond exactly to the product.

What is the document upload period?

For products referred to physical inspection, the documents requested by the system must be uploaded completely within 20 business days including the application date. Applications may conclude unfavorably due to documents not uploaded within the deadline.

What is checked during physical inspection?

During physical inspection, the correspondence of the product with the declaration and marking requirements are checked. The following elements are examined in the field: correspondence of the product's brand and model with the documents, presence of CE marking and its correct placement, presence of product identification information including brand, model, and serial number, mandatory safety warnings, and the user manual and informational elements. Failure to have the product ready for inspection or the absence of an authorized person may result in an unfavorable outcome.

What are the most common grounds for rejection regarding CE marking?

The most frequently encountered ground for rejection during inspection is marking deficiency. The application may conclude unfavorably on grounds of marking deficiency in cases where the CE marking is entirely absent, the CE marking is removable or illegible, mandatory identification information is missing from the product, a correspondence between the product and documents cannot be established, or the CE marking is only present as a subsequently affixed sticker.

What happens if an adapter or charger is included?

Even if the main product is found compliant, an adapter or charger included with the product may be subject to a separate conformity assessment. For this reason, the conformity of all components including adapters and power supplies must be checked for products imported as a set.

How does the testing process work and how can a rejection be appealed?

If deemed necessary, the product may be sent for testing and conformity is assessed based on the test result. If the test result is appealed, the appeal mechanism provided for in the legislation may be initiated within the prescribed periods and a re-assessment may be carried out on a witness sample.

How do inspection outcomes conclude?

Applications may generally conclude in the following ways following inspection: acceptance, out of scope, conditional acceptance due to a minor deficiency or warning, and rejection due to missing documents, marking deficiency, test result, or inspection outcome. For import procedures to be completed without issue, the product scope must be correctly identified, documents must be prepared completely, and CE marking requirements must be checked before importation.