Türkiye Valuation Experts Union Disciplinary Regulation
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This regulation establishes the disciplinary framework for members of the Türkiye Değerleme Uzmanları Birliği (TDUB). It defines the composition and operating procedures of the Disciplinary Committee, which investigates complaints about members and valuation reports. The text details five types of disciplinary sanctions: warning, reprimand, administrative fine, suspension of membership for up to six months, and cancellation of membership. It lists specific acts that trigger each sanction, ranging from negligence in submitting data to GABİM or the Union, breaches of ethical rules, failure to meet client obligations, and actions damaging the profession's reputation. The Committee, composed of seven full and seven alternate members with strict qualification requirements (including 15 years of experience and specific licenses), conducts investigations, can request documents, and must refer criminal matters to relevant authorities. All proceedings are confidential and archived in the Electronic Document Management System.
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Key Changes
- Establishes a 7 full + 7 alternate member Disciplinary Committee with strict 15-year experience and licensing requirements
- Introduces five sanction levels: warning, reprimand, administrative fine, membership suspension (max 6 months), and membership cancellation
- Requires mandatory reporting to judicial or administrative authorities when a disciplinary act also constitutes a crime
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Obligations
What this law requires
The Disciplinary Committee must conduct investigations into complaints about members and valuation reports and refer disciplinary cases for approval to the Management Board.
The Disciplinary Committee must request any information, documents, and data from members deemed necessary during disciplinary investigations.
When a disciplinary investigation reveals the conduct also constitutes a crime or ongoing harmful consequences can still be limited, the Committee must inform the Management Board to ensure the matter is reported to relevant administrative and/or judicial authorities.
Full-time Committee members who fail to attend three consecutive meetings without excuse shall automatically lose their membership.
Committee members must abstain from participation and voting on decisions that directly or indirectly involve themselves, their relatives up to third degree of kinship, or matters affecting their independence.