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meeting. With the help of
the project that will continue
for a year in coordination
with EU, the legislations for
the noise originated from
the machines that are used
outdoors and the control of
their exhaust emissions is
expected to be efficiently
executed in Turkey. Extensive
educational programs, work-
shops and visits to the EU
countries that successfully
execute the Project are in the
plan.
‘EXPORTING HALF OF OUR
PRODUCTS TO EU, IS A
SIGN OF OUR SUCCESS’
The Deputy Minister of
Industry and Technology
Dr. Çetin Ali Dönmez had
a speech at the opening
session and stated that more
than half of Turkey’s machin-
ery production is exported
to the EU countries. Dönmez
said that this would not
be possible if Turkey was
not successful at adapting
EU’s technical legislations.
Dönmez said: ‘We are
planning to increase our
Ministry’s, machinery indus-
try’s and suitability evalua-
tion institutions’ competence
and enhance the human
and environmental health
with this Project. We firmly
believe that all these studies
will have an indirect effect
on developing our country’s
economy.’
‘ABSOLUTE ADJUSTMENT
WITH EU WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
EXPORT’S INCREASE’
MAİB Chairman of the
Board Kutlu Karavelioğlu
stated that Europe is a
very important market for
Turkish machinery industry.
Karavelioğlu said: ‘Projects
like this, about absolute ad-
justment with EU legislations,
will help to reveal our pro-
ducers’ potentials. Our main
target is to double our export
in the middle term. I want to
thank our Ministry and all the
contributing institutions and
organizations.’
‘NATIONAL MACHINERY
LEGISLATION DATA
PORTAL’ WILL BE
ESTABLISHED
The director of the consortium
that conducts the Project with
the leadership of BYS Group,
Dr. Tolga Kaskatı stated that
the documents that are be
important for the Project will
be translated to Turkish for the
benefit of the users. Dr. Kaskatı
continued his speech like
this: ‘Until the end of the first
year we will create ‘National
Machinery Legislation Data
Portal’ for the Industry and
Technology Ministry. This por-
tal will increase the awareness
for the machinery directives
and standarts, and it will be
used for educational purposes
too. The users will obtain tech-
nical legislation information
for machinery with the help of
this portal.’
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