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| Condition for Financial Assistance to Portugal: Strengthen the Competition Policy ! | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The European Union, European Central Bank and IMF (EU/ECB/IMF) introduced the condition of “fostering the competition policy” as part of the financial assistance they will provide to Portugal in its effort to overcome the financial crisis. In the Memorandum of Understanding signed, measures were asked to be taken, that aim to develop the philosophy of fostering and buttressing competition in all sectors of the economy and the legal framework of competition. The measures which also contain change... | |||
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| Investigation on 23 undertakings in the automotive sector completed. The decision was announced today (April 19, 2011). | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation on 23 undertakings operating in the automotive sector, initiated with the decisions of the Competition Board dated 09.09.2009 and 28.01.2010 was completed today. The decision was announced today (April 19, 2011), at 2:00 p.m., by the Acting Vice-Chairman of the Competition Board H. Erkan Yardımcı. Administrative fines were imposed on 15 of the firms on the grounds that they held meetings concerning their future price strategies, as well as on inventory, target and sales strateg... | |||
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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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| IXth Annual Symposium On Recent Developments in Competition Law, organized in cooperation by the Erciyes University Faculty of Law and the Turkish Competition Authority, will be held on May 6, 2011 at the Cappadocia Vocational School in the city of Ürgüp Mustafapaşa. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| Click for the symposium program in Turkish. Click for the symposium program in English. Click for the Participation Form. Click for the Cappadocia Vocational School web page. ... | |||
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| The investigation conducted about Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (Turkcell Communication Services Inc.) has been completed. The decision was announced today (09.06.2011) at 14.00 hrs... | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation commenced about Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. in accordance with the Competition Board Decision dated 11.11.2009 has been completed. The decision of the Board in relation to the investigation was pronounced by the Competition Authority Vice-President H. Erkan Yardımcı today (09.06.2011) at 2 p.m. As a result of the investigation made with a view to determining whether it infringed the Act No. 4054 by its practices directed at its distributors and dealers; it was resolved th... | |||
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| Letter from Portuguese Competition Authority | 27.12.2012 | ||
| EĞİTİMDE REKABET Prof. Dr. Erdal Türkkan eturkkan@rekabet.gov.tr Eğitim, uzun yıllar bir kamu hizmeti veya kolektif mal olarak görülmüş ve rekabet dışında tutulmuştur. Çünkü eğitimin kamu hizmeti sayılması demek, bu malın tüm yararlanıcılara sıfır fiyatla verilmesi demektir. Sıfır fiyatla mal satılan bir piyasaya özel inisiyatifin ilgisinin çok sınırlı düzeyde kalması doğaldır. Diğer taraftan eğitim, çeşitli endişelerle mutlaka kamu tarafından yönlendirilmesi, dü... | |||
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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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| 8 Undertakings in the traffic signalization sector under investigation. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| In its meeting of 3.3.2001, Competition Board decided that an investigation should be initiated concerning 3M Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Kisan İnşaat Mühendislik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Kisan Trafik İşaretleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Özgürler Trafik İşaretleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Ulukar Elektronik Makina İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Günsan Trafik Elektrik ve İnşaat Mühendislik Sanayi Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Satra Trafik Sanayi İnşaat ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Makimsan Asfalt Taahhüt İnşaat Sanayi... | |||
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| The investigation conducted about Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. (Anadolu Eiectronic Instruments Marketing and Trade Inc.) and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. (Samsung Electronics İstanbul Marketing and Trade Co. Ltd.) has been completed. The decision was announced today (27.06.2011) at 14.00 hrs... | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation conducted into Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. has been completed. The decision was announced on 27.06.2011. The investigation conducted into Anadolu Elektronik Aletler Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Samsung Electronics İstanbul Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. in accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 17.05.2011 has been completed. The decision of the Board relating to the investigation was announced by Fevzi Ö... | |||
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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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