As per the Presidential Decree No.2706 published in the Official Gazette No. 31171 dated June 30, 2020, a new amendment on Unemployment Insurance Law numbered 4447 came into force regarding short time working.
urkish Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) extended deadlines set out for the registration to the Data Controllers Registry Information System (“VERBIS”) on June 23, 2020 with its decision numbered 2020/482. In its announcement the Board stated the fact that many workplaces are closed, and employers adopted remotely working styles due to COVID-19 outbreak required such extension.
SpaceX has announced the company's mega-project called Starlink, which will consist of thousands of mass-produced satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide satellite internet access, is ready for beta testers. 540 Starlink satellites are already in orbit and the company hopes that these satellites will form part of a 12,000 constellation by the year 2027. The project's main aim is to deliver accessible, cheaper, and more reliable high-speed broadband internet all over the world.
Court of Justice of European Union (“the Court” or “CJEU”) published a press release numbered 68/20 regarding the case LE v. Transportes Aéreos Portugueses SA (“TAP”) on June 11, 2020. CJEU, touches many companies operating in global aviation industry. Overall, the Court responses the query whether an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ would constitute an exemption for an air-carrier to pay compensation for the cancellation or long delay of a subsequent flight.
No question that aviation industry has seen dramatic drop due to COVID-19 globally. The industry is expected to lose up to USD 84 million of cash reserve in this year as reported by IATA on its recent publication dated June 12, 2020. This can turn into new opportunities for some as the demand for air-travel is never likely to come to an end. Private aviation has experienced a spike in passenger willing to avoid crowdedness and indeed, to maintain a safer, flexible and more privileged way of travel.
Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“TITCK”) has announced additional measures to be applied regarding GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) inspections that take place abroad and certification processes. Additional measures have been taken due to COVID-19 under the TITCK’s decision numbered E.1466 dated June 10, 2020 to prevent setbacks regarding production and provision processes of medicinal products for human use and continuance of market supply.
With more than one billion downloads, TikTok (formerly known as Musical.ly) became one of the most attractive social media platforms in popular culture. As the popularity is expanding globally, it is inevitable for the governments to review on the app. Like many of those, TikTok has also being investigated as the major data security and foreign investment concerns have been emerged in different jurisdictions since those two falls into national security laws and policies.
On June 10, 2020, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (“EASA”) announced the first type certification worldwide, a fully electric aircraft called “Velis Electro” designed by a Slovenian company, Pipistrel d.o.o. The certification of Velis Electro as an emission-free aircraft is regarded as the first concrete response to the query that aviation would ever be less polluting.
As per several announcements made by the Ministry of Industry and Technology (“the Ministry”) and Turkish Standards Institute (“TSE”), COVID-19 Safe Production Quality Certificate (“Certificate”) to be issued for the companies that fulfill the measures in the Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control Guide for Industrial Organizations (“Guide”) prepared regarding the measures for the continuation of the production of industrial enterprises in a controlled social life period.
Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“TITCK”) has published an updated Guideline on Standard Work Methods of Clinical Research and Bioavailability/Bio-equivalency Studies Ethics Committees, with the purpose to provide supplementary guidance to the current Declaration of Helsinki, the relevant Turkish legislation and good clinical practice principles.
The General Court of the European Union (“the General Court”) published a press release numbered 65/20 with regards to the judgment in case CK Telecoms UK Investments v Commission on May 28, 2020. The remarks made in the judgment set a light on the understanding of competition in one of the most competitive sectors, the telecommunication sector. In consideration of the pleas and arguments on the respected case, the General Court concluded that solely reducing competitive pressure on the competitors in the market, in principle, is not sufficient in itself to constitute a significant impediment to effective competition.
Communique No. II-23.2.B on Amendment of the Communique on Merger and Demerger No. II-23-2 (“Amending Communique”) entered into force on May 30, 2020. By virtue of the Amending Communique, the public companies whose controller is a public institution or organization shall be exempted from several requirements arising from the Article 12 of the Communique on Merger and Demerger No. II-23-2 (“Communique No. II-23-2”).
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