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Agreement” fulfilled the conditions listed in article 5 of the Act
no 4054 in case Turkcell planned to add 505 final points of ser-
vice/sales to the 1100 final points of service/sales with the TİM
status. (14.06.2012; 12-33/922-281)
• As a result of the examination conducted in response to the
request for the grant of an exemption to the pricing policy to be
implemented by Shell&Turcas Petrol A.Ş. for its dealers on the
basis of stations (regions), the Board decided that in considera-
tion of the Act no 5015 and its secondary legislation, an assess-
ment under articles 5 and 8 of the Act no 4054 was not neces-
sary concerning the notified practice. (04.07.2012, 12-36/1070-
335)
• As a result of the examination conducted in response to the
claim that undertakings operating in the liquid fuel distribution
sector violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by engaging in par-
allel pricing and information exchange, the Board decided that
the complaint should be rejected and an investigation should
not be initiated. (04.07.2012, 12-36/1040-328)
• As a result of the examination conducted in response to the
request for the grant of a certificate of negative
clearance/exemption to the Paracard Program Sharing
Agreement, signed on 29.12.2011 between Türkiye Garanti
Bankası A.Ş. and Denizbank A.Ş., the Board decided that a cer-
tificate of negative clearance could not be issued under article 8
of the Act no 4054 for the Paracard Program Sharing
Agreement, signed on 29.12.2011 between Türkiye Garanti
Bankası A.Ş. and Denizbank A.Ş., since the undertakings par-
ties to the Paracard Program Sharing Agreement were compet-
ing undertakings, the aforementioned agreement could not ben-
efit from block exemption under the Block Exemption
Communiqué on Vertical Agreements, no 2002/2, however, an
individual exemption should be granted to the notified agree-
ments since if fulfilled all of the conditions listed in article 5 of
the Act no 4054. (18.07.2012, 12-38/1097-355)
• As a result of the examination conducted in response to the
claim that individual pension insurance companies implement-
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