As per the Law on Mitigating the Effects of the New Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak on Economic and Social Life and the Law Amending Certain Laws published in the Official Gazette numbered 31102 on April 17, 2020; a new provisional article was added to Turkish Commercial Code numbered 6102 (“TCC”) highlighting the economic impacts of Covid-19 on the company resources.
As per the Law Amending Certain Laws and Law on Mitigate the Effects of the New Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak on Economic and Social Life published in the Official Gazette dated April 17, 2020 No. 31102, a new provisional article was added to the Labor Law numbered 4857 (“Law No. 4857”).
In order to reduce ripple effects of the Covid-19 pandemic some measures are taken regarding social and economic life in Turkey. With the Draft Amendment Law Amending Certain Acts (“Draft Law”), amendments to various laws including public procurement law, commercial law, employment law, maritime law, and internet and electronic communications law are introduced.
Pandemic countermeasures affect daily life in many aspects. In this context, its effects hit the regular operation of businesses on various levels. This is particularly true for the aviation sector since when people #StayinHome aircraft stay in hangars. Airline operators’ financial condition has deteriorated as a consequence of travel restrictions imposed by governments.
Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) has published a new announcement on April 10, 2020 regarding the transfer of personal data abroad. Accordingly, “Binding Corporate Rules” have been determined by Turkish Personal Data Protection Board’s (“Board”) as another tool to be used for the international data transfers.
As per the Law Amending Certain Acts No.7226 published in the repeating Official Gazette No. 31080 dated March 26, 2020, all periods regarding the origination, use or termination of a right, including certain periods specified in the Industrial Property Law No.6769 (“Law No.6769”) have been suspended from March 13, 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (“the Authority”) has published a new announcement regarding the data processing activities on the location data for the purposes of combatting Covid-19.
As per the new regulation amending the Consumer Arbitration Committees Regulation (“the Regulation”) published in the Official Gazette dated April 10, 2020, to mitigate the effects of Covid-19, some amendments have been made to prevent losses that may arise in relation to the working procedures and principles of consumer arbitration committees.
Covid-19 outbreak has raised disputes over various matters relying on the fact that the challenges faced during this period are unprecedented. As might be expected, these disputes involve litigation and international arbitration proceedings.
A Pre-Authorization Guide is published by the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“the Agency”) regarding the pre-authorization processes that have been required for the export and import of certain medical products as stipulated by the following communiques
Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) asked all legal entities to inform the Agency as to their on-going projects relating to Covid-19 pandemic on April 6, 2020.
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