What Are Increasing Monetary Limits And Changing 20 December 2022

With this Communiqué; The monetary limits specified in the first paragraph of Article 68 of the Law on Consumer Protection dated 7/11/2013 and numbered 6502 and the second paragraph of article 6 of the Regulation on Consumer Arbitration Committees published in the Official Gazette dated 21/9/2022 and numbered 31960, 24/ It is to be re-determined by increasing it by 122.93% (one hundred and twenty two point ninety-three percent), which was determined as the revaluation rate for 2022 in the General Communiqué on Tax Procedure Law (Sequence No: 542) published in the Official Gazette dated 11/2022 and numbered 32023.
 

Underlying Provisions
 

• This Communiqué is based on the first and fourth paragraphs of Article 68 and the first paragraph of Article 84 of the Law on Consumer Protection dated 7/11/2013 and numbered 6502, and the Consumer Arbitration Committees published in the Official Gazette dated 21/9/2022 and numbered 31960. It has been prepared based on the second and fifth paragraphs of Article 6 of the Regulation.
   

New Monetary Limit
 

• Provincial or District Consumer Arbitration Committees are in charge of disputes whose value is less than 66.000 TL (sixty-six thousand) Turkish Lira in applications to be made for 2023.
   

Authority
 

• The jurisdiction of the Consumer Arbitration Committees and the division of labor are determined by the Ministry. Provincial Consumer Arbitration Committees are authorized within the boundaries of the province, and District Consumer Arbitration Committees are authorized within the boundaries of the district. In districts where a Consumer Arbitration Committee has not been established, the Consumer Arbitration Committee determined by the Ministry for that district is authorized.
• Applications can be made to the Consumer Arbitration Committee where the consumer is located or where the consumer transaction is made.
• In case the Consumer Arbitration Committee has not been established in the district where the application can be made pursuant to the second paragraph, the applications can be made to the district governor's office. Applications are recorded in the Consumer Information System without delay by the district governorships and forwarded to the authorized Consumer Arbitration Committee determined by the Ministry.
   

Force

The aforementioned ("Communiqué") will enter into force on 1/1/2023.

You can reach the full text of the said Communiqué at
 

https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/ eskiler/ 2022/ 12/ 20221216-6.htm.

2- According To Article 77 Of The Law On Consumer Protection, The Administrative Fines To Be Applied In 2023 Have Been Determined.

In the Official Gazette dated 16 December 2022 and numbered 32045; The Communiqué on Administrative Fines to be Applied in 2023 According to Article 77 of the Law on Consumer Protection was published and will enter into force on 1/1/2013.
 

With this Communiqué; The administrative fines regulated in Article 77 of the Law No. 6502 on the Protection of Consumers dated 7/11/2013 and numbered 6502 has been increased by 122.93%, which is determined as the revaluation rate for the year 2022.
 

In this context, you can access the information regarding the administrative fine amounts to be applied between 1/1/2023 and 31/12/2023 in accordance with Article 77 of the Law No. 6502 from the link below.
 

https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/ eskiler/ 2022/12/ 20221216-7.htm