According to the 2nd Article of Industrial Registry Law No. 6948, industrial businesses must be registered to industrial registry and receive an Industrial Registry Certificate.

Companies, which have Industrial Registry Certificate, are required to declare their "Annual Operating Statements" within the first four months of every year.

Annual Operating Statements shall be submitted on The Ministry of Industry and Technology's website www.sanayi.gov.tr from the section "Industrial Registry Information System", which can be found under the "E-Services" menu.

Companies, which have Industrial Registry Certificate, must submit declaration of 2020 "Annual Operating Statement" digitally until 30.04.2021 at the latest to avoid penal sanctions.

Within this scope, businesses that do not fulfil the mentioned liability will be imposed an administrative fine of 1.730,00 TL as per the limits determined for 2021.

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