Regulation establishing fines to be levied for water pollution on ships and other marine vessels.

The purpose of this Regulation is to lay down the principles governing the establishment of guilt in fines to be levied on ships and marine vessels, the procedures for levying such fines and the form, distribution and control of the receipts to be issued. The provisions of this Regulation shall encompass the seas, inland seas, straits, gulfs, harbours, natural and artificial lakes, rivers and canals and the shores thereof, within Turkish territorial waters and within Turkey's free and restricted economic zones. It consists of 8 sections divided as follows; Purpose, scope, legal foundation, definition and principles; Officials authorized to impose administrative penalties; Administrative penalties for ships and other marine vessels; Monitoring teams; Establishment of guilt; Procedures for levying fines; Receipts; Miscellaneous provisions.