Turkey:
Commercial Advertising And Unfair Commercial Practices Regulation Amended To Include Misleading Packaging
07 April 2021
Moroglu Arseven
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The Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices
Regulation was recently amended with the amendment regulation
("Amendment Regulation") published in
Official Gazette dated 3 February 2021, and numbered 31384, to
include misleading packaging under the rubric of unfair and
deceptive commercial practices. The Amendment Regulation is
effective as of 1 April 2021.
Deceptive commercial practices may result in suspension of
marketing and sale of the subject product for three months, and an
administrative fine of TRY 11.429,00 per violation under article 77
of the Consumer Protection Law number 6502.
The full text of the Amendment Regulation is available at
this link. (Only in Turkish)
Information first published in the MA | Gazette, a fortnightly legal update
newsletter produced by Moroglu Arseven.
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