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ARTICLE · 07 FEBRUARY 2022

Commercial Advertisement And Unfair Commercial Practices For Better Consumer Protection

Karayel Metin Akbulut Attorneys at Law
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Within the scope of the 10th paragraph added to the 13th article of the Regulation, the concept of personalized price has been included into the legislations.

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Cem Ozan Metin
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The Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on Commercial Advertisement and Unfair Commercial Practices ("Amending Regulation") 1  was published in the Official Gazette numbered 31737 dated February 1, 2022 by the Ministry of Commerce. The Amending Regulation has amendments as to Commercial Advertisement and Unfair Commercial Practices Regulation ("Regulation") 2. Some major amendments have been summarized below:

  1. With the Amending Regulation, it is now lawful for the advertisements to contain expressions or images of the patients such as hospitals before and after the treatment, which were a prohibited practices before the Amending Regulation. (Amending Regulation, Article 1)

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