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• The Board decided that the “Agency Agreement” dated
01.07.2013 and “Additional Protocol” dated 07.01.2015 con-
cluded between HSBC Bank A.Ş. and Euler Hermes Sigorta
A.Ş. benefits from the block exemption in accordance with the
Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements No.
2002/2. (09.09.2015; 15-36/551-179)
• The Board decided that the Trademark Exclusive
Distributorship Agreement concluded between BSH Ev Aletleri
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and the dealers benefits from the block
exemption in accordance with the Block Exemption
Communiqué on Vertical Agreements No. 2002/2. (06.10.2015;
15-37/573-195)
• The Board granted negative clearance to Mercedes-Benz
Turkish Authorized Dealers and Services Association’s sharing
of monthly vehicle sales amounts as passenger cars, light com-
mercial vehicles, buses and trucks, without sub-categories.
(06.10.2015; 15-37/582-202)
• The Board granted negative clearance to the energy efficiency
project to be realized by the members of the Eskişehir Bilecik
Kütahya Union. (06.10.2015; 15-37/586-205)
• The Board decided not to grant negative clearance to the
“Tender Sale Agreement” that was individually concluded by
and between Johnson and Johnson Sıhhi Malzeme San. ve Tic.
Ltd. Şti., Aksel Ecza Deposu Tic. A.Ş. and Boğaziçi Ecza
Deposu Sağlık Hiz. İth. İhr. Ltd. Şti., and such agreements shall
not benefit from the block exemption in accordance with the
Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements No.
2002/2, yet such agreements shall benefit from individual
exemption. (16.10.2015; 15-38/615-209)
• The Board decided not to grant negative clearance to the
Cooperation Agreement concluded by and between Bayer Türk
Kimya Sanayii Ltd. Şti. and Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş., yet it was
decided to grant individual exemption to such agreement.
(16.10.2015; 15-38/618-210)
• The Board ruled that the privatization through the “Transfer of
Operating Rights” of Fethiye Hydroelectric Plants and the lands
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