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Important Legislation and Decisions regarding Competition
• The Competition Board (“Board”) granted a certificate of neg-
ative clearance to the Distribution Agreement signed between
Total Oil Türkiye A.Ş. and Ali İhsan Aktekin-Hülyak Market;
and decided that the exploitation contract shall benefit from a
block exemption under the scope of the Communiqué No.
2002/2. (26.12.2013; 13-72/996-427)
• The Board decided that the protocol concluded between OMV
Petrol Ofisi A.Ş. and Lubratek Endüstriyel Yağlar ve Kimyasal
Mad. Paz. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., subject to the production and sale of
heat treatment oil, shall benefit from a block exemption under
the scope of the Communiqué No. 2013/3. (26.12.2013; 13-
72/997-428)
• The Board did not grant an exemption to the advised price list
which was planned to be published by the Association of
Advertising Agencies and the sector research to be conducted
by a third enterprise. (09.01.2014; 14-01/1-1)
• The Board gave a certificate of negative clearance to the con-
tract manufacturing agreement signed between Göltaş Göller
Bölgesi Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Batısöke Söke Çimento
Sanayii T.A.Ş.. (09.01.2014; 14-01/6-5)
• The Board decided that the vertical relationship established
between OMV Petrol Ofisi A.Ş. and Okur Petrol Ürünleri Gıda
İnşaat ve Taşımacılık Ltd. Şti., which is subject to notice shall
benefit from a block exemption under the scope of the
Communiqué No. 2002/2 until the date of 08.05.2017.
(09.01.2014; 14-01/10-8)
• The Board granted an exemption to the Agreement on
Cooperation and Contract Manufacturing signed between
GlaxoSmithKline İlaçları Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., GlaxoSmith
Kline Biologicals S.A. and İdol İlaç Dolum Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.Ş. (09.01.2014; 14-01/11-9)
• The Board authorized the transformation of Clariant
Masterbatches Ltd. into the joint venture of Rowad National
Plastics Co. Ltd. and Clariant Participations Ltd. (16.01.2014;
14-02/34-13)
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