The Legislative Proposal on the Amendment to the Consumer Protection Law was brought to the attention of the presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 8 March 2022 and accepted by the relevant commission on 9 March 2022. The Legislative Proposal, which consists of 19 articles in total, envisages significant changes to Consumer Protection Law No. 6502.

The Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Authority recently published the Guideline on the Inspection of Good Distribution Practices, the Guideline on Triggers of Routine and/or "for a Specific Reason" Inspections, the Guideline on Triggers of Inspections on Bioavailability/Bioequivalence Studies and the inspection results of the final quarter of 2021 on cosmetics and type 1 and type 19 biocidal products. 

Recent development

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission proposed the draft Data Act, which is part of the European Data Strategy together with the Data Governance Act. With the Data Act, the European Commission aims to increase access to data and provide a fair environment for the use of data.

The Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Authority recently announced that the Medical Device Clinical Trials Regulation is open for public consultation. The Draft Regulation introduces certain amendments to ensure the medical device clinical trial process's compliance with the Medical Device Regulation.

The Ministry of Trade introduced certain amendments to the Price Tag Regulation with the Regulation on Amendment of the Price Tag Regulation, which was published on 18 February 2022.

Recent development | With its decision No. 2021/DK-YED/402 dated 22 December 2021, the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) approved the Regulation on Amending the Number Portability Regulation ("Regulation") and the Procedures and Principles for Amending the Procedures and Principles on the Number Portability Implementation Process ("Procedures and Principles"). The Regulation came into force when it was published in the Official Gazette No. 31748 dated 12 February 2022.

The Ministry of Health has recently published the Regulation on the Provision of Distance Health Services and the Regulation on the Cascading of Health Service Providers.

The Ministry of Trade introduced new regulations upon the repeal of the Regulation on Market Surveillance and Inspection published in the Official Gazette on 1 April 2020. The newly published Regulation on Market Surveillance and Inspection of Goods sets forth the procedures and principles regarding market surveillance to ensure that consumer products are safe and comply with the relevant technical regulations.

The Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Authority has recently published the Guideline on the Issuance of a "Pharmaceutical Product Certificate," "Free Sales Certificate" and "Pharmaceutical Product License Status Statement" and the Draft Regulation on Permission for Foods for Special Medical Purposes, and amended the application form within the scope of the Regulation of Marketing Authorization for Pharmaceuticals.