Public debt foreclosures in the earthquake zone halted
Encumbrances and precautionary measures applied to assets for public credit effects in places declared force majeure due to earthquakes will be eliminated.
In today’s issue of the Official Gazette.
According to the decree, as of February 6, the liens on the assets of all tax offices will be lifted for legal persons, VAT taxpayers and natural persons domiciled in places where force majeure has been declared.
AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTRY TO DEFER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
The Ministry of the Environment will be authorized to defer, without seeking the condition of application, the amounts to be paid in accordance with the contract and the ecrimissil rates, which must be collected during the state of emergency as of February 6, with respect to Treasury properties. in areas considered disaster zones.
These accounts receivable will be collected at the end of the deferred period in monthly installments equal to the deferred period, with no increase in arrears or interest.
The rate derived from permits and leases granted under the aforementioned deferral forestry law, leases made in places subject to the national parks law, sales, compensation and leases of properties owned by municipalities and their subsidiaries and the local administration. the unions, and the leases of the properties owned by the Social Security Institution.
The Ministry of the Interior will be authorized to defer, during the State of Alarm, the costs and amounts derived from the sale, compensation and lease of properties owned by the Investment Monitoring and Coordination Departments.
MEASURES RELATED TO THE PUBLIC BIDDING PROCESS
In the scope of the measures taken in relation to the public procurement process with the Decree, the provisions related to the suspension of deadlines in Presidential Decree No. 120 will not be applied in public bidding processes, except for the deadlines for submission of complaints and objections regarding the actions in the procedures and the actions in the procedures and the tenders held in the places where the State of Alarm has been declared. These terms, which were suspended with the pertinent provisions of Presidential Decree No. 120, will begin to run from the third day from today.
In the tenders that are made to meet the needs that arise in the provinces where the state of emergency has been declared; During the state of alarm, contracts can be entered into directly without the provisions on the deadlines provided for in articles 40, 41 and 42 of the Public Procurement Law regarding notification of the result of the tender, invitation to contract and performance guarantee.
In this case, if the new bidder, to whom the contract was awarded, does not comply with its obligations related to the conclusion of the contract, despite the fact that it must change the contractor due to the complaint and appeal against the complaint, the works will continue. without termination of existing contract.
TERMINATION AND TRANSFER OF PUBLIC BIDDING
If it is understood that the operations related to tenders under the public procurement law in the OHAL region cannot be completed due to force majeure, the Public Procurement Authority shall be empowered to stop, renew, cancel and take other measures to these tenders
In the field of ongoing contracts in the provinces where the State of Alarm has been declared, in the event that it is understood that the contracted work has become impossible to carry out due to force majeure or that there is no need for the work, it may be decided to extinguish and liquidate it and transfer it until the end of the State of Alarm, once at the request of the contractor.
The contracts of the contractor whose shopping center is located in the provinces where the State of Emergency has been declared, and the contracts of the contractor whose branches are located in the provinces where the State of Emergency has not been declared, may be transferred by the same branch. of the contractor in the provinces where the State of Alarm has not been declared, with the approval of the contracting authority.
In this context, in the event of termination of the contract and liquidation of the work or assignment of the contract, the contractor may not claim from the administration any economic right except for the productions, works or deliveries carried out up to the date of termination or assignment. .
In this case, the restrictions and sanctions derived from the termination or transfer will not be applied to the contractor, and the contractor’s guarantees will be returned. (Reuters)