Confidence Seal Protocol Has Been Signed Between TOBB and Ministry of Customs and Trade 8 February 2018

As is known; safety and service standards which the service providers operating within electronic commerce environment should comply with and the procedures and principles on giving confidence seals to the service providers, who satisfy these standards, for the purpose of providing consumer safety in e-commerce have been regulated under the Communiqué on the Confidence Seal in Electronic Commerce (“the Communiqué”) which was entered into force via being published in the Official Gazette dated 06.06.2017 and numbered 30088.

It was envisaged under the Communiqué that the institutions, which will review the applications regarding confidence seals and give the confidence seals to the service providers, shall be authorized by the Ministry of Customs and Trade (“Ministry”) via a Protocol.

Within this regard, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (“TOBB”) has been empowered as a Confidence Seal Provider with the Protocol signed between the Ministry and TOBB. Within this context; e-commerce websites that wish obtain confidence seal may apply to TOBB who has been assigned as Confidence Seal Provider and acquire confidence seal which will gain consumer trust via showing that this website has been successfully passed the inspections.

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