Turkish Competition Board has announced its final decision regarding the investigation into some undertakings that are manufacturers/suppliers and retailers operating in the fast moving consumer goods sector.
In this decision, * in the case of some undertakings, agreements or concerted actions in the "collect-distribute cartel" feature violate Article 4 of Law No. 4054, *with regard to some undertakings, within the framework of the general principle of law "ne bis in idem", it was determined that there was no place for the imposition of a new administrative fine, *for some of them, since there was not enough evidence of the violation, there was no place for the imposition of an administrative fine, *on the other hand, as stated in the decision, some suppliers violated Article 4 of the Law No. 4054 by determining the resale prices of the undertakings operating at the retail level.
As a result, the Board decided to impose an administrative fine of 878 million Turkish Liras on 13 supplier companies within 60 days of the notification of the reasoned decision, with a judicial remedy open in the Ankara Administrative Courts.
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