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Report on Competition Policy 2012 – I
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Att. Begum Taner Hunturk
Competition Authority (“Authority”) published the Competition
Report (“Report”) prepared for the purposes of determining competi-
tive conditions in certain markets, designating the behavioral, structur-
al and legal reasons that hinder the development of competition in
these markets and to submit suggestions to the decision making author-
ities for the elimination of these barriers and restrictions.
Each market is evaluated under three main headings within the
Report:
• Competition restrictions related to the structure of the market
• Competition restrictions related to the regulations
• Competition restrictions related to the behaviors of the under-
takings in the market
Authority has evaluated the following markets and industries with-
in the Report: electric, natural gas, airway, railroad, road and maritime
transportation, banking, broadband internet access, digital platform
management, pharmaceuticals and fast moving consumer goods
retailing.
The evaluations of the Authority as regards to energy and trans-
portation sectors are given herein below in summary. The other
markets and industries shall be dealt within the next months’ issue.
Electricity Market
Turkish electricity market which is publicly held until recent years
is engaged in a continues process of change and reform in line with the
global trends and to follow up the latest transformations thanks to
adoption of policies enabling a transition process to improve a
competitive structure.
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Article of April 2012