Product Safety and Metrology Laboratory in the TRNC to Begin Operations by the End of September

The Product Safety and Metrology Laboratory will begin operating in Northern Cyprus by the end of September. This was announced by TRNC Minister of Economy and Energy Olgun Amcaoğlu. The laboratory will conduct technical tests on goods sold in the TRNC and check whether they meet safety, health protection and consumer rights requirements.

Both imported goods and products manufactured in the TRNC will be eligible for testing. The laboratory will begin operating with five departments: length measurement, toys, electrical equipment, chemicals and metrology. Metrology—the science of measurement—is responsible for the accuracy of scales and measuring instruments used in trade; equipment calibration will also be available here.

Amcaoğlu noted that product control is shifting from document checks to technical testing. “We will be able to determine whether electrical appliances sold in shops are actually safe—taking samples and testing them in the laboratory where necessary,” the minister said.

Chargers, sockets, cables, electric kettles and coffee makers, paints and plastic toy parts, as well as car brakes, tyres and lighting equipment, will be tested. This will make it possible to remove dangerous products from sale.

The project also envisages strengthening cooperation protocols with Turkey: the product safety control system in the TRNC will be brought into line with the European Union’s technical regulations. “The logic of product safety is to identify risky goods on the market rather than wait for complaints from citizens,” Amcaoğlu said.