There are certain periods and deadlines stipulated in the Law on Regulation of Electronic Commerce no 6563 (E-commercial Law) for Message Management System (IYS) registration according to the official announcement made by the Ministry of Trade on 30.11.2020. According to the official announcement, for service providers with commercial electronic message approvals of over 150 thousand, the deadline of submitting confirmations has been postponed to 31 December 2020; for service providers with commercial electronic message approvals of 150 thousand or less, the deadline for submitting confirmations has been postponed to 31 May 2021. The deadlines which were determined with the announcement is not postponed and the deadline for registration has been finalized hereof.

A provisional article was added to the Law Amending Some Laws dated March 25, 2020 and numbered 7226 With the Law Amending the Tax Procedure Law and Some Laws published in the Official Gazette dated April 30, 2021 and numbered 31470. You can reach the Official Gazette from here.

What Does the Regulation Bring?

Within the scope of the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, a regulation has been made regarding the follow-ups based on the cheques and bill of exchange to prevent loss of rights, taking the restrictions applied through the country into account. The amendments entered into force as the publication date in the Official Gazette. According to the regulation;

The Regulation Prohibiting Payments with Crypto-assets (“Regulation”) that published in the Official Gazette dated April 16, 2021 and numbered 31456 will enter into force on April 30, 2021.

What is the purpose of the Regulation?

Procedures regarding the non-use of crypto-assets in payments, not using crypto-assets directly or indirectly in the provision of payment services and electronic money issuance, and the transfer of fund from payment services and electronic money institutions to platforms offering trading, custody, transfer or issuance services to crypto-assets and it is aimed to determine the principles.

According to the official announcement made by the Ministry of Trade on 30.11.2020, the date for registration of the service providers to the Commercial Electronic Message Management System (IYS) and submitting current recipients' confirmations has been postponed considering the negative effects of the COVID-19 virus on business processes. According to the announcement:

• For service providers with commercial electronic message approvals of over 150 thousand, the deadline of submitting confirmations has been postponed to 31 December 2020, and the deadline of controls of these confirmations by citizens to 15 February 2021.
• For service providers with commercial electronic message approvals of 150 thousand or less, the deadline for submitting confirmations has been postponed to 31 May 2021, and the deadline of controls of these confirmations by citizens to 15 July 2021.