NEWSLETTER-2019-metin

75 COMMERCIAL LAW her port or place of loading in consequence of accident, sacrifice, or other extraordinary circumstances that render these actions necessary for common safety, the expenses incurred for entering such port or place shall be admitted as general averages. In this respect, expenses for entry to the port of refugee, costs of discharging cargo, fuel or stores or overhauling them in the ship, re- stowage costs of the cargo, etc., are qualifying conditions of costs for as general averages, and are regulated in detail in Rule X. Conclusion The Communiqué on the 2016 York Antwerp Rules that regulates the general principles and types of general averages, was entered into force through publication in the Official Gazette dated 19 February 2019. Therefore, pursuant to Article 1273 of the TCC, the York Ant- werp Rules dated 2016 are applicable in cases where the parties do not make an agreement as to general averages in freight contracts or bills of lading, and the dispute is subject to Turkish Law.