The Ministry of Trade amended the Customs Regulation on 25 May 2022. Amendments include a simplified authorized sender declaration as well as changes to regulations covering: declaration periods for imports with unknown values; delivery of goods; incomplete export declarations and supplementary export declarations; general warehouse storage and permits, the cost of customs laboratory testing; and, companies established by authorized customs consultants.
On 15 March 2022, the Presidential Decree Amending the Decree on the Implementation of Certain Articles of the Customs Law No. 4458 was published in the Official Gazette. The Decree introduced notable amendments to the customs duty rates of certain product groups imported via mail, cargo or along with passengers. The amendments will enter into force on 1 May 2022.
On 26 February 2022, the Turkish Ministry of Trade introduced various changes regarding the control and inspection of certain imported goods, which are effective immediately.
This post in the Baker McKenzie Import and Trade Remedies Blog outlines recent customs developments in Turkey. The developments include: the amendment to the Customs Regulations on 30 December 2021, the ratification of the Decision of the EU-Common Transit Countries (CTC) Joint Committee amending the Convention on the Common Transit Procedure, the amendment of the Turkish Import Regime Decision and the Decision Regarding the Application of Additional Customs Duty on Imports, amendment to the Decision Regarding the Application of Additional Customs Duty on Imports, and new communiquƩs published for 2022.
On 5 November 2021, Turkish Ministry of Trade amended the Customs Regulation. The amendments specify the cases where proof of origin is not required and introduce additional period for the subsequent submission of documents evidencing the origin of the goods.
On September 24, 2021 Turkish Ministry of Trade amended the Customs Regulation (āRegulationā). The amendments to the Regulation introduced a simplified procedure of āpermitted consignor authorizationā for transit regimes and clarified the scope of the crimes relevant persons must not have a final conviction of to open a temporary storage site or a bonded warehouse. The Ministry of Trade also regulated the transition process regarding permitted consignor authorization and site authorizations granted prior to the subject amendment within the scope of the Regulation on Facilitation of Customs Procedures.
The Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Authority (TÄ°TCK) published a critical announcement covering the topic of new practices for the registration and evaluation process of medical devices post-Brexit.
The Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Authority (TÄ°TCK) published two announcements covering critical topics on certain procedures concerning the Product Tracking System (ĆTS).
The Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Agency (TÄ°TCK) published the Application Guidelines for Electronic Scientific Meetings and Electronic Product Promotion Meetings (Guidelines) based on the Regulation on Promotion of Pharmaceuticals (Regulation). The Guidelines provide detailed explanations on electronic applications made to the TÄ°TCK by relevant companies (e.g. marketing authorization holders) for scientific meetings and electronic product promotion meetings.
Further to the amendments to the Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette No. 30887 on 13 September 2019, “biocidal products that directly come in contact with the human body (Product Type-1 and Product Type-19)” are now under the governance and supervision of the TÄ°TCK. The licensing of biocidal products will be handled by the Cosmetic Products Department under the TÄ°TCK. Accordingly, the TÄ°TCK added ‘biocidal’ under the “Activity Areas” on its official website. The TÄ°TCK’s announcement is available here (in Turkish).