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Adidas Cleared of Allegations Regarding Resale Price Maintenance and Discrimination

The Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) has launched numerous investigations into whether undertakings maintain their dealers' resale prices. These investigations include one launched into one of the most well-known sports product brands, Adidas Spor Malzemeleri Satış ve Pazarlama Anonim Şirketi (“Adidas”). In this investigation, the TCA not only scrutinized whether Adidas had maintained the resale price but also examined whether Adidas had violated The Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition (“Competition Law”) with its discriminatory practices. In this regard, the reasoned decision regarding the allegations directed to Adidas (“Decision”) was published on 27 October 2022 on the official website of the TCA.

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Who's Who Legal - Trade & Customs - Economists & Anti-Dumping Consultants 2022

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The Ankara 13th Administrative Court Rules for the Annulment of Turkish Competition Authority’s Cartel Decision Due to Failure of Standard of Proof (Kronospan)

The Ankara 13th Administrative Court ("Court") recently annulled with its decision (“Court Decision”) the Turkish Competition Authority's ("TCA") cartel determination (“TCA Decision”) against Kronospan Orman Ürünleri San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (“Kronospan”) in a decision through which it had imposed on 11 undertakings active in the MDF and flakeboard markets an administrative monetary fine for violating Article 4 of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition ("Competition Law"). When the Court closely examined the issue at hand, it concluded that the TCA's judgment did not comply with the law, due to the incorrect assessment that Kronospan, a party to the investigation, had been a member of a cartel.

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TCA Imposed Interim Measures on Krea

As per Article 9(4) of Law No. 4054 on Protection of Competition (“Competition Law”), the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) is entitled to impose interim measures in order to maintain the environment before the violation, without exceeding the scope of the final decision, in case of a possibility of serious and irreparable damages. It is observed that the TCA imposed interim measures for certain cases where it deems necessary in recent years. The TCA launched a preliminary investigation against Krea İçerik Hizmetleri ve Prodüksiyon A.Ş. (“Krea”, which is known as “Digiturk”) in order to evaluate the allegation that Krea provides broadcasting organizations with sub-broadcasting rights, particularly “highlights for news purposes” and “extended highlights”, within the scope of the broadcasting rights of Turkish Super League and First League football matches, which are exclusively owned by Krea, in a discriminatory manner. Within the scope of the preliminary investigation, the TCA decided to render interim measures decision against Krea, and the reasoned decision was published on 17.10.2022.

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Competition Law and Connected Fields

Our senior associate Caner K. Çeşit delivered a speech entitled "Standing Out Approaches in Supervision of Administrative Courts Regarding the Decisions of the Competition Authority" on Saturday, November 26, 2022

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The Information You Have Requested Cannot Be Reached at the Moment: The Regional Administrative Court Upheld the Board’s Decision Imposing Fines on Five International Banks for Not Providing the Requested Information

On 26 October 2022, the Ankara Regional Administrative Court’s 8th Administrative Chamber revoked an earlier decision of the Ankara 3rd Administrative Court that had annulled the Turkish Competition Board’s (the “Board”) decision concerning the imposition of administrative monetary fines on five international banks for failure to provide the requested information/data.