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TUSIAD-Turkish Industry&Business Association

TUSIAD

TUSIAD is the leading business organization representing the Turkish private sector's economic interests.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation)

3 Dec 2025 · TUSIAD is strongly committed to fostering a partnership during the future of Türkiye's EU integration process and can provide insights into the multidimensional nature of EU-Türkiye relations and their implications at several levels.

Meeting with Marko Makovec (Cabinet of Commissioner Marta Kos), Viktoriya Petrikova-Voeten (Cabinet of Commissioner Marta Kos)

3 Dec 2025 · Meeting with representative of TUSIAD

Meeting with Sofia Asteriadi (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

2 Dec 2025 · EU/TR Trade relations

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Head of Unit Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

22 Sept 2025 · Introduction of TUSIAD to Head of TR unit.

Meeting with Hana Jalloul Muro (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

15 Jan 2025 · EU/Turkey Relations

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

25 Apr 2024 · Physical meeting - Discussion on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

Meeting with Camilo Villarino (Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles)

15 Nov 2023 · The HoC of HRVP met with the President and Delegation from Tusiad. The discussion focused on EU-Turkiye relationship, opportunities and challenges for future cooperation.

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

14 Nov 2023 · Exchange of thoughts on EU-Turkey economic relations and recent trade developments. This included sharing views on sanctions circumvention and recent policy in the field of the green and digital transitions.

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament, Delegation chair)

14 Nov 2023 · Türkiye Policy Lunch

Meeting with Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

14 Nov 2023 · Exchange of thoughts on EU-Türkiye economic relations and recent trade developments.

TUSIAD Urges Pilot Phase for New Carbon Reporting Rules

10 Jul 2023
Topic — The consultation addresses reporting obligations for the transitional period of the carbon border adjustment mechanism.
Message — The organization requests that the initial reporting period be treated as a pilot scheme with clearer guidance. They seek a preview of the reporting registry and tailored training materials in Turkish to help businesses adapt.12
Why — Turkish firms would avoid financial penalties and high administrative costs while transitioning to the new system.3
Impact — Third-country manufacturers lose competitiveness due to excessive bureaucracy and repetitive data sharing requirements.4
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Meeting with Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

21 Jun 2023 · gender equality, democratic development, values and fundamental rights

Meeting with Gert Jan Koopman (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

24 Mar 2023 · EU/Turkish relations

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

16 Feb 2023 · Critical Raw Materials package

Meeting with Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

26 Oct 2022 · EU-Turkey trade relations

Meeting with Taneli Lahti (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

25 Oct 2022 · Global Gateway

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

25 Oct 2022 · EU Turkish Business relations

Response to Sustainable Products Initiative

22 Jun 2022

TUSIAD - Turkish Industry & Business Association perceives Green Deal as a model of economic growth focusing on fair and inclusive development for all. In this respect, Paris Agreement and European Green Deal are among our strategic priorities. Since its inception in 1995, EU – Türkiye Customs Union has been mutually beneficial for EU and Turkish companies. Türkiye, as one of the EU’s main trade partners, is highly integrated to the EU economy based on this unique framework. In view of the unique relationship between the EU and Türkiye stemming from the integration partnership and Customs Union, the alignment of Türkiye with the requirements of Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) should be addressed in a comprehensive manner with the spirit of close cooperation. To avoid additional disruptions in the value chains during the COVID-19 recovery period and to enhance Europe’s open strategic autonomy, the stakeholders on both sides should work together and ensure the activation of effective mechanisms that would bring Türkiye closer to the implementation of ESPR requirements, including the DPP. Turkish business community supports every action that would facilitate the trade and economic partnership between the EU and Türkiye, while preserving Türkiye’s integration process to the EU as the main framework of progress for institutional reforms and business environment. We would like to take the opportunity of sharing our views on the draft legislation on ESPR, including the establishment of a Digital Product Passport (DPP), which will enable products to be identified and linked to data relevant to their circularity and sustainability. DPP is one of the key requirements that Turkish companies, which are key actors of various important value chains, need to comply with. To deliver on the ESPR’s objectives, TUSIAD stresses that a strong dialogue with the EU’s main trade partners is of utmost importance. Non-EU companies that take part in the same value chains with EU companies should be able to actively engage with the ESPR process, including the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Consultation Forum and any platform that is to be established to deal with Sustainable Products Initiative, and future consultations on upcoming delegated acts or self-regulatory measures. PROPOSAL FOR ECODESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS REGULATION CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS The definition of destruction of unsold consumer products should be clearer. Recycling or refurbishment operations should not be considered as destruction, as they are inherent in the circular economy. CHAPTER II - ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS Sound functioning of the European single market is of paramount importance. Therefore, the new regulation must be designed so as not to impair free circulation. Burdensome practices that will massively increase the time spent at the customs checkpoints should be avoided. Issues that are currently regulated by existing regulations should not be re-regulated with the new Eco-design regulation. In particular, substances of concern that are currently regulated by REACH and ROHS regulations, while being regulated in ESPR, invites double regulation. The scope of requirements for each product group should be studied individually. Providing irrelevant information to the consumer will confuse them further and make the sustainable product selection process more complicated than it is now. Instead of specifying requirements on the basis of each product, requirements should be determined on the basis of product groups. For instance, energy consumption during the use phase (during usage) has no relevancy nor application to textiles. Kindly see the attachment for the complete text.
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Meeting with Anthony Agotha (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

15 Dec 2021 · Green Deal EU-Turkey dialogue on climate

Meeting with Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

15 Dec 2021 · Potential event on digitalization in Turkey

Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)

10 Nov 2021 · EU - Turkey Economic and Trade Relations

Meeting with Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

10 Nov 2021 · Trade relations EU-Turkey

Meeting with Marie-Pierre Vedrenne (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Nov 2021 · Relations commerciales UE-Turquie, instruments autonomes commerciaux européens

Response to Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

1 Oct 2021

Effects of the climate change are being widely observed in Turkey and are on TÜSİAD agenda’s foreground. In this respect, Paris Agreement and European Green Deal are our strategic priorities. TÜSİAD perceives Green Deal as a model of economic growth focusing on fair and inclusive development for all. As one of the main economic partners of the EU, Turkey will be on the top of the list of the countries that would be affected by the upcoming legislation on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Therefore, we would like to specify hereby, major concerns of the Turkish business community vis-à-vis CBAM. In view of the unique relationship between the EU and Turkey stemming from the integration partnership and Customs Union, the alignment of Turkey with the European Green Deal, including the carbon pricing and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, should be addressed in a comprehensive manner with the spirit of close cooperation. To avoid additional disruptions in the value chains during the COVID-19 recovery period and to enhance Europe’s open strategic autonomy, the stakeholders on both sides should work together and ensure the activation of effective mechanisms that would bring Turkey closer to the emerging system in the EU. To achieve a sustainable development model and to avoid potential adverse effects stemming from the CBAM, such as detrimental impact of heavy financial burden on green transformation efforts of the Turkish companies that are exporting to the EU, establishing an ETS in Turkey would be essential. Hence, a fair and transparent assessment of emission tracking infrastructure by the EU is of critical importance. Establishment of a legally sound and effective cooperation mechanism in early stages of CBAM legislative process would be crucial to guide the systematic alignment efforts. For instance, Turkey’s participation in the CBAM working groups and consultative committees at EU level could be considered. In the meantime, providing country-specific assessments and transitional periods adjusted to the countries’ different development level and establishing consultation mechanisms to support and facilitate their green transition, as well as providing options for access to funds would be critically important. A part of the revenue generated from CBAM should be used to finance green investments in the countries that are closely connected to the EU via comprehensive trade and economic agreements or Customs Union partnership, which ensures regulatory alignment and high level of market integration to the EU, such as Turkey. We would like to take this opportunity to share our detailed views on the draft legislation on CBAM in the document entitled “TÜSİAD Opinions and Considerations on the Draft Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.” Annex: TÜSİAD Opinions and Considerations on the Draft Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
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Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

15 Sept 2021 · Videoconference - Exchange of views on the Commission proposal for a CBAM

Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

7 Sept 2021 · European Green Deal

Meeting with Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

23 Jun 2021 · EU-Turkey relations; Customs Union

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

23 Feb 2017 · EU-Turkey trade relations and update customs union

Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

14 Dec 2015 · High level EU –Turkey Economic dialogue

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

19 Nov 2015 · Turkey customs union / TTIP

Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

19 Nov 2015 · EU-Turkey relations

Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini) and BUSINESSEUROPE

17 Mar 2015 · G20 2015 & BUSINESS WORLD Roundtable

Meeting with Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

27 Jan 2015 · EUCCC annual position paper

Meeting with Anna Vezyroglou (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

3 Dec 2014 · EU-Turkey relations

Meeting with Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)

3 Dec 2014 · Economic development in Turkey

Meeting with Anna Vezyroglou (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini), Stefano Manservisi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

3 Dec 2014 · Relations with Turkish professional associations