The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted about the claim that undertakings and associations of undertakings operating in the white meat sector violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition.

Having discussed the information and documents obtained and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting on 04.01.2024, the Competition Board considered the findings significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 24-01/8-M(1) to initiate an investigation about

• Abalıoğlu Lezita Gıda Sanayi AŞ,
• As Tavukçuluk Tarım İşl. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• Banvit Bandırma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi AŞ,
• Beypi Beypazarı Tarımsal Üretim Paz. San. ve Tic. AŞ,
• CP Standart Gıda San. ve Tic. AŞ,
• Erpiliç Entegre Tavukçuluk Üretim Pazarlama ve Tic. AŞ,
• Gedik Tavukçuluk ve Tarım Ürünleri Tic. San. AŞ,
• Hastavuk Gıda Tarım Hayvancılık Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ,
• Keskinoğlu Tavukçuluk ve Damızlık İşl. San. Tic. AŞ and
• Şenpiliç Gıda Sanayi AŞ            

to determine whether they violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by means of exchanging competitively sensitive information.

*Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public after the decision is notified to the undertakings or associations of undertakings about which an investigation has been opened. Those announcements are made within the framework of informing the public about the decisions of the Competition Board and cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.