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NEWSLETTER 2011

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Accordingly, the scope of the Regulation consists of establishment of

above stated commissions and the operational activities and transactions

concerning natural heritage and natural protected areas. Thus, the

transactions and activities for natural heritage and natural protected areas

shall be conducted within the framework of the Regulation and through

the commissions.

Establishment and Duties of the Commissions

The commissions are the Central Commission to be established

within the body of Ministry and the Regional Commissions to be

established in the regions which are deemed suitable by the Ministry.

Establishment of these commissions, qualification of the members of

these commissions, the duties and working principles of the commissions

have been respectively regulated under the Regulation.

The Central Commission shall consist of 15 members to be presided

by Undersecretary of Ministry or relevant Deputy Undersecretary. The

Central Commission shall be charged with procurement of coordination

between Regional Commissions, to evaluate the objections made against

the decisions of Regional Commissions, and to decide concerning the

general problems in practice resulting from the decisions of Regional

Commissions.

Accordingly, the Regional Commissions shall be established

consisting of 5 or 7 members in regions deemed necessary by the Ministry.

The Regional Commissions shall be charged with express of opinion

regarding natural heritage and natural protected areas, decide about the

projects and their modifications, identify and designate protection and

preservation areas of natural heritage and decide the scale of natural

heritage and natural protected areas to be covered by practice.

The Decisions of the Commissions

The decisions of the Regional Commissions shall be distributed to

relevant authorities in the cities of its district by Environment and Urban

Planning City Directorate (“Directorate”). In the case of any contradiction

of the decisions with legislation, the Directorate shall inform the General

Directorate Protection of Natural Heritage (“General Directorate”) and