Temporary Measures Taken in Road Transport Activities After the Disaster

Dear Member,   In the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, with reference to our letter dated 10.02.2023 and numbered 1447, the announcement published by the General Directorate of Regulation of Transport Services of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure was shared with you in our letter referenced above.   This time, in the ministerial approval forwarded to our Union by the relevant Ministry regarding the said announcement, it is notified that, as a result of the earthquakes that occurred in our country, in order to ensure that companies to which authorisation certificates have been issued under the KTK and KTY in the provinces where a state of emergency has been declared, and our citizens who receive or will receive transport services, do not suffer any grievance, decisions have been taken on the following matters;   a) With regard to companies to which authorisation certificates have been issued under the KTK and KTY and whose head office addresses are located in the earthquake-affected provinces of Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa;  

1. 1. Extension until 08.05.2023 of the validity periods of authorisation certificates whose validity period has expired or will expire between 09.11.2022 - 08.05.2023,
2. 2. Extension free of charge until 08.0 5.2023 of the vehicle card periods of vehicles registered in the vehicle certificate annexed to authorisation certificates falling under sub-item (1), as of the date this instruction enters into force,
3. 3. Suspension, starting from 06.02.2023, of the calculation of the 630-day period regarding loss of minimum capacity pursuant to paragraph twenty-one of Article 14 of the KTY,
4. 4. Suspension of the ex officio removal of vehicles from the vehicle certificate annexed to the authorisation certificate due to the vehicle inspection and insurance requirement pursuant to sub-paragraphs (c) and (ç) of paragraph three of Article 24 of the KTY,
5. 5. Extension until 08.05.2023 of the thirty-day period stipulated in paragraph thirty-four of Article 40 of the KTY (professional competence),
6. 6. Non-application of the provision stipulated in paragraph three of Article 70 of the KTY (temporary suspension of activity due to warning sanction),

  b) Application of the warning sanction stipulated in paragraph five of Article 56 of the KTY at 10 times (50 warnings) in the event that companies to which A1(T), B1, D1 or D4 authorisation certificates have been issued by the Ministry for scheduled passenger transport are found to charge fees above the fare tariffs notified to the Ministry,   c) Continuation in force of the above-mentioned arrangements until 08.05.2023.   Kind regards, Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry