An additional TL 200 billion of borrowing authorization for the Treasury passed through the ‘Commission’

The Reform Bill to the Electricity Market Law, Some Laws and Decree Law No. 375 was accepted by the Parliamentary Commission for Industry, Commerce, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology.
With the proposal, a transitory article was added to the Law for the Regulation of Public Finance and Debt Management.

493 BILLION LIRA MAY BE BANNED

Accordingly, 200 billion lira will be added to the borrowing authority of the Ministry of Finance. Thus, the borrowing authority of 293 billion lira increases to 493 billion lira.

THE CONTRACT TIMES CAN BE EXTENDED

With the proposal, the terms of the contracts with a duration of less than 49 years, signed as a result of the privatization of some ports belonging to the Turkish Maritime Corporation and the General Directorate of State Railways of the Republic of Turkey, by granting the operation rights or by transfer, will be extended up to 49 years. In order to sign an additional contract, the operating companies must have fully complied with all their economic obligations derived from the contract that gives rise to the right of exploitation and waive legal actions initiated by reason of the contract that gives rise to the right of exploitation.
In addition to the investment requirement in the privatization contracts, the operating companies must invest 10 percent of the additional value of the contract in port activities and make these investments within 5 years from the date of signing the additional contracts. At the end of the period, it will be necessary for the operating companies to submit the report proving that the investment has been made and the information and documents supporting this situation to the Turkish Maritime Enterprises Corporation or the General Directorate of State Railways, as appropriate. . your interest
If in the audit carried out by the corresponding institution it is determined that the investment obligation in question has not been fulfilled, the additional contract will be terminated. In this case, no refund will be made to the operating company, including fees paid in accordance with the additional contract.
In the justification of the article, it is intended that port investors can make the necessary investments on time, to protect the competitiveness of our country in parallel with the logistics and tourism sector, and thus ensure the public interest. With the exception of the extension of the periods of right to operate in the main contracts, only the prices of the additional contracts without changes; Additional agreements will be signed in a fair, transparent, controllable and auditable manner, determined under the same conditions for all investors, and the extensions will enter into force.” statements were included.

UNIVERSITY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

According to the proposal, BOTAŞ’s debts consisting of all kinds of taxes, unpaid funds and shares, administrative fines, late fees and late interest will be written off against Treasury accounts receivable for the start-up fee.

‘NIGHT WORK’ SCHEME FOR OIL EMPLOYEES

With the reform made in the Labor Law, a regulation is made to allow workers to work at night in exploration, exploration and drilling activities in the oil sector.
In order to guarantee that public university health service providers do not experience financial difficulties in the provision of the service and in terms of the sustainability of health services, a regulation is prepared to contribute to the financial sufficiency of these service providers. of health and to avoid any monetary cuts in the current year as a result of the exams of previous years.

HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM

Foreigners who obtained a residence permit in Turkey before January 1, 2013, who are not insured under the legislation of a foreign country; such as general health insurance premiums, late penalty and late payment surcharge for citizens who are not entitled to benefit from health insurance in another country, people who benefit from protection, care and rehabilitation services free of charge in accordance with the provisions of the Social Services Code and Child Protection Agency Law, and Turkish citizens who do not have parents and children under 18 years of age. Collection of all secondary accounts receivable will be waived.

COLLECTION DEFINITION

In line with the objectives included in the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan, with the modification made in the Electricity Market Law, the definitions of “collectors” and “collectors” are made.
Consequently, “collector” shall be understood as “the legal person holding a collector’s license or a supply license that has entered into a contract with one or more users of the network to carry out collection activities in the electricity market on behalf of of such network users”; “collect”, on the other hand, shall mean “the market activity carried out by the Collector in the field of combining the consumption or production of one or more users of the network”.
The aggregator will be authorized by network users by agreement.
Network users may not authorize legal entities that have a contracted supply license to supply energy as collectors.
The Collector will manage the consumption or production programs of the contracted users, carry out market operations related to the purchase and sale of energy or electrical power on behalf of the users in question, and may participate in the processes of contracting complementary services. .
The collection activity can be carried out by legal entities that hold a collector’s license or a supply license.

SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNIONS

With the proposal, a regulation is elaborated to determine the procedures and principles related to the implementation of the institutions and organisms in charge of carrying out the works and procedures related to the functions of the Commission after the expiration of the period of functions of the Investigation of Emergency Procedures. Commission.
Support will be provided by collective agreement to public servants affiliated with unions of public servants who are deducted from the monthly quota or salary of the affiliation, in the months of January, April, July and October, in the amount that results from multiplying the indicator number 750 for his monthly or salary for the monthly coefficient of the official.
In the months of January, April, July and October, monthly or together with their salary, a collective bargaining agreement bonus is granted for the amount determined in the collective bargaining agreement to public servants affiliated with unions of public servants that they have registered as affiliates. more than 2 percent of the public servants who work in the branch of service in which they are established, and from whom the monthly affiliation fee or salary is deducted.
The collective agreement bonus to be paid to public officials will be paid in the amount resulting from multiplying indicator number 2119 by the monthly coefficient of the official during the term of the Collective Agreement VI in force for the years 2022 and 2023 in Financial Matters and Social Rights of Public Servants and their Service Branches.

STRUCTURING OF TEDAŞ ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

Due to accounts receivable from Turkish Electricity Distribution Corporation (TEDAŞ) derived from electricity consumption and transferred to TEDAŞ during the privatization transfer process, the actual amount of accounts receivable does not exceed 2 thousand Turkish liras to the effective date of this article, and the Republic of Turkey Identity Number, Tax Identification Number cannot be determined Accounts receivable related to subscriptions that cannot be reached, terminated, abandoned from the business register, and settled will be waived.
It is possible to restructure the debts of the subscribers outside this scope with TEDAŞ derived from the electricity consumption of the past period.
With the possibility of splitting these credits, it is intended to ensure the collection of credits derived from unpaid electricity consumption, extending to years.
As of October 1, 2021, subscribers who have unpaid and unstructured debt as of the effective date of this regulation and cannot request restructuring are included in the scope of the regulation.