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ARTICLE · 26 MARCH 2012

The Turkish Customs Law Has Been Harmonized With EU Customs Law

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This October, some important changes were made to The Turkish Customs Code with the 5911 numbered Code and also the new Customs Regulation within EU harmonization.

TurkeyInternational Law
Işık Özdoğan, LL.M.
Işık Özdoğan, LL.M.
Gökçe İzgi, LL.M.
Gökçe İzgi, LL.M.
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This October, some important changes were made to The Turkish Customs Code with the 5911 numbered Code and also the new Customs Regulation within EU harmonization. Those regulations brought some revolutionary amendments, some of which are related to the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights within the scope of the Turkish Customs Law.

We can say that the foremost amendment is "simplified destruction procedure" regarding goods which are suspected of infringing an intellectual property right in the Turkish Customs Code. The general rules for the implementation of "facilitated destruction" came into force on October 7th as part of the new Customs Regulation.

Before the existence of this new procedure, counterfeit or imitation goods could only be destroyed by the Turkish Customs Administration after an order was issued by a competent court for the destruction of the goods. However, according to the new method, the customs authorities can apply a

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