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Turkey’s Ministry of Customs and Trade has included the “D-8 Certificate of Origin” in the Customs General Communiqué (International Treaties) Serial No: 8, which regulates principles and procedures for recording and searching electronic certificates of origin in Turkey. The […]

Turkey has announced rules for establishing and operating control and checkpoints for fruit, vegetable and other high demand goods, to ensure sufficient supply and demand. Under the rules, municipalities must establish, equip and operate checkpoints. The primary tasks for […]

The Turkish Medicine and Medical Device Institution has amended requirements for notifying the local health authority about staff changes for medical device sales and promotion support. Changes also apply to where medical device sales centres can be located, generally […]

Turkish environmental regulations now classify premises for biodegradable waste management and mineral waste removal as holding a “high” pollution danger level. Accordingly, these premises are now subject to related processes and requirements for environmental permits and licenses. Annexes to […]

Turkey’s energy regulator previously ruled (decision numbered 5709, dated 30 July 2015) that a total capacity of 2,000 MW would be reserved in the period up until 2020 for wind power pre-license applicants to connect to the grid. The […]

Turkey has introduced clarifying provisions with regard to auditing contractor performance for construction and renovation of existing facilities in public-private partnerships. Legislation previously empowered the Ministry of Health to establish an audit system to assess contractor performance, but did […]

Turkey has introduced principles and procedures for management of intellectual property rights owned or shared by the Scientific and Technological Research Council (“TÜBİTAK”). The Regulation introduces provisions for protecting intellectual property developed by TÜBİTAK staff, or within related grant […]

Turkey has introduced principles and procedures for investors to claim payments for capital market instruments which have been transferred to the Investor Compensation Center (“Centre”). The compensation mechanism applies to circumstances where a capital market instrument is dematerialized. In […]

Turkey has amended expropriation requirements and procedures, tightening requirements for the contents of agreements for expropriated immovable property, while also expanding the scope of immovable property which is open to expropriation. Under the amendments, immovable property, resource rights and […]

Turkey has amended the Electricity Market Law numbered 6446 to promote use and security of domestic energy resources. Under the amendments, planned capacity mechanisms must give priority to local energy sources. The amendments aim to support overall national energy […]