What is a Turkish Safety Data Sheet (GBF)? Key rules under KKDIK
A Safety Data Sheet (SDS, formerly MSDS) — called GBF (Güvenlik Bilgi Formu) in Turkey — describes the hazards of a chemical substance or mixture and the conditions for its safe use, storage, transport and disposal under standard headings. In Turkey, SDS rules are set out in Article 27 and Annex 2 of the KKDIK Regulation, which was prepared taking the EU REACH Regulation into account.
When is an SDS required?
The supplier must provide an SDS when a substance or mixture is classified as hazardous under the Turkish CLP regulation (SEA), is PBT or vPvB under the criteria of KKDIK Annex 13, or is included in the list under Article 49. For mixtures that are not classified as hazardous, an SDS must still be provided on request in certain cases — for example, when a non-gaseous mixture contains a substance hazardous to health or the environment at 1% by weight or more, or a substance with an occupational exposure limit.
Key rules under KKDIK
- Language: the SDS must be supplied in Turkish.
- Author: the SDS must be prepared by a chemical assessment expert certified under KKDIK Annex 18.
- Format: the SDS is dated and supplied free of charge, on paper or electronically.
- Updates: the SDS must be updated without delay when new information on hazards or risk management becomes available, when an authorisation is granted or refused, or when a restriction is imposed. The updated SDS must be sent free of charge to all recipients supplied in the previous 12 months.
- Transition: the option to prepare SDSs under the former Turkish SDS regulation ended on 31 December 2023; SDSs are now prepared under KKDIK.
The 16 sections of an SDS
- Identification of the substance/mixture and of the company/undertaking
- Hazards identification
- Composition/information on ingredients
- First-aid measures
- Firefighting measures
- Accidental release measures
- Handling and storage
- Exposure controls/personal protection
- Physical and chemical properties
- Stability and reactivity
- Toxicological information
- Ecological information
- Disposal considerations
- Transport information
- Regulatory information
- Other information
An SDS does not replace a TDS or COA
The SDS is a safety and regulatory document. The Technical Data Sheet (TDS), which describes the product’s technical properties, and the Certificate of Analysis (COA), which reports the results for a specific batch, are separate documents — see TDS, SDS and COA. For ISFCHEM’s Turkish SDS service, see our service page.
Sources: KKDIK Regulation (consolidated text, mevzuat.gov.tr) — Article 27, Annex 2, Provisional Article 2, Turkish Official Gazette, 23.12.2023, No. 32408.