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| Investigation Launched on Microsoft Bilgisayar Yazılım Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. | 31.5.2017 | ||
| Competition Board re-evaluated the complaint claiming that the Act no 4054 was violated by the “3+ Project,” aimed at cyber cafés, following a decision by the 13th Chamber of the Council of State. Previously, the preliminary inquiry conducted due to the relevant complaint had examined the practice in question and on 07.11.2011, the decision no 11-60/1555-550 was taken stating that the complaint should be dismissed and that initiating an investigation was not necessary. However, the aforementione... | |||
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| Announcement to the Public on the Exposition Sector Study | 12.5.2017 | ||
| Competition Board decided to perform a sector study in its meeting held on April 6, 2017 within the purpose of determining behavioural and structural competition issues in the exposition sector of Turkey and finding solution suggestions for these issues. There are three parties in the exposition sector: these are operators of the exposition grounds, undertakings organizing expositions and participating undertakings. In addition to this, undertakings which provide peripheral services to the secto... | |||
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| Investigation Launched on OMV Petrol Ofisi A.Ş., Milan Petrol San. Tic. A.Ş. and TP Petrol Dağıtım A.Ş. | 12.5.2017 | ||
| In response to a decision of the 13th Chamber of the Council of State, the Competition Board re-evaluated the application, which claimed that various fuel distribution companies unfairly restricted competition and freedom of contract through abusing usufruct rights by preventing their dealers to purchase autogas LPG from companies other than themselves of LGP distribution companies indicated by them. The preliminary inquiry conducted previously had examined the practices in question and the deci... | |||
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| Television Broadcasting Sector within the Context of Digitalization and Convergence Study Report | 12.5.2017 | ||
| In connection with technological developments and the convergence process, television broadcasting sector is quickly changing and transforming. Indeed, the definition of broadcasting as content distribution from a single point to multiple people has become somewhat insufficient to cover all of the features of the sector. As a matter of fact, the digitalization of the content, the trend towards IP-based networks, the spread of high-speed broadband access, and the development of 3G and 4G technolo... | |||
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| Investigation Conducted on Boru Hatları ile Petrol Taşıma A.Ş. Concluded | 12.5.2017 | ||
| The investigation conducted with respect to the claim that Boru Hatları ile Petrol Taşıma A.Ş. violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 by unfairly interrupting the natural gas supply which was used by Bis Enerji Elektrik Üretim A.Ş., operating the field of electricity generation and sales, for its generation activities, thereby complicating the operations of the aforementioned undertaking and causing discrimination. The investigation was launched following the annulment of the Competition Board de... | |||
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| Application Concerning the Acquisition of the Entirity of Ulusoy Deniz Taşımacılığı A.Ş., Ulusoy Gemi İşletmeleri A.Ş., Ulusoy Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş., Ulusoy Ro-Ro Yatırımları A.Ş., Ulusoy Gemi Acenteliği A.Ş., Ulusoy Lojistik Taşımacılık ve Konteyner Hizmetleri A.Ş. and Ulusoy Çeşme Liman İşletmesi A.Ş. Shares by UN Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş. Has Been Taken Under Final Examination | 20.4.2017 | ||
| With the Competition Board decision dated 23.03.2017 and numbered 17-11/133-M, the application concerning the acquisition of the entirity of Ulusoy Deniz Taşımacılığı A.Ş., Ulusoy Gemi İşletmeleri A.Ş., Ulusoy Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş., Ulusoy Ro-Ro Yatırımları A.Ş., Ulusoy Gemi Acenteliği A.Ş., Ulusoy Lojistik Taşımacılık ve Konteyner Hizmetleri A.Ş. and Ulusoy Çeşme Liman İşletmesi A.Ş. shares by UN Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş. has been taken under final examination. As known, article 7 of the Act no 4... | |||
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| Investigation Initiated on Zeyport Zeytinburnu Liman İşletmeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and the S.S. Gemi Tali Acenteleri Deniz Motorlu Taşıyıcıları Kooperatifi (Limited Liability Ship Sub-Agents and Marine Motor Carriers Cooperative) | 20.4.2017 | ||
| In response to the Ankara 2nd Administrative Court’s decision, Competition Board re-evaluated the complaint claiming that the operator of the Zeyport Port, Zeyport Zeytinburnu Liman İşletmeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., violated articles 4 and 6 of the Act no 4054 when carrying out its activities and therefore prevented competition. In the previous preliminary inquiry conducted on the subject, the activities of Zeyport Zeytinburnu Liman İşletmeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and S.S. Gemi Tali Acentel... | |||
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| Mergers-Acquisitions Overview Report for the Year 2016 Published | 20.4.2017 | ||
| In 2016, a total of 209 merger and acquisition transactions were notified to the Competition Authority. In 91 of these transactions, the target company or the joint venture established is a company founded in accordance with Turkish laws. Within this time period, 9 privatization transactions have been evaluated. Among the mergers and acquisitions examined by the Competition Board in 2016, in those transactions where the target company or the joint venture is based in Turkey, the total transactio... | |||
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| Guidelines Explaining the Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements in the Motor Vehicles Sector | 17.4.2017 | ||
| Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements in the Motor Vehicles Sector (Communiqué no 2017/3) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 24.02.2017 and numbered 29989 and was put into force. Accordingly, “Guidelines Explaining the Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements in the Motor Vehicles Sector,” which was prepared in order to explain the points that will be taken into consideration in the application of the Communiqué and thereby to minimize any uncertainties that m... | |||
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| Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements in the Motor Vehicles Sector (Communiqué no 2017/3) Has Been Published in the Official Gazette Dated 24.02.2017 and Numbered 29989 and Was Put into Force | 17.4.2017 | ||
| Competition Board repealed the Communiqué no 2005/4, which had been in force since 01.01.2006 for distribution agreements in the motor vehicles sector, and put into effect the Communiqué no 2017/3, which includes exemption rules different from other sectors, in light of the experiences acquired and problems encountered during the application of the aforementioned Communiqué. In general, Communiqué 2017/3 updates the definitions of the previous Communiqué, introduces some new definitions, and mak... | |||
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