Turkiye: Introduced Draft Law amending consumer protection law and certain laws, including Law No. 6563 on regulation of electronic commerce

On 18 July 2024, the draft law amending consumer protection law and certain laws, including the law on the regulation of electronic commerce, was introduced at the Turkish Grand National Assembly. The Draft Law applies to e-commerce intermediary service providers, particularly affecting transactions made through e-commerce marketplaces and investment activities. The Draft Law exempts transactions made abroad through e-commerce marketplaces and their economically integrated partners from the license fee calculation. Additionally, if the net transaction volume is not more than 20% of the combined volumes calculated using Electronic Commerce Information System data, twice the amount of foreign sales and investment expenditures can be deducted from the net transaction volume.