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| Sector Inquiry about Red Meat Sector Initiated. | 6.12.2023 | ||
| Red meat sector is one of the main areas which Competition Authority scrutinizes due to the importance of red meat in nutrition and the structure of the market. The Authority made one investigation and two preliminary inquiries into the sector in the last two years. As a result of the investigation, which was initiated in response to the claim that an undertaking operating in animal husbandry as well as the sale of meat and meat products determined the shelf prices of retailers and which en... | |||
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| Investigation Launched on Certain Undertakings Operating in the Field of Purchase and Sale of Pistachio. | 5.12.2023 | ||
| In the meeting on 19.10.2023, the Competition Board took the decision numbered 23-49/941-M that an investigation shall be initiated about the following undertakings in order to determine whether certain undertakings operating in the field of purchase and sale of pistachio violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition: Açıkgöz Yiğit Ticaret Akçaköy Ticaret Yerli Mahsülleri Alım Satım ve Komisyon İşleri Alptekin Çakır Fıstık Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi... | |||
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| Investigation initiated about undertakings, most of which are operating in the pharmaceutical sector. | 30.11.2023 | ||
| The decision dated 09.11.2023 and numbered 23-53/1004-M was taken to initiate an investigation about the following undertakings to determine whether undertakings operating in the pharmaceutical sector and other sectors have violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition: AbbVie Tıbbi İlaçlar Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi, Abdi İbrahim İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, AstraZeneca İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi, BASF Türk Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret Limite... | |||
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| Investigation Launched on Some Undertakings Operating in the Field of Production and Sales of Ready-Mix Concrete in the Aydın Province (22.11.2023) | 23.11.2023 | ||
| The Competition Board took the decision dated 26.10.2023 and numbered 23-50/955-M to launch an investigation on the following undertakings operating in the field of production and sales of ready-mix concrete in the Aydın province in order to determine whether they violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by jointly setting prices, allocating regions/customers and fixing the resale prices of resellers: Asbeton Yapı Mühendislik Nakliye İnşaat San. ve Tic. ... | |||
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| Investigation was initiated about D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret AŞ, DSM Grup Danışmanlık İletişim ve Satış Ticaret AŞ and Amazon Turkey Perakende Hizmetleri Limited Şirketi (15.11.2023) | 17.11.2023 | ||
| The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry about D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret AŞ, which was conducted to determine whether the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition was violated. After discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made during the preliminary inquiry in its meeting on 19.10.2023, the Competition Board considered that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 23-49/940-M to initiate an inves... | |||
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| The hearing for the investigation about Danone Tikveşli Gıda ve İçecek San. ve Tic. AŞ and Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi AŞ will be held on December 19, 2023 (15.11.2023) | 17.11.2023 | ||
| The investigation conducted to determine whether Danone Tikveşli Gıda ve İçecek San. ve Tic. AŞ and Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi AŞ violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of exchanging competitively sensitive information reached the hearing stage. The hearing in question will be held on December 19, 2023 at 10:30. In accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board", complainants and third parties who want to attend the ... | |||
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| Hearing for the investigation conducted about the undertakings operating in the IT sector throughout Türkiye due to gentlemen's agreements for the labor market will be held on December 12-13 (14.11.2023) | 15.11.2023 | ||
| The investigation conducted for the determining whether article 4 of the Act no 4054 has been violated due to gentlemen’s agreements for the labor market has reached the hearing stage. The aforementioned hearing will be held on December, 12-13 at 10.30. In accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board", complainants and third parties who want to attend the meeting to speak should apply to the Competition Authority together with a petition including the informat... | |||
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| Investigations about Ayaz ve Ortakları Limited Şirketi, SB Grup Kozmetik AŞ, Easyvit Sağlık Ürünleri Sanayi AŞ, ELCA Kozmetik Limited Şirketi, Farmatek İç ve Dış Tic. AŞ, Glohe Bitkisel Ürünler San. ve Tic. AŞ, L'Oreal Türkiye Kozmetik San. ve Ticaret AŞ, Rebul JCR Kozmetik Pazarlama AŞ and Sistem Kozmetik San. ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi were concluded (14.11.2023) | 14.11.2023 | ||
| Within the scope of the investigations conducted according to the Competition Board (Board) decisions dated 13.04.2023 and numbered 23-18/343-M(3), M(4), M(5), M(6), M(7), M(9), M(11) and M(12) about the claims that undertakings operating in cosmetics and personal care products sector violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (the Act no 4054) by means of resale price maintenance, restricting online sales and participating in a hub&spoke cartel, as a result of the co... | |||
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| One of the leading news organizations in the field of competition law and policy, Brussel-based MLex published its exclusive interview with the President of the Competition Authority Birol Küle on October 30. (31.10.2023) | 13.11.2023 | ||
| It is stated in the interview that the Competition Authority has increased its scrutiny against undertakings that commit anticompetitive practices especially in the retail market, labor market and unnotified mergers and acquisitions. Mr. KÜLE stated in the interview that the Authority fulfilled its duties in the fight against inflation and there were a record number of probes in the sectors which directly affected consumers and which had a significant impact on inflation in the last four... | |||
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| The Chairman of the Competition Board Birol KÜLE and Board Member Berat UZUN Have Taken Oath and Taken Office Again (8.11.2023) | 9.11.2023 | ||
| Birol KÜLE, who was reappointed as the Chairman of the Competition Board with the Presidential decision dated 01.11.2023 and numbered 2023/474, which was published in the Official Gazette dated 02.11.2023 and numbered 32357, and Berat UZUN, who was reappointed as a Board Member with the same decision, took office after taking oath on 08.11.2023 before the Council of the First Presidency of the Court of Cassation. Competition Board Members and high-level managers of the Authority attended the ... | |||
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