Upon the decision of the 13^th Chamber of the Council of State, the Competition Board reevaluated the claims that Mey İçki San. ve Tic. A.Ş. complicated its competitors’ activities, pressured the sales points to ensure that competing products were not sold and its contracts with on premise sales points included exclusivity provisions.

The preliminary inquiry made previously due to the said complaint examined the practices in question. Consequently, the decision numbered 11-57/1476-532 was taken on 17.11.2011 to reject the complaint and not to initiate an investigation. However, the Board decision in question was annulled by the decision of the 13^th Chamber of Council of State dated 27.11.2018 and numbered E: 2012/429 and K: 2018/3352.

After discussing the information and documents in the file in its meeting of 30.05.2019 and considering the issues laid down in the relevant court decision, the Board took the decision no.19-20/288-M to initiate an investigation about Mey İçki San. ve Tic. A.Ş. to determine whether the said undertaking violated article 6 of the Act No. 4054.

 * Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public following the notification of the decision 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 about which an investigation has been initiated have violated the Act no. 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.