The Competition Board (the Board) concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted about the claim that undertakings operating in field crops seed sector violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (the Act no 4054) by means of allocation of territories/customers and exchanging competitively sensitive information. 
Having discussed the information, documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting on 22.05.2025, the Board considered the evidence significant and sufficient and took the decision no 25-20/478-M to open an investigation about

• Corteva Turkey Tohumculuk AŞ, 
• KWS Türk Tarım Tic. AŞ, 
• Limagrain Tohum Islah ve Üretim San. ve Tic. AŞ, 
• May-Agro Tohumculuk San. ve Tic. AŞ, 
• Monsanto Gıda ve Tarım Tic. Ltd. Şti., 
• Polen Tohumculuk San. ve Tic. AŞ ve
• Syngenta Tarım San. ve Tic. AŞ

to determine whether they violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by means of exchanging competitively sensitive information.

* Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public following the notification of the decision to the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation. These declarations, which are made within the framework of informing the public on Competition Board decisions, cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation have violated the Act no 4054 and that they have faced or will face sanctions under the Act.