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News & Articles
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Competition Law | Articles
Undertakings Operating in the Cosmetics Sector are under the TCA Radar
In recent years, the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) has markedly intensified its scrutiny of undertakings operating in the cosmetics sector with greater frequency, predominantly based on allegations of resale price maintenance and the restriction of online sales in this industry.
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Competition Law | Articles
Commercial Vehicles Sector Cleared of Illegal Info Exchange Allegations
There has always been a thin line between legitimate market research and potentially anticompetitive information exchanges. Caselaw on such matters is of a particular importance. On 01 January 2023, a preliminary inquiry into several undertakings active in the light and medium class and heavy commercial vehicles market[1] was initiated to determine whether these undertakings had violated Article 4 of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition (“Turkish Competition Law”) (the equivalent of Article 101 TFEU) via exchange of information.
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Competition Law | Articles
TCA’s Hefty Fine on Nestle Due to Vertical Restraints in Light of Highlights from Oral Hearing
On 21.02.2024, the Turkish Competition Authority’s (“TCA”) decision imposing an administrative fine of TRY 346,911,505.44 (approx. EUR 10.4 million) on Nestle Türkiye Gıda Sanayi A.Ş. (“Nestle”) was published on the TCA’s official website .
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Competition Law | Articles
Awareness is the New Black? The TCA Decided Not To Fine An Undertaking for Data-Deletion During an On-site Inspection
Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) decided not to fine Berkler Danışmanlık ve Gayrimenkul Ticaret Ltd. Şti. (“Berkler”) for hindrance of the on-site inspection through data deletion on the grounds that (i) the relevant employee was not present in the company premises during the inspection and (ii) (s)he was unaware of the subject-matter of the inspection and (iii) of his/her obligation not to delete any data during the inspection.
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Competition Law | Articles
Preventing Data Portability as Abuse of Dominance
On 23 August 2023, the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) announced that it had fined Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Pazarlama ve Ticaret A.Ş. (“Sahibinden”) for abuse of dominance and required the undertaking to implement certain remedies.
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Competition Law | Articles
Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2023 – Türkiye
The Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) had a busy agenda in 2023 both in terms of enforcement and policy actions. Let us elaborate on some of them here. For your convenience, we have classified those in the following sections: (i) antitrust, focusing on violation in the digital markets, no-poaching agreements, resale price maintenance (ii) legislative developments regarding leniency policy and the draft DMA-related amendments to the Turkish Competition law, (iii) merger control, (iv) procedural issues primarily focusing on onsite inspections. We conclude with our vision of the TCA’s priority areas for 2024.
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Spring 2024 The Output Special Edition - Competition Law in Labour Markets
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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