It is required to obtain an operating license from Ministry of Commerce General Directorate of Foreign Investments and Services in order to operate in free zones. In order to obtain an operating license, the articles of association of the company to be established in the related free zones shall be prepared pursuant to the issues specified in the Circular no. 98/4 published by Ministry of Commerce General Directorate of Foreign Investments and Services. The prepared articles of association, the Operating License Application Form filled out and related documents shall be sent to the Ministry of Commerce General Directorate of Foreign Investments and Services. Upon receiving approval letter, The obligations to be made before Government Institutions and Zone Operators shall be completed and the activity can be carried out in the Free Zone.
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STAGE I |
REQUIRED PROCEDURE TO GET A LICENSE |
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STAGE II |
THINGS TO BE MADE UPON LICENSE APPROVAL |
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STAGE III |
THINGS TO BE MADE BEFORE STARTING COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS IN FREE ZONE |
1. STAGE
1- Name shall be specified in the Provincial Directorate of Industry,
2- Notarized authorization certificate and statement of signature of the partners shall be prepared,
3- Articles of association shall be issued in accordance with the company name specified,
( Partners shall put their signatures below the articles of association at notary public)
4- The activity application obtained from Gaziantep Serbest Bolgesi Kurucu ve Isleticisi A.S. shall be filled in pursuant to the company details to be established.
5-The applicant shall prepare an introductory information form about the activity it will carry out in free zone,
6- The original and a photocopy of the bank receipt showing that the application fee has been deposited to the account numbered TR 740 000 100 100 000 951 101 301 (USD) at the Central Bank,
7- The 12-digit GTIP (Customs Tariff Statistics Position) numbers of the goods to be purchased and sold, written in the seventh section of the Activity Application Form, in the information about the activity to be carried out in the free zone, shall be written on a separate paper,
8- Permission certificate obtained from the Undersecretariat of Treasury (General Directorate of Bank and Foreign Exchange) for banks, insurance, offshore banking and financial leasing institutions,
2. STAGE
Procedures to be made within 30 days at the latest after the letter stating that it is deemed appropriate to issue an Operating License is sent,
9- It shall be registered at trade registry office and shall be certified at a notary public on the same day,
10- The original or a notarized copy of the Turkish Trade Registry Gazette where the establishment decision of your company will be published and Certificate of Registration, which will be received from the relevant Trade Registry Office showing that the Company Established is registered in the Trade Registry, to be used until the publication of this decision in the related newspaper (to be sent to Ministry of Commerce General Directorate of Foreign Investments and Services)
Information: The company shall be responsible for publication of the sealed articles of association draft in the Turkish Trade Gazette.
11- It shall be applied to a Tax Office, and a tax identification number shall be received for establishment f company and bank transactions,
12- It shall be registered at Gaziantep Chamber of Industry or Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce according to the area of activity to be performed at the Free Zone. A copy of chamber of commerce registration shall be received (to be sent to Ministry of Commerce General Directorate of Foreign Investments and Services)
13- A lease or sales contract shall be concluded with Gaziantep Serbest Bolgesi Kurucu ve Isleticisi A.S. ( An approved copy of the contract shall be reserved for the Ministry of Commerce.),
14- A warehouse contract shall be signed with Gaziantep Serbest Bolgesi Kurucu ve Isleticisi A.S.,
3. STAGE
The procedures to be followed to start the commercial activity after the official establishment of the company in the Gaziantep Free Zone;
15- Obtaining a workplace insurance registration number,
16- Obtaining an entry permission certificate by assigning personnel for your company,
17- Bringing office supplies and fixtures into the zone at the investment stage under a goods entrance,
18- Approval of the Accounting Books (including the Inventory Book to be approved by the Zone Directorate and the Customs Directorate) to our Zone Directorate,
19- Publication of the invoice to be used in Free Zone transactions and having it approved and registered with our Zone Directorate,
20- Submission of the copy of the Turkish Trade Registry Gazette, in which the establishment of your free zone company has been published, to our Zone Directorate (when it is published),
21- Submission of the original version of authorized signatures list of your company authorities to our Zone Directorate,
22- Transferring the cash capital undertaken by your company in the application form to the bank branch in our zone in accordance with the foreign exchange legislation. After obtaining operating license, investor users shall apply to the Zone Directorate and obtain a "Construction License" to implement the construction projects they have prepared. After completing construction works, they can start their commercial activities by obtaining their “Residential Licenses”
The application fees paid by those not deemed appropriate for an operating license shall be refunded.
Non-resident persons and organizations must also submit their trade registry records in their own countries. However, in the event that non-resident persons carry out activity in the free zone by showing free zones as their addresses, they are required to obtain permission according to the Foreign Capital Legislation, make their trade registry records and apply with this trade registry record.
If a company representative authorized to sign (company manager and foreign affairs officer) is entitled to conduct commercial transaction at the branch or central company to be established, authorized signatures list of such a person and authorization certificate granted by company partners for the signature of such a person are required.
