The new Regulation on E-Commerce Intermediary Service Providers
and E-Commerce Service Providers (“Regulation”) has
been published in the Official Gazette dated December 29, 2022, and
entered into force on January 1, 2023. The Regulation includes
provisions on a range of subjects including certain obligations of
Intermediary Service Providers and Service Providers, and rules
governing their business relations. With this respect, the
highlights of the Regulation are explained below.
Obligation to Inform and Verify
With the regulation, requirements are put in place for Service
Providers and Intermediary Service Providers to provide certain
information on the e-commerce platforms such as identifying
information like their commercial title and tax no/company
registration no, communication information like registered e-mail
address and phone number, and codes of conduct of any trade
association they are a member of. In addition, the Intermediary
Service Providers are
