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ly states that
“real persons and legal entities who have a legitimate
interest are entitled to file a complaint”
. Within this scope, it should
be mentioned that it would be better to include the condition to have
a “legitimate interest” in the Communiqué No. 2012/2 in order to
ensure full compliance between the Communiqué No. 2012/2 and the
Competition Act.
Moreover, neither the difference between denouncement and
complaint nor their consequences are stated in the Communiqué
No. 2012/2.
Form of the Complaint
Complaint application before the Authority should principally be
made in writing and submitted to the Authority either in person or via
mail, e-mail, fax, telephone or any other way. It is unclear whether an
application made through telephone should be followed by a written
submission or not. Applications which are not made in person to the
Authority are considered as denouncements as it is the case for verbal
applications, and will be put down on a minute.
Scope of the Complaint
•
With Regards to the Complainants
. Applications made by real
persons should include the name and surname, identity number,
address and signature of the applicant. As for complaints made
by legal entities, they should include the commercial name/
trade name of the legal entity, its address, signature circular
and signatures of people entitled to represent and bind the legal
entity pursuant to the signature circular.
In case a complaint application is made by a representative; the
original or true copy of the document, which shows the power
of the representation, should be annexed to the application and
the application should include the addresses of both the repre-
sentative and the represented real person or legal entity, as well
as the signature of the representative.
The complainant has the right to request that its identity infor-
mation is to be protected and kept confidential. In such an
event, the request shall be respected and the personal data will
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