30 Mar 2018
Turkey had made a range of changes to streamline transport-related applications and improve road safety. These changes introduce online applications, as well as reduce the fees and document requirements for obtaining authorization certificates. The Road Transport Regulation (“Regulation”) was […]
23 Mar 2018
The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) has announced new conditions for using the phrase “apyrogenic” on pharmaceuticals, along with transitional procedures (“Announcement”). The transitional procedures must be completed by 30 June 2018, or else pharmaceutical companies must […]
16 Mar 2018
The Turkish Medicine and Medical Device Agency (“Agency”) has announced inspection figures for cosmetic products during the fourth quarter of 2017. The Agency’s inspections found 111 of 398 cosmetic products (28%) inspected during this period to be either technically […]
9 Mar 2018
Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) has increased administrative fines related to electricity, natural gas, oil and LPG by 14.47% from 1 January 2018, based on the Treasury’s annual revaluation rate, determined for 2017. The Treasury announced the 2017 […]
2 Mar 2018
Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) has overhauled rules for natural gas certificates and related processes. Changes apply to rules for authorisation certificates, as well as processes for amending, renewing and cancelling certificates. The Regulation Amending the Natural Gas […]
22 Feb 2018
Turkey has updated electricity legislation relating to calculation of guarantee amounts, reporting obligations, prohibition of share transfers, as well as notification obligations during share transfers. The requirement to hold data processing centres within Turkey has now also been removed. […]
