Law Regarding the Amendment to the Natural Gas Market Law (No. 5367)

Item (5) of Sub-clause (g) of Clause 4 of Article 4 of the Natural Gas Market Law (No 4646) has been amended as follows: 5) The distribution companies are able to hold licenses only for two cities within the country. However, the number of the licenses can be increased by the Board’s decree by taking into consideration the issues such as the development level, consumption capacities and the number of users of the related cities. The scope of the determined distribution zones of the distribution companies may be re-determined by the Board by taking into account the technical and economic requirements, provided that it does not exceed the provincial borders. The Board shall be able to divide the city in more than one distribution zone of which the borders are predetermined and tender out each zone separately.