Regarding Fair Applications

Dear Member,   With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, due to the earthquakes whose epicentre was Kahramanmaraş and which caused destruction in 10 of our provinces, our Union has taken certain decisions facilitating the processes for fair cancellation and change applications, and for applications to add fairs cancelled in this context to the calendar, covering the fairs listed in the Calendar to be held between 06 February - 31 May 2023, in order to minimise any adverse effects that may arise in the sector. Accordingly;  

1. 1. For date change and cancellation applications due to earthquake force majeure regarding fairs listed in the 2023 Fair Calendar to be held in the 10 provinces where a state of emergency has been declared (Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa and Adana);
2. a. That applications be taken into consideration even if the period stipulated in paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Procedures and Principles on Organising Fairs in Türkiye (Procedures and Principles) is not complied with,
3. b. That the provision in paragraph 2 of Article 17 of the Procedures and Principles be suspended in the evaluation,
4. c. That cancellation applications to be made under paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Procedures and Principles be accepted with a petition written on company letterhead and signed by the company representative,
5. d. That in date change applications to be made under paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Procedures and Principles, the application documents be taken into consideration without requiring notarisation,
6. e. That, in the event of an application to be added to the 2023 Fair Calendar for fairs cancelled in this context, applications made with the documents listed in Article 15 of the Procedures and Principles be taken into consideration even if the period stipulated in paragraph 1 of the same article is not complied with, and that the provision in paragraph 2 of Article 15 of the Procedures and Principles be suspended in the evaluation,
7. f. That no fee be charged for the relevant applications,

 

1. 2. For cancellation and change applications due to earthquake force majeure submitted to our Union for fairs to be held in provinces other than those where a state of emergency has been declared;
2. a. That no application fee be charged,
3. b. That the applications be evaluated individually by our Union,
4. c. In the event that the applications are accepted, specifically for these fairs;

• • That applications be taken into consideration even if the periods stipulated in paragraph 1 of Article 15 and paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Principles are not complied with,
• • And that the provisions in paragraph 2 of Article 15 and paragraph 2 of Article 17 of the Principles be suspended in the evaluation, has been decided.

  Kind regards, Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry