NEWSLETTER-2017

451 LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS ons within the scope of the Regulation of Control of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment through the Informatics Industry Association Commercial Enterprise. (09.08.2017, 17-26/394-173) • The Board granted individual exemption to the BKM Tech- POS project of Bankalararası Kart Merkezi A.Ş. and the new model that includes some new amendments to this project, and decided that the exemption is valid for a foreseen 2-year period transitional process for the existing model, and which is valid for 2 years for the new model. (09.08.2017, 17- 26/405-182) • The Board granted individual exemption to the Amended and Restructured Network Alliance and Processing Services Agreement, a revised version of the executed agreement on implementation of the national card system, between Banka- lararası Kart Merkezi A.Ş. and Discover Financial Services LLC. (22.08.2017, 17-27/440-191) • The Board granted individual exemption to the Exclusive Distribution Framework Agreement on Tenders executed between Novo Nordisk Sağlık Ürünleri Tic. Ltd. Şti. andAk- sel Ecza Deposu Ticaret A.Ş. (07.09.2017, 17-28/461-200) • The Board granted two years of individual exemption to the “THY Frequent Flyer Program Miles & Smiles Credit Card Cooperation Agreement,” executed between Türk Hava Yolları A.O. and Türkiye Garanti Bankası A.Ş. (07.09.2017, 17-28/465-204) • The Board held that the Pre-paid Calling Card Service Proto- col that is concluded between the Work Dorm Directorate of the Open Penal Institution of the Ministry of Justice and Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. benefits from the group exemption. (27.09.2017, 17-30/490-212) • The Board granted two years of individual exemption to “Traffic Insurance Reference Scoring Project” of the Turkish