SETTLEMENT REGULATION HAS ENTERED INTO FORCE The Regulation on Settlement Procedure to be Applicable in Investigations Regarding Agreements Restricting Competition, Concerted Practice & Decisions and Abuse of Dominant Position entered into force by being published in the Official Gazette dated 15.07.2021 and numbered 31542. The Competition Board (‘Board’) has published a draft regulation which introduced […]
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SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE IN TURKISH COMPETITION LAW Settlement Mechanism Pursuant to the amendments on Law on the Protection of Competition (“Law”) with the Law numbered 7246, a settlement mechanism has been introduced to Turkish Competition Law. Competition Board (“Board”) is authorized to specify the procedures and principles of settlement mechanism which is stipulated in Article […]
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With the enactment of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK” or “Law“), it has emerged that companies operating in our country must comply with the provisions of the Law and relevant legislation. Before evaluating the use of social media by companies in accordance with the Law, we believe that it […]
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Communiqué regarding Commitments to be submitted in preliminary investigations and investigations for agreements, concerted practice and decisions as well as abuse of dominant positions has been entered into force as published on Official Gazette dated 16.03.2021 and numbered 31425. Competition Authority has published a draft of the communiqué for public opinion on 27.11.2020 which introduced […]
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Communique regarding Practices not significantly restricting competition entered into force as published in Official Gazette dated 16.03.2021 and numbered 31425. Competition Authority has published a draft of the communiqué for public opinion on 23.10.2020 which introduced de minimis criterion to our competition practice. Our article regarding draft communiqué is accessible through a link: http://guzel.av.tr/in-turkish-competition-law-de-minimis-application-begins/ In […]
Read More1. Commitment Mechanism Commitment mechanism has been introduced to Turkish Competition Law practice pursuant to the amendments on Law on the Protection of Competition (“Law”) with the law numbered 7246. In accordance with the Article 43 of the Law regulating commitment mechanism, Competition Authority (“Authority”) is authorized to specify the rules and procedures. Competition Authority […]
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Journal of Bank and Finance Law – Volume: 9/Issue 35/Year: 2020, p. 833-864 Dr. Assoc. Oğuzkan GÜZEL* Legal Intern Başak İrem COŞKUN** *Oğuzkan Güzel is the founder of Güzel Law Office. He is a graduate of Ankara University Faculty of Law-1994, and he has EU Competition Law Master-2001 and Public Law (Administrative Law) 2007 PhD degrees […]
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1. The Concept of De Minimis “De minimis non curat lex / de minimis non curat praetor ie” which means that law / judge does not decide upon trivial issues is one of the principles in Roman law and Anglo-American law. Although this principle is not familiar to Civil Law, it has also found a […]
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Introduction With the decision of the Constitutional Court [“the Court”] dated 17.07.2020, published in the Official Gazette dated 9 October 2020 and numbered 31269[1], in line with the cancellation of some of the provisions of the Road Traffic Law dated 13.10.1983 and numbered 2918, which have been the subject of discussion for a while, insurance […]
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Introduction “Guidelines on Examination of Digital Data in On-Site Inspection” [“the Guideline”][1] is published by the Competition Authority [“Authority”] on 09.10.2020 to identify the general principles regarding to Article 15 of the Law on the Protection of Competition numbered 4050 [“the Law”] [2] which was amended with the law numbered 7246 and dated 16.06.2020 [“the […]
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