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| Announcement concerning the authorization subject to conditions granted to the acquisition of the majority shares of AFM by Mars Sinema, as well as the acquisition of 50% of the shares of Spark Ent, which holds control over Mars Sinema, by Esas Holding, which holds sole control over AFM. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| With the Competition Board decision dated February 9, 2011, the final examination into the acquisition of the majority shares of AFM Uluslararası Film Prodüksiyon Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş. (AFM) by Mars Sinema Turizm ve Sportif Tesisler İşletmeciliği A.Ş. (Mars Sinema), as well as the acquisition of 50% of the shares of Spark Entertainment Limited, which holds control over Mars Sinema, by Esas Holding A.Ş., which holds sole control over AFM. In the Competition Board meeting of November 17, 2011, th... | |||
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| The investigation concerning Güneş Ekspres Havacılık A.Ş. and Condor Flugdienst GmbH has been completed. The decision was announced today (November 01, 2011). | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation concerning Güneş Ekspres Havacılık A.Ş. and Condor Flugdienst GmbH has been completed. The decision was announced today (November 01, 2011). The investigation Güneş Ekspres Havacılık A.Ş (SunExpress) and Condor Flugdienst GmbH (Condor), initiated with the decision of the Competition Board dated June 10, 2010 was completed today. The decision was announced today (Tuesday, November 01, 2011), at 2:00 p.m., by the Acting Vice-Chairman of the Competition Board, H. Erkan Yardımcı. T... | |||
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| The investigation of the Competition Board about Turkish Airlines was completed. | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation of the Competition Board about Turkish Airlines was completed. As a result of the investigation, the Board decided that a violation by Turkish Airlines by abusing its dominant position via discriminatory practices against Pegasus regarding domestic and international lines from Istanbul could not be detected. Consequently, it was concluded that Turkish Airlines would not be imposed administrative fines; however, an opinion should be sent to the undertakings and institutions conc... | |||
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| The Investigation concerning 7 Undertakings Producing Meat and Meat Products was Concluded. The decision was announced today (24.11.2011). | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation, which was initiated in accordance with the Competition Board decision dated November 5, 2011, on 7 Undertakings Producing Meat and Meat Products was concluded. The investigation decision, which imposed administrative fines on the economic entity comprised of Pınar Entegre Et ve Un San. A.Ş. and Yaşar Birleşik Paz. Dağ. Tur. ve Tic. A.Ş. together with the economic entity comprised of Kayarlar Et San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Namet Gıda San. ve Tic. AŞ. was announced today (November 24,... | |||
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| Decision on the Amendment to the Guidelines on the Voluntary Notification of Agreements, Concerted Practices and Decisions of Associations of Undertakings | 27.12.2012 | ||
| ARTICLE 1- Paragraph 14 of the "Guidelines on the Voluntary Notification of Agreements, Concerted Practices and Decisions of Associations of Undertakings" adopted with the decision of the Competition Board dated 7/2/2006 and No. 06-09/123-M has been amended as follows. “(14) The Notification Form and attached documents shall be prepared also in electronic form, and shall be forwarded to the Authority headquarters in Ankara by hand or by mail. It is required that all of the pages of the Notific... | |||
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| The investigation on Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. completed. The decision was announced today (19.07.2011). | 27.12.2012 | ||
| The investigation concerning Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş., conducted in accordance with the Competition Board decision dated 01.07.2010, was completed. The decision was announced on 19.07.2011 (today), at 14:00 by Erkan Yardımcı, Vice-President of the Competition Authority. As a result of the investigation conducted based on the claims that, in order to supply goods to points of sales, Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. and its distributors demanded the exclusive sales of Efes bran... | |||
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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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| 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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| Invitation for the "Symposium on Liberalization, Competition and Competition Law in the Transport Sector" | 27.12.2012 | ||
| Liberalization policies applied in various countries of the world and in Turkey in the transport area in the recent years point out that competition will increasingly become more intense and that competition law practices will appear on the agenda more frequently in this area in the forthcoming period. The “Symposium on Liberalization, Competition and Competition Law in the Transport Sector” organized to understand this process better and to increase the academic interest and public awareness in... | |||
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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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