Updates To The Environmental Permit And License Regulation

Amendment Regulation on Electricity Market Licensing Regulation (“Amendment Regulation“) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 16 October 2021 and numbered 31630, amending various matters including the establishment of electronic permit system and usage of this online system, renewal, cancellation, amendment and application procedure of environmental permits and licenses.

Summary of main changes introduced with the Amendment Regulation are as follows:

• The E-permit system, an online system in which the actions and transactions during the environmental permit and license process will be carried out electronically, is established. Accordingly, notifications made electronically by the administration through E-permit system will be deemed to have been notified to the entities, without the need for a written notification and temporary activity certificate. Environmental permit or environmental permit and license certificate will also be issued through the