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Turkey's New Law on Renewable Energy Sources within the Context of the Accession Negotiations with the EU

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

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This article introduces Turkey's Law on Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources for the Purpose of Generating Electrical Energy (hereinafter “Law”) which, almost unnoticed abroad, was adopted on 18 May 2005. It provides an overview of the general provisions of the Law, as well as other supporting legislation regarding renewable energy sources (“RES”). However, the legislation on bio-fuel will not be taken into account.

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Copyright © 2007 by German Law Journal GbR 

References

1 Law No. 5346, Official Gazette 18 May 2005, 25819.Google Scholar

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