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Article 41 of the Act No. 4054 and to the refusal of the complaint
and the temporary expedient. (21.01.2010; 10-08/69-33)
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The Competition Board, during its meeting dated 28.01.2010 by
reason of its provisions that may restrict competition, granted a
three-year exemption in lieu of granting timeless exemption to the
“ATM Bank Card Sharing Platform Protocol” signed among 26
banks to allow customers to withdraw money, check balance with
the bank card they own on another bank’s ATM.
•
The 2nd edition of the Competition Journal was published on the
official website of the Competition Authority on 03.02.2010.
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The Competition Board, as a result of the examination conducted
based on the claim that the agreement between Türkiye İş Bankası
A.Ş. and Kocaeli University regarding the payment of the expenses
incurred by the staff and students inside the university
via
their
identification cards out of their accounts at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş.
is capable of limiting competition, decided that there is no need for
an investigation to be opened under Article 41. Thus, the request
was dismissed. (04.02.2010; 10-13/155-65)
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The Competition Board, as a result of the examination conducted
based on the claim that the lease contract (“Contract”) concluded
between Sulas Petrol Tic. Ltd. Şti. and Shell&Turcas Petrol A.Ş.
annotated on the title deed infringes Act No. 4054 and Communiqué
No. 2002/2, decided in accordance with the relevant report and in
view of the scope of the case in question that the Contract can benefit
from a block exemption under the Block Exemption Communiqué
No. 2002/2 on Vertical Agreements until 18.09.2010. The parties
will be informed that proceedings will be taken under Article 4
of the Act No. 4054 in the event that attempts are made to extend
the vertical agreement by force, either de jure or de facto, beyond
18.09.2010 without the express consent of both of the parties.
(04.02.2010; 10-13/132-52)
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An examination was conducted because of a claim by a complainant
who based the claim on the Competition Board Decision dated
04.12.2008 and numbered 08-69/1122-438. The complainant
applied to Doğan Dağıtım Satış Pazarlama ve Matbaacılık A.Ş.
to become its ancillary dealer, but did not receive any response.