NEWSLETTER-2019-metin

379 MISCELLANEOUS or towage services following such announcement. Operations licenses are to be renewed every 5 (five) years. Requirements to Obtain Operations License Articles 7 to 9 of the Regulation list the required information and documents to be submitted when applying for an operations license, as well as the qualifications that an organization must have. It is manda- tory for such an organization to be established as a capital company, and to include in its articles of association that it shall engage in pilot- age and/or towage services. All of the employees to work in pilotage and/or towage services are required to be Turkish citizens, and to be permanent employees of the relevant organization. All sea vessels to be used for the provision of pilotage and/or towage services must fulfil the conditions for being deemed as a Turkish vessel as per Article 940 of the Turkish Commercial Code, and to satisfy the requirements of Cabotage Law No. 815. In addition to such corporate qualifications, the Regulation in- troduces various financial, technical and administrative competence conditions, separately, for each category of pilotage and towage opera- tions licenses, regarding, among other things, the number of captains, as well as other persons to be employed, the number of sea vessels to be owned, and their dimensions, quality management systems to be implemented, and minimum capital. The required documents include, among other things, a list of ma- chinery and equipment to be used, as well as the method of acquisition thereof, documents evidencing that the organisation does not have any tax or social security debts, a list of those authorized to represent the organisation, as well as their signature circulars, and the competence certificates of the harbour pilots. The Administration is also required to issue a compliance report on the minimum technical qualifications upon on-site auditing and inspections. The Administration is entitled to introduce additional conditions. Service Permits Pursuant to Article 10 of the Regulation, all organizations are required to obtain a service permit in order to provide pilotage and