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| "Competition Law Compliance Program" has been published. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The experience gained by the Competition Authority as a result of its activities for 14 years, shows that sometimes undertakings or associations of undertakings are not aware that they have infringed competition rules whose frame is drawn by the Competition Act No. 4054. In fact, if undertakings or associations of undertakings have knowledge about competition infringements beforehand, many problems such as severe administrative sanctions can be prevented. Within this framework, Competition Law C... | |||
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| Hearing for the investigation concerning Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. to be held on June 21, 2011 | 27.12.2012 | ||
| According to the decision of the Competition Board dated 17.05.2011, hearing for the investigation concerning Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at 10.00 a.m. Complainants and third parties who wish to attend the meeting in accordance with the "Communiqué on Hearings Held before the Competition Board" should apply to the Competition Authority together with a petition includ... | |||
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| Hearing of the investigation continued about Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Tic. AŞ. (Efes Marketing and Distribution Trade Inc.) shall be held on 12.07.2011... | 27.12.2012 | ||
| Hearing of the investigation continued in accordance with the decision of the Competition Board dated 01.07.2010 with a view to detecting whether it complied with the decision of the Competition Board dated 22.4.2005 in relation to withdrawing the exemption concerning Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Tic. A.Ş. will be held on Tuesday, 12.07.2011 at 10 a.m. In accordance with the “Communiqué on Hearings Held vis-à-vis the Competition Board”, it is required that complainants and third persons who want to... | |||
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| 2011 Competition Letter by the President of the Competition Authority Prof.Dr.Nurettin Kaldırımcı | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The third of the competition letters, signed by Prof. Dr. Nurettin Kaldırımcı, has been published. The 2011 Competition Letter essentially focuses on the relationship between competitive power and competitive environment and highlights that the purpose is to improve the competitive power of all of our businesses by complying with the rules of competitive environment or with competition law. The Letter also points out that an undertaking or a sector with high competitive power in domestic market... | |||
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| Hearing for the investigation conducted about five companies belonging to Doğan Group to be held on March 29, 2011 | 27.12.2012 | ||
| In accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 09.09.2009, the hearing for the investigation made concerning Doğan Yayın Holding A.Ş., Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş., Doğan Gazetecilik A.Ş., Bağımsız Gazeteciler Yayıncılık A.Ş., Doğan Daily Nevs Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş. will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Complainants and third parties who wish to take part in the hearing in accordance with the “Communiqué on Hearing Held Before the Co... | |||
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| The Symposium on "Micro Reforms for the Economy of Turkey and Competition Policy" on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the establishment of the Competition Authority, was held on Wednesday, 23 March 20011 | 27.12.2012 | ||
| Beginning at 09:30 at Bilkent Hotel, Ankara with the opening remarks of the President of the Competition Authority Prof. Dr. Nurettin KALDIRIMCI, President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority Hasan KÖKTAŞ, President of the Information Technologies and Communication Authority Dr. Tayfun ACARER, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner YILDIZ, and Minister of Industry and Trade Nihat ERGÜN, followed by the keynote speech of the economist Dr. Rauf GÖNENÇ, Head of Austria Turkey Desk, OE... | |||
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| Mergers and Acquisitions notified to the Authority shall be announced to the public | 27.12.2012 | ||
| Article 12 of the Communiqué no 2010/4 states that notified merger and acquisition transactions shall be announced on the website of the Authority and, to this purpose, a list of up-to-date merger and acquisition notifications are added to the lower right section of the homepage (Turkish only). Those who wish to present information, documents or opinion concerning the merger and acquisition transactions included within the list will be able to present information on the relevant transactions via... | |||
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| Competition Board decided to initiate an investigation concerning five undertakings in the market for diagnostic products and services | 27.12.2012 | ||
| In its meeting dated January 12, 2011, the Competition Board decided to initiate an investigation concerning Beckman Coulter Biomedikal Ürünler San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., Siemens Healthcare Diagnostik Tic. Ltd. Şti., Roche Diagnostik Sistemleri Ticaret A.Ş., Abbott Laboratuarları İthalat İhracat ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. and Mediset Tıbbi Malzemeler İthalat ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., which are operating in the market for diagnostic products and services, to find whether they have violated the Act No. 4054 through col... | |||
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| The hearing for the investigation into twenty three undertakings operating in the motor vehicles market will be held on 12 April 2011 | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The hearing for the investigation that is being conducted in accordance with the Competition Board decisions dated 9 September 2009 and 28 January 2010 in order to determine whether the twenty three undertakings, which operate in the motor vehicles market, infringed Article 4 of the Act No. 4054 through the exchange of target and stock information as well as sales and price strategies, will be held on Tuesday, 12 April 2011, at 10.00, at the headquarters building of the Competition Authority. ... | |||
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| Competition Board arrived at a decision regarding the privatizations of İstanbul Anadolu Yakası Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., Akdeniz Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. and Toroslar Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| During its meeting on 3 March 2011, the Competition Board arrived at a decision after evaluating the file regarding the privatizations of İstanbul Anadolu Yakası Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş., Akdeniz Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. and Toroslar Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. In this framework, with regard to the transfer of; İstanbul Anadolu Yakası Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (AYEDAŞ), Akdeniz Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (AKDENİZ), Toroslar Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (TOROSLAR), Boğaziçi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (BOĞAZİÇİ), ... | |||
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