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The Investigation Conducted on Undertakings Operating in the Production of Egg Cartons Concluded via Settlement with the Imposition of Around 55 Million TL in Fines 6.3.2024
The investigation conducted in accordance with the Competition Board decisions dated 13.04.2023, numbered 23-18/322-M and dated 28.09.2023, numbered 23-46/868-M, which concerned the claim that undertakings operating in the field of egg carton production violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 has been concluded.   Upon the Board’s approval of the settlement requests submitted by all of the undertakings being investigated, the investigation was terminated with a settlement for all of the inve...
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Investigation which was conducted about Certain Undertakings Due To Gentlemen's Agreements in the Labor Market Concluded (1.03.2024) 4.3.2024
The investigation which was conducted to determine whether article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition was violated by means of gentlemen’s agreements in the labor market has been concluded. As a result of the investigation, it has been decided that Egem Bilgi İletişim Ticaret AŞ Ericsson Telekomünikasyon AŞ Etiya Bilgi Teknolojileri Yazılım Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ Innova Bilişim Çözümleri AŞ i2i Bilişim Danışmanlık Teknoloji Hiz. ve Paz. Tic. AŞ Netaş Telekomün...
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Second issue of the Turkish Competition Authority's "Competition Newsletter" is published. 22.2.2024
We are honored to present the second issue of the Competition Authority’s (TCA) quarterly periodical called “Competition Newsletter.” In this winter term, while we welcome 2024, we take a look back to 2023 and we would proudly like to share the overall picture we depicted: In 2023, 58 investigations were concluded in total. For 46 of them, in which violations were detected or the undertakings settled with the TCA, a total of 2.3 billion TL fine was imposed. However, in some markets, guiding h...
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Investigation about Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi AŞ Concluded 21.2.2024
The investigation, which was conducted into the claims that Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of resale price maintenance and imposing customer and region restrictions to its distributors has been concluded.   As a result of the discussion of the file on 15.02.2024, the Competition Board decided that Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition; the...
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Investigation concerning ABC Deterjan Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ initiated 8.2.2024
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted into the claim that ABC Deterjan Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ violated article 4 of Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of resale price maintenance.   Discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting on 24.01.2024, the Competition Board considered that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision numbered 24-06/93-M to initiate ...
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Investigation concerning Neolife İthalat İhracat AŞ Concluded 5.2.2024
The investigation conducted to determine whether Neolife İthalat İhracat AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of resale price maintenance and restricting buyers’ online sales has been concluded.   It has been decided that the investigation initiated as per the Competition Board decision dated 13.04.2023 and numbered 23-18/343-M(10) shall be terminated with the acceptance of the settlement text submitted by the party according to the Competition...
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Investigation Launched on Bıçakcılar Tıbbi Cihazlar Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ, Gazi Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ ve Rectus Medikal Ürünler ve Sağlık Hizmetleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi. 2.2.2024
The preliminary inquiries conducted into the allegations that undertakings operating in the medical devices sector violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition are concluded by the Competition Board.  After discussing the information and documents collected and the observations made during the preliminary inquiries in its meeting of 11.01.2024, The Competition Board ruled that the findings were significant and sufficient and took the decisions no 24-03/30-M and 24-03...
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Investigation launched on Çiçeksepeti İnternet Hizmetleri AŞ. (25.8.2023) 30.1.2024
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted concerning the claims that Çiçeksepeti İnternet Hizmetleri AŞ. violated Article 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by closing its platform services to third parties and acting in favor of its own dealers. After examining the information and documents acquired and the observations made during the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 11.01.2024, the Competition Board decided that the findings were significant an...
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Investigation concerning Electrolux Dayanıklı Tüketim Mamülleri Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ Concluded 26.1.2024
The investigation conducted about the claim that Electrolux Dayanıklı Tüketim Mamülleri Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition was concluded.   As a result of the discussion of the file on 18.01.2024, the Competition Board has decided that Electrolux Dayanıklı Tüketim Mamülleri Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition; therefore, administrative fines shall be imposed on the said undertak...
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Investigation concerning Bağdat Pazarlama Ticaret ve Limited Şirketi and Deva Baharatları Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi Initiated 26.1.2024
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted into the claim that Bağdat Pazarlama Ticaret ve Limited Şirketi and Deva Baharatları Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi violated article 4 of Act no 4054 on the Protection of competition by means of resale price maintenance.    Having discussed the information and documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting on 04.01.2024, the Competition Board considered that the findings were signi...
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