Mandatory Provision of Competent Technical Personnel within the Services Trade Sector

In line with the mandate originally set under Law No. 7 of 2014 on Trade (“Trade Law”), the government recently issued Regulation of the Government No. 83 of 2019 on the Provision of Competent Technical Personnel within the Trade Sector (“Regulation 83/2019”).[1]

In principle, any service providers who are engaged within the service trading sector are required to be supported by competent technical personnel (“Competent Personnel”). If this is not the case, then such providers will be subject to administrative sanctions in the form of written reprimands, suspensions of business activities and/or the revocation of business licenses.[2] Against this background, Regulation 83/2019 sets out further provisions which address these matters, specifically the following aspects:

1. Scope of tradable services;
2. Competent personnel; and
3. Imposition of administrative sanctions.

Scope of Tradeable Services

In line with the Trade Law, Regulation 83/2019 reaffirms the obligation for service providers which are engaged within the service trading sector (“Service Providers......