Authorisation certificate of dealers who make vehicle sales difficult will be cancelled

The "Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Trade of Second-Hand Motor Land Vehicles" prepared by the Ministry of Commerce entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette.

According to the current legislation, in order to engage in the trade of second-hand motor vehicles, it is necessary to have an authorisation certificate, while the issues regarding the cancellation of the authorisation certificate have been determined with the regulation.

With the amendment of the Regulation, the authorisation certificates of authorised dealers engaged in the first registration motor land vehicle trade will be cancelled in case they engage in any activity that makes it difficult for the consumer to access the first registration motor land vehicle, such as avoiding the sale of the vehicle despite the availability of the vehicle in their stocks, demanding a price above the recommended sales price of the vehicle by the manufacturer or distributor, forcing the consumer to buy accessories or make an exchange, or setting the exchange price significantly below the market price.

For this reason, the business whose authorization certificate is cancelled and the other businesses and representative businesses of the business owner will not be granted an authorization certificate for one year from the date of cancellation.

Regulation was made upon the requests received by the Ministry

In the statement made by the Ministry on the subject, it was reminded that the activities of producers, suppliers and retail businesses that create scarcity in the market and prevent consumers from accessing the goods are prohibited by accepting "stockpiling" in the Law on the Regulation of Retail Trade.

In the statement, the following were recorded:

"The compliance of businesses with this prohibition is closely monitored by our Ministry and heavy administrative fines continue to be imposed on businesses that violate this prohibition. Recently, it has been shared on social media platforms and complaints have been made to our Ministry that authorised dealers engaged in the trade of first registration motor vehicles have gained unfair profits by engaging in certain activities that make it difficult for consumers to access first registration motor vehicles."

Dealers will be exposed

In the statement, it was pointed out that an amendment was made to the regulation in order to meet the demands reached to the Ministry to prevent these activities and public expectations on the subject, and the following statements were used:

"On the other hand, within the scope of our Ministry's activities to combat stockpiling, each of these violations will be considered as stockpiling and an administrative fine of up to 4 million 458 thousand 600 liras will be imposed on authorised dealers separately for each violation. In addition, these authorised dealers will be disclosed on the website of our Ministry."