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News & Articles
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Data Protection | Articles
Türkiye Introduces New Rules for Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data – Key Takeaways
Introduction The Turkish Parliament has passed the law amending the Law on the Personal Data Protection numbered 6698 (“PDPL”) with the aim to align the relevant cross-border rules with those of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The changes were adopted on 12 March 2024, with effect from 1 June 2024. As part of the amendments, the Turkish Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) published the Regulation on Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data (“Regulation”) in the Official Gazette on 10 July 2024 with immediate effect1. This piece of legislation provides a structured framework for managing international data transfers. So, companies transferring customer data overseas now need to adhere to the new procedures to ensure compliance.
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Competition Law | Articles
The Evaluation of the TCA’s Recent Decisions Regarding the FMCG Sector
The reasoned decisions regarding the two separate investigations conducted independently by the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) against suppliers operating in the fast-moving consumer goods (“FMCG”) market were published on the official website of the TCA in May 2024. Both decisions set significant precedents regarding “resale price maintenance”, which the TCA has particularly focused on in recent years. Information regarding the relevant investigations and their outcome is provided below as follows:
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Competition Law | Articles
TCA Revises Interim Measures for Maçkolik Upon Re-Assessment
In its decision dated 12.10.2023 , the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) revised certain parts of its interim measures that were made binding upon Mackolik İnternet Hizmetleri Ticaret A.Ş. (“Maçkolik”) – a sports live score tracking application – earlier with its decision dated 07.09.2023 upon Maçkolik’s application for re-assesment pursuant to Article 11 of the Turkish Administrative Procedure Law No. 2577 (“Law No. 2577”) (“Maçkolik II Decision”), by a majority vote. Accordingly, the TCA concluded, regarding the request of Maçkolik to be allowed to carry out its activities through separate websites that meet the TCA’s concerns in its application, alteration of its former assessments on the concrete case became necessary since Maçkolik’s such revisions provided the necessary remedies to address a solution for both websites to coexist.
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Competition Law | Articles
Türkiye: Why data commodification warrants updates to current regulatory framework
In today’s world, data has become increasingly important for powering the economy and driving innovation and this trend seems likely to persist. The importance of data in competition law is also increasing as the number of sectors using data and the influence of data on competitive dynamics continue to expand.
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Competition Law | Articles
Unveiling the Countervailing Duty Investigations: From Turkish Lens
It has been 30 years since the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (“ASCM”) of the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) entered into force. Its objective is to ensure fair trade practices by offsetting the market distortions caused by subsidies provided by the exporting countries’ governments that harm domestic industries in importing countries. ASCM lays down rules for Countervailing Duty (“CVD”) investigations, which can be undertaken by any WTO member state. As of March 2024, a total of 381 CVD investigations have been initiated. To provide context, this figure represents approximately 10% of the most popular trade remedial tool, i.e., anti-dumping investigations, with more than 3,200 investigations initiated until March 2024.
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Competition Law | Articles
Unveiling the Countervailing Duty Investigations: From Turkish Lens
It has been 30 years since the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (“ASCM”) of the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) entered into force. Its objective is to ensure fair trade practices by offsetting the market distortions caused by subsidies provided by the exporting countries’ governments that harm domestic industries in importing countries. ASCM lays down rules for Countervailing Duty (“CVD”) investigations, which can be undertaken by any WTO member state. As of March 2024, a total of 381 CVD investigations have been initiated. To provide context, this figure represents approximately 10% of the most popular trade remedial tool, i.e., anti-dumping investigations, with more than 3,200 investigations initiated until March 2024.
The Output®
The Output® Quarterly 2024 2nd Quarter
The Output ® is an umbrella term for all the ACTECON publications. The Output ®, provides regular update on competition law, international trade and regulation developments with a particular focus on the Republic of Turkey and practice of the Turkish Competition Authority as well as the European Commission.
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