The Competition Board has concluded the preliminary inquiry made about the claim that certain undertakings operating in the production and sale of dairy products violated article 4 of the Act by means of exerting pressure on livestock enterprises where they purchase raw milk through the practice of providing feed in return for milk.

Within this scope, the decision numbered 25-31/718-M has been taken to open an investigation about

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In addition, the said decision rules that

• Until the final decision, an interim measure shall be taken for not imposing quantity and/or brand forcing to producers within the scope of providing feed in return for milk and for the implementation of the relevant provisions in Raw Milk Production Agreement,

• In order to monitor whether the said interim measures are complied with and milkfeed trade is made in accordance with the provisions in the “Raw Milk Production Agreement”, from the date when the Investigation Notification is notified to the parties until the final decision of the Board, in quarterly periods, invoices showing milk purchase and feed sale related to the sale of feed in return for milk as well as return and/or penalty invoices that are associated with the aforementioned invoices shall be submitted to the records of the Competition Authority after being separated on a party basis.
• For ensuring the effective implementation of the interim measure, in order to inform raw milk producers, the parties to the investigation shall communicate the abovementioned interim measure provisions, within one month as of the notification of the Investigation Report, through an informative text to be prepared by the Rapporteurs’ Committee and sent together with the Investigation Notification, directly or indirectly (through cooperatives, unions, producers, etc.) to final raw milk producers, and afterwards shall document to the Competition Authority. 

*Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public after the decision is notified to the undertakings or associations of undertakings about which an investigation has been opened. Those announcements are made within the framework of informing the public about the decisions of the Competition Board and cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.