27.08.2024/39

Amendment to the Communiqué on the Implementation of the Decree on State Aids in Investments

Communiqué (Communiqué No: 2024/1) Amending the Communiqué on the Implementation of the Decree on State Aids in Investments (Communiqué No: 2012/1) was published in the Official Gazette dated 24.08.2024 and numbered 32642. In the Official Gazette No. 32643 published on the following day, Article 8 of the Communiqué was amended again.

The amendments made by these Communiqués are summarized below:

1. The criteria for the evaluation of solar panels within the scope of incentive certificates have been changed.

Article 8 of the Communiqué on the Implementation of the Decree on State Aids for Investments lists the expenditures that are not eligible for incentive certificates. Prior to the amendment, only solar panels procured from abroad were not considered as investment expenditures.

With the amendment, solar panels produced without using domestically produced solar cells, starting from the ingot slicing stage or a stage before, will not be considered within the scope of investment expenditure (Effective 24.8.2024).

2. The criteria for the evaluation of blades and towers in wind power plants within the scope of investment expenditures have been amended.

Prior to the amendment to the aforementioned Communiqué, only blades, generators and turbines to be procured from abroad were not eligible for incentive certificates. With the amendment, blades and towers produced abroad were also excluded from the scope (Effective 24.8.2024).

In addition, with the subparagraph (g) added to the article, generators produced abroad and nacelles whose generators are produced and supplied abroad are also excluded from the scope of investment expenditures (Effective 01.01.2026).

It is not yet clear whether the regulations will affect expenditures under open incentive certificates.

You can access Communiqué No. 2024/1 here and Communiqué No. 2024/2 here.

Sincerely,

BİLGENER

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