The up to date regulation on the commerce of motor autos in Türkiye, ready by the Trade Ministry, was printed within the Official Gazette on Tuesday, stipulating the obligatory use of a safe cost system for promoting second-hand motor autos.
The change in regulation sees the enlargement of the present scope of guidelines on car gross sales, mandating a stiffer regulatory method and thus making certain fairer competitors available in the market.
In a written assertion associated to the matter, the ministry mentioned it “continues its efforts to preserve the fair, competitive and stable market structure in the automotive sector.”
In line with this, it mentioned that the talked about regulation was ready to satisfy public expectations and forestall the grievances of these engaged within the motorcar commerce and shoppers.
The assertion highlighted that the scope of the regulation governing second-hand motorcar commerce has due to this fact been expanded with this regulation, including that vital modifications have been made relating to second-hand gross sales.
It additionally mentioned that the obligations of distributors and licensed sellers in new car commerce had been regulated. Additionally, ideas and guidelines relating to car auctions performed electronically and pre-evaluation of autos had been additionally established, the assertion mentioned.
The assertion additional identified the intention of stopping fraudulent actions that residents could encounter in car shopping for and promoting.
“To eliminate the risk of counterfeit money, difficulties with cash payments and the risk of non-payment of the sales price, the use of the ‘Secure Payment System’ has been made mandatory for everyone in second-hand motor vehicle sales,” it mentioned.
Furthermore, it was famous that an obligation to difficulty an order type was launched to stop purchaser grievances in orders with partial funds.
“The authorized dealer will not be able to request any payment from the buyer without preparing this form, will deliver the vehicle for which the deposit has been received to the buyer within 45 days and will not be able to receive a deposit bigger than 10% of the sales price until seven days before the vehicle delivery,” it defined.
Furthermore, the client can cancel their order inside 14 days from the date the order type is issued with out being topic to any penalty situation.
New guidelines for distributors, sellers
The assertion additionally talked about that new guidelines and obligations have been launched for distributors and licensed sellers to make sure a good, aggressive surroundings within the motorcar provide chain and forestall unfair business practices.
Accordingly, the ministry mentioned that actions that had been deemed unfair business practices by distributors had been outlined and the principles they need to observe of their relations with licensed sellers had been established.
Aligned with this, distributors can not enhance the car worth after the bill date and should ship the car to the licensed vendor inside 15 days.
On the opposite hand, licensed sellers wouldn’t be capable of increase the value of the car for which the SCT and VAT have been paid by the client – and should ship the car to the client inside 15 days.
Moreover, to deal with the difficulties confronted in acquiring a second-hand motorcar commerce authorization certificates and to stop companies from working with out an authorization certificates, the requirement to have a business opening and operation license has been faraway from the authorization certificates situations.
Thus, the ministry mentioned that the grievances of companies that might not get hold of an authorization certificates because of the license requirement, regardless of assembly all different situations, have been eradicated.
It is famous, nonetheless, that companies engaged within the second-hand motorcar commerce are nonetheless obliged to acquire a business opening and operation license below the license rules.
The assertion additionally famous though the highschool commencement requirement, which is among the many authorization certificates situations, is maintained, a regulation has been made in order that the highschool commencement requirement isn’t required in authorization certificates functions made till March 1, 2025, for companies which might be registered with a tax or skilled chamber as of the date the regulation enters into drive.
At the identical time, it was mentioned that particular guidelines have been established to make sure that tenders performed within the digital surroundings are carried out securely and transparently. These included the announcement of tender situations and detailed details about the autos supplied on the market on the tender platform, the willpower of the tender worth per truthful competitors guidelines and the prohibition of the tender platform operator and the vendor from taking part within the tender instantly or not directly.
Additionally, a regulation was made that states that the distinction between the preliminary worth supply offered to the car proprietor and the ultimate supply in preliminary valuations performed electronically mustn’t exceed 5%, the supply needs to be legitimate for at the very least 24 hours and the ultimate supply needs to be given on the identical day for the car that has been bodily inspected, in accordance with the ministry.
Source: www.dailysabah.com