New Regulation On Environmental Permit And License Published On The Official Gazette

The Regulation on Environmental Permit and License ("the New Regulation") is published on the Official Gazette dated 10 September 2014 and numbered 29115. The New Regulation will enter into force on 1 November 2014 and the "Regulation on Permits and Licenses regarding the Environmental Law" ("the Former Regulation") published on the Official Gazette dated 29 April 2009 and numbered 27214 will be abolished.

The purpose of the New Regulation is to clarify the processes and procedures of the application for the certificates, permits and licenses, to overcome the problems in practice causing delays in implementation of the projects and financial loss of the project investors and the operators, to introduce a consolidated, common and clear practice.  The main issues regulated under the New Regulation are as follows;