The 24-article bill was submitted to the Parliamentary Committee on Industry and Commerce.

The Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology met under the chairmanship of AKP Konya MP Ziya Altunyaldız. The Commission began to discuss the ‘Project Law for the Modification of the Law of Organized Industrial Zones and Some Laws’.

Noting that they plan to visit both organized industrial zones and small industrial sites in the earthquake zone, Altunyaldız said, “We have full confidence that all our OIZs in the region will resume their productive activities as in the pre-earthquake days, after the response to the disaster and the needs of the earthquake victims are taken care of,” Altunyaldız said, using his remarks.

AKP Istanbul MP ​​İffet Polat, in her presentation as the first signatory of the proposal, noted that the amendments provided for in the proposal were aimed at speeding up the processes of planning, establishing and expropriating the OIZ. Polat noted that with the proposal, ‘Green OIZ’ was defined in the OIZ Law and that these OIZs were certified by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) under the determined criteria. “Therefore, it aims to become a center of attraction for new investments that will accelerate the transformation of our OIZs into green OIZs, support investments in green infrastructure and guarantee the integration of OIZs into the green economy in the medium and long term. term”.

Noting that the OIZ site selection process takes approximately 8 to 12 months in practice and thus the industrialist’s access to OIZ facilities such as common infrastructure and treatment is delayed, Polat said: the selection process is suppressed and geological and geotechnical studies are carried out without selecting the location of zoned industrial areas, which allows them to be quickly included in the OIZ or determined as an OIZ area.

“YOU CAN MAKE AN IMMEDIATE EXPOSURE DECISION”

Noting that an urgent expropriation decision can be made for private properties in OIZ, Polat used the following statements:

* “With this reform, the areas on which an urgent expropriation sentence has been issued are ready for investment, and the registration procedures for the rapid start of production in said areas, while the amount determined is deposited in the bank account the court, the Participants can build the infrastructure and production facilities of the OIZ. Its objective is to accelerate investments by explaining the works and transactions that the OIZ will carry out after the confiscation decision.

* In the developing technological conditions, all kinds of public services have moved to online platforms as much as possible. Considering that this is also fundamental for the OIZs, this Proposal regulates the sale of land to be determined by the entrepreneurial committee and in accordance with the principles and procedures determined in the rule within the framework of the principle of transparency. With the regulations that will be brought with the regulation, it is intended to announce to the public the parcels suitable for allocation within the OIZ and assign them electronically, in a more transparent process”.

FREE IMPORT OF NATURAL GAS REACHES BOTAŞ AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR

Noting that it aims to provide freedom to natural gas imports for both BOTAŞ and private sector legal entities, Polat stated the following:

* Again, with the regulation, it aims to provide freedom to natural gas imports for both BOTAŞ and private sector legal entities, in line with the goal of creating a competitive market structure that trading companies will rely on domestic and foreign that will trade. on the Turkish natural gas market, operated according to objective rules.

* On the other hand, in addition to the objectives of opening up the market to competition and liberalization, it is of great importance to guarantee the security of supply in our country.

* With the proposal, it is intended to repeal some provisions that cannot be applied in Transitory Article 2 of Law No. 4646, to preserve and incorporate the objective of restructuring BOTAŞ to guarantee competition and free trade in the market, and introduce measures and provisions to ensure security of supply.

“IT IS INTENDED TO RECOVER BY THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF FOUNDATIONS”

Polat said the following regarding the properties belonging to the General Directorate of Foundations and merged foundations:

* “It was intended to separate the long-term rental provisions and the ordinary rental provisions of the properties belonging to the General Directorate of Foundations and merged foundations, and to avoid confusion regarding the different rental models.

* Ensure that the leased property is used in accordance with the lease contract by requiring the permission of the General Directorate and the condition of the current price in the alienation of the properties belonging to the General Directorate of Foundations and merged foundations, prevents the lessee from transferring the property to the sublessee without obtaining the permission of the general management, and making the rental prices of the foundation’s properties compatible with the current rental prices. Its objective is to generate high income and ensure that the services of the general management are carried out more effectively and efficiently with the income to be obtained.

* It ensures that the cultural assets that are removed from the foundation’s heritage are returned to the merged foundation, that they are preserved and transmitted to new generations, and that the will of the donor is thus preserved. At the same time, its purpose is the collection of cultural assets with foundational antecedents under the responsibility of the General Directorate of Foundations. With the regulation, it is clearly determined and without discussion how the foundation’s cultural assets will be registered in the name of the foundation, and the unnecessary consumption of public resources is avoided.

Following Polat’s presentation, the proposal was negotiated. (DHA)