GENERAL INFORMATION
 

Project title
 

Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions

Priority area
 

Environment

Beneficiary

Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation

Co-Beneficiary
 

Duration

27 months (07/07/2011-06/10/2013)

EU contribution (Euro)

2,850,000

PROJECT SUMMARY

Brief description of the project and main objectives
 

Project aims to improve environmental quality in Türkiye by controlling of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions and to reduce or prevent the potential risks to human health and to prevent ground level ozone pollution.

Develop administrative and legal conditions and structures to harmonize and implement the three EU Volatile Organic Compound Directives (Storage-94/63/EC, Solvents-99/13/EC, Paints- 2004/42/EC).
 

Location

Ankara

Achievements / expected outputs

• Draft legal text was prepared at the end of the project.
• Implementation plan was prepared.
• Administration and technical capacity to disseminate implementation plan was developed.