Caspian Report - Issue 06 - Winter 2014

AYHAN ERDEM
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the Ministry of Science, Industry and
Technology and the Ministry of Customs
and Trade.
NON-PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO
THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY
The current law (Art.9) states that
“The activities including the import
and export of petroleum products
excluding liquid fuel (solvent, lube
oil and base oil, asphalt, solvent
naphtha etc.) shall be performed as
per the regulations to be issued by
the Authority.”
Under the new draft, procedures
and principles related to the import,
export, market surveillance and inspection
of petroleum products and
chemicals used in the industry, production
of pharmaceutical preparations,
manufacturing of lube oil excluding
liquid fuel (solvent, lube oil
and base oil, asphalti solvent naphtha
etc.) shall be performed by the
Ministry of Science, Industry and
Technology within the framework
of the legislation to be issued by the
Ministry of Customs and Trade, Ministry
of Economy, Ministry of Finance,
and the Ministry of Science, Industry
and Technology.
IN CONCLUSION
I cannot say exactly when New Draft
will be submitted to the Council of
Ministers. However, it has been mentioned
that it will be discussed at the
TBMM in April 2014.
In my opinion, a siginificant number
of people will be unhappy with the
implications of this draft. Some of the
new provisions related to distance
restrictions, freedom of promotion,
the 60,000-ton obligation, transfer of
licences to local authorities, the independent
dealership concept, bypassing
EMRA and transferring its competences
to the General Directorate
of Petroleum Affairs under the Ministry
of Energy as before will displease
companies with high market shares,
and some of those provisions will