The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Settlement Regarding Administrative Fines Imposed Under the Consumer Protection Law (“Regulation”), which includes provisions on the establishment and operation of settlement commissions and regulates the procedures and principles for settlement applications made under Article 77/A of the Consumer Protection Law, was published in the Official Gazette dated March 5, 2025, and numbered 32825.
In the Regulation, the words “Governorship” have been replaced with the words “Provincial Directorates of Trade”. The works that are authorized or within the body of the Governorships have been transferred to the Provincial Directorates of Trade as a result of the regulation.
- The administrative fines listed in Article 6 of the Regulation cannot be subject to reconciliation. The phrase “administrative fines imposed by the Advertisement Board” in subparagraph (b) of this Article has been repealed.
- The phrase “Governorships” in Article 9 of the Regulation has been amended as “Provincial Directorates of Trade”.
- The second sentence of the second paragraph of Article 10 of the Regulation has been abrogated and abbreviated as “In case the reconciliation application is made to a Ministry unit other than the secretariat of the commission, the application shall be immediately forwarded to the secretariat of the commission”. The following paragraphs have been added to the same article.
“(3) The reconciliation application can also be sent by registered mail to the unit in charge of carrying out the secretariat services of the commission or the Ministry unit.
(4) In the evaluation of the application made in terms of the period within the scope of Article 11, the date of entry of the reconciliation application into the document record of the Ministry unit, and if the application is sent by registered mail, the date of mailing is taken as basis.”
- The phrase “from the General Directorate or the governorship unit” in the third paragraph of Article 13 of the Regulation has been amended as “from the relevant unit of the General Directorate or the provincial directorate of trade”, In this context, provincial directorates of Trade, not governorships, are now authorized.
- The second paragraph of Article 17 of the Regulation has been amended and the phrase “to the relevant unit of the governorship” in the fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs has been changed as “to the Provincial Directorate of Trade”. Copies of the Minutes to be issued in the event that the reconciliation is achieved or inconclusive can now be delivered to the Provincial Directorate of Trade, not to the Governorship.
- The phrase “by the relevant unit of the governorship” in the first and second paragraphs of Article 20 of the Regulation has been amended as “by the provincial directorate of trade”.
- The term Customs has been removed from Article 26 of the Regulation and the provisions of the Regulation are now executed solely by the Ministry of Trade.
The full Regulation is available at https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2025/03/20250305-16.htm
Best Regards,
Balay, Eryiğit & Erten
