The investigation which has been conducted according to the Competition Board decision dated 04.01.2024 and no 24-01/8-M(4) in order to determine whether Hastavuk Gıda Tarım Hayvancılık Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (HASTAVUK) violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of imposing a non-compete obligation for an unlimited period as well as region and customer restrictions to its buyers has been concluded.

While the investigation process was ongoing, HASTAVUK made a commitment application about the non-compete obligation for an unlimited period as well as region and customer restrictions stemming from the contracts it made with its dealers.

As a result of the commitment process, after the discussion of the file in the Board meeting on 26.09.2024, the decision no 24-39/914-393 was taken that the commitments in the final commitment text submitted by HASTAVUK shall be accepted as they are able to solve the competition problems detected within the scope of the file, the commitments in the final commitment text shall shall be made binding and the investigation shall be terminated in terms of HASTAVUK.

The commitments accepted will be included in the reasoned decision in detail; within the framework of the commitment text, HASTAVUK

• Shall not allocate exclusive regions to dealers for sales,
• Active and/or passive sales of dealers will not be restricted,
• The noncompete obligation imposed to dealers with respect to the products of HASTAVUK’s competitors will be limited to the contract term.