Number: 23

Date: 14/08/2017

Title:

Communique published on E-trade Information System and Notification Liabilities.


The procedures and principles concerning the registries and notifications that should be handled by the e-trade companies over the E-trade Information System (ETBIS) have been identified through the “Communique for E-trade Information System and Notification Liabilities” published in the Official Gazette dated 11.08.2017. Pertaining to the 5th article titled as “Registration to the ETBIS”, service providers and intermediary service providers operating in the e-commerce environment are required to register with the Electronic Commerce Information System.

According to the 6th article of the Communique, service providers and intermediary providers will be notifying on matters such as the type of electronic commerce, the business activities outside the electronic commerce, the type of goods and services offered in the electronic commerce environment. Details of the contracts made on the internet and the details of the orders submitted will be presented by the concerning organisations monthly and the information about the monthly periods will be sent until 24:00 on the last day of the following month.

Service providers and intermediary service providers are required to fulfil the obligation to notify the annual volume of this trade on the basis of country and payment method in the case of cross-border electronic commerce on electronic commerce environment, by the end of March every year and other obligations within 30 days from the date of enrolment in ETBIS.

Service providers and intermediary providers registered in ETBIS and other information deemed necessary for them will be declared via "www.eticaret.gov.tr" which is created by the Ministry.

The Communique also contains a provision for transition. Service providers and intermediary service providers operating as of 1/12/2017 fulfil their obligations stated in Articles 5 and 6 within 30 days from the indicated date. The ones that are imposed notification as per the third paragraph of Article 6 (such as payment and electronic currency institutions, banks) should fulfil their stated obligations as of 1/1/2018. 

This Communique has been enacted as of 11.08.2017. 


Our explanations provided above include general information on the issue. No responsibility can be claimed against EY and/or Kuzey YMM ve Bağımsız Denetim A.Ş. due to the implications arising from the context of this document or emerging with respect to its context.
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