Regarding the acceptance of the earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş on 6/2/2023 as a force majeure event in terms of the term obligations of legal entities holding pre-license or generation licenses in accordance with Article 35 of the Electricity Market License Regulation at the meeting of EMRA dated 16/2/2023:

Pursuant to Decision No. 11650, starting from 06/2/2023, it has been decided that the legal entities whose periods specified below have expired or will expire to be applied throughout the country during the State of Emergency, starting from the date of expiry, will be considered as extended during the State of Emergency without the need for any action. The same decision also exempted those concerned from the obligation to submit progress reports under the second paragraph of Article 52 of the Regulation in provinces where a state of emergency has been declared and disaster areas have been declared.

-        Pre-license deadlines and pre-construction period and construction deadlines within the scope of the generation license, or obligation postponement periods within the scope of Provisional Article 15 of the Regulation,

-        Deadlines given for the completion of the necessary information and documents within the scope of preliminary license or license applications and amendment applications, except for applications for electricity generation facilities with storage,

-        Deadlines for the obligations determined within the scope of preliminary license or generation license modification procedures,

-        Deadlines for the obligations determined within the scope of merger or spin-off transactions,

-        Deadlines for the obligations determined within the scope of granting a generation license as a continuation of the old one

Pursuant to Decision No 11651, An additional period equal to the duration of the State of Emergency has been added to the existing periods of the connection agreements with the connection agreement call letter issued by the relevant network operators throughout the country and valid as of 6/2/2023. In addition, it has been decided to exempt the unlicensed electricity generation facilities in the said provinces from the provision of the ninth paragraph of Article 28 of the Unlicensed Electricity Generation Regulation in the Electricity Market during the SoE.

 Pursuant to Decision No 11659, It has been decided that consumers who certify that they have been affected by the earthquake in the provinces where the State of Emergency has been declared and/or declared as disaster areas will not be charged an assurance fee and a cut-connection fee during the State of Emergency for the retail sales contract applications they will make in all electricity distribution regions.

Pursuant to Decision No 11661-2, It has been decided that natural gas distribution companies will not charge an assurance fee during the State of Emergency for natural gas subscription applications to be made in all distribution regions by residential consumers who have documented that they have been affected by the earthquake in the provinces where the State of Emergency has been declared and/or declared as disaster areas, and first-tier consumers subject to the system usage fee application.

Pursuant to Decision No 11655, It has been decided to postpone the term obligations of all license holders operating in the LPG market in the provinces where the State of Emergency has been declared and/or disaster areas have been declared, within the scope of Law No. 5307 and secondary legislation, until the end of the State of Emergency as of 6/2/2023.