The “Regulation Amending the Regulation on Opening a Business and Working Licenses” prepared by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force. Accordingly, it was stipulated that in workplaces that are likely to harm the environment, the secondary activity subjects should be determined to be at the same or lower level with the class of the main activity subject. After being subjected to the EIA process, the temporary activity certificate, which was issued according to the "Environmental Permit and License Regulation", replaced the environmental permit and license document in the application, opening license, site selection and facility establishment permit applications within the scope of the Regulation. In the regulation, waste processing industry facilities were also included in places where it is mandatory to leave a health protection tape.
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change made some arrangements in the “Regulation on Opening Business and Working Licenses”. The new regulation was published in the Official Gazette.
With the amendment made, it was stipulated that the secondary activities in workplaces that are likely to harm the environment are determined to be at the same or lower level than the class of the main activity.
Before obtaining environmental permit and license certificate, the compliance of the facility with the "Environmental Law" obligations can be determined.
After being subjected to the EIA process, the temporary activity certificate issued according to the "Environmental Permit and License Regulation" will be able to replace the environmental permit and license certificate in applications, opening license, site selection and facility establishment permit applications within the scope of the regulation. In this way, it will be ensured that the compliance of the facility with the Environmental Law obligations can be determined before obtaining an environmental permit and license certificate.
In the regulation, "waste processing industry facilities" were also included in places where it is mandatory to leave a health protection tape. In this way, it will be ensured that the negative effects that can be given to the outside environment from the parcel where the waste processing industry facilities are located will be prevented. Solid waste transfer stations, solid waste transfer stations, wastewater treatment plants, packaging waste collection, separation and recovery facilities, recovery facilities of hazardous, non-hazardous and specially processed wastes, waste collection facilities from marine vehicles, packaging waste collection, facilities such as separation and recovery facilities will be affected.
Comprehensive changes were made in the articles related to beauty salons in the regulation.
The following articles were included in the Amendment to the Regulation on Opening a Business and Working Licenses:
1. Persons who have a vocational or technical secondary education diploma or at least a fourth level course completion certificate or at least a fourth level vocational qualification certificate can also be appointed as the responsible manager in beauty salons.
2. Devices for hair removal applications in beauty salons and to be used by beauticians were determined as "intense pulsed light (IPL) in the 600-1200 nanometer wave range" and "serial pulse diode laser device that does not exceed the energy limit of 20j/cm2 produced only for epilation indication". It was ensured that the technical information about these devices was reported annually to the authorized administration and the governorship (provincial health directorate) in the case of a new device purchase.
3. While it is ensured that the beauty salons are inspected by the authorized administrations in February and August every year and at other times deemed appropriate, and the representative of the provincial health directorate is included in the inspections, the sanctions to be applied in case of violations of the regulation as a result of the inspections were determined.
4. Inspections regarding the determination of the nanometer range and energy limit of the devices will be carried out through institutions accredited by the Turkish Accreditation Agency every year and at every device purchase or device title change, and a CE certificate showing compliance with the relevant legislation and a written statement of the responsible manager will be sought during the inspections.
5. It was stipulated that the framework of the inspection program of the inspections and other related issues would be determined by a communiqué to be issued by the Ministry within 1 year, taking the opinion of the Turkish Accreditation Agency. The requirement to be accredited for devices will come into force on 01.01.2025 and it will be sufficient for the institutions that will carry out inspection activities to be accredited by the Turkish Accreditation Agency until the date when the accreditation condition comes into effect.
6. Permanent make-up has been added to the procedures that can be performed in beauty salons.
7. Forbidden transactions in beauty salons have been rearranged. Accordingly, no medical procedures and related advertising and other promotional activities will be allowed.
Additional conditions related to sectors have been added with the regulation.
With the amendment of the regulation, additional conditions regarding private sports facilities and jewelery trade activities were added to the regulation for the first time. Accordingly, the characteristics that the specified workplaces should have and the criteria for the spatial arrangements to be made in these workplaces were determined in detail.
In addition, among the fields of activity whose class has been determined by the Ministry of Health since 2010, 1st class GSM: 39 units, 2nd class GSM: 110 units, 3rd class GSM: 20 units were added to the list of non-sanitary establishments.
On the other hand, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, entertainment, water, sports and adventure parks and cable cars; real estate trade; The period given for compliance with additional regulations for electric vehicle charging stations, workplaces where second-hand motor land vehicles are traded, motor land vehicle rental businesses and expertise centers that conduct all kinds of motor vehicle tests and inspections has been extended from 31.07.2022 to 31.07.2023. .
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