Communiqué On The Principles Of Domestic Content In The Production Of Electric Scooters

April 2026 – The “Communiqué on the Principles of Local Content in the Production of Electric Scooters (SGM-2026/5)”, published in the Official Gazette on 15 April 2026, sets out the criteria for domestic content to be applied in the production of electric scooters (e-scooters), as well as the procedures and principles for their certification by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE).

The Communiqué introduces a domestic content requirement, as of 1 July 2026, for e-scooters to be registered in the U-Net system for holders of authorisation certificates under the Electric Scooter Regulation.

Within this framework, manufacturers will be required to obtain an E-Scooter Manufacturer Certificate from the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) by certifying the domestic origin of certain components through a domestic goods certificate. The validity of the E-Scooter Manufacturer Certificate will be one year.

Under the regulation, the seven electronic components that are relevant for the certification process (battery/chassis, motor, and electronic systems, such as the motherboard, software, IoT, and brakes) are categorised into three main groups, and the assessment will be carried out based on these components:

For the certification, at least one component from Group 1 must be domestically produced. In addition, either the motor or a specified number of electronic components must also meet the domestic content requirement. If both the battery and the chassis are domestically produced, no additional requirement is stipulated for the other groups.

The TSE is authorised to conduct inspections at the applicant’s production site. If deficiencies are identified as a result of such inspections, the E-Scooter Manufacturer Certificate will not be issued, or any issued certificate will be revoked if such deficiencies are not remedied. 

Failure to meet the domestic content requirements may pose risks of U-Net registrations and to the continuation of operations. In this context, it would be advisable to take into consideration that domestic goods certificates must be submitted in full during the application process, that the certification period will commence only after the final application is submitted, and that TSE has the authority to request additional information and/or documents.

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