In the meeting on 21.09.2023, the Competition Board discussed the findings obtained during the preliminary inquiry conducted according to the decision dated 10.08.2023 and numbered 23-37/711-M into the claim that producers/suppliers operating in bottled water sector violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by means of determining the product prices together, and took the decision numbered 23-45/850-M(2) to open an investigation about Erikli Su ve Meşrubat Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ and Pınar Su ve İçecek Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ to determine whether they violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by means of exchanging 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 initiated. 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.