Investigation concerning 4 Driving Courses Operating in Bartın Concluded (20.8.2013)

Competition Board concluded the investigation conducted in order to determine whether driving courses operating in the Bartın province violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by jointly fixing commercial terms including fees and terms of payment and by collecting and sharing the payments made to the courses in a pool.

The investigation was initiated as a result of the preliminary inquiry which was launched in response to the application claiming that driving courses operating in the central district of the Bartın province conspired to fix course prices. During the investigation phase, it was examined whether driving courses made agreements on fixing fees - terms of payment and on creating a pool system.

As a result of the discussion of the file by the Competition Board on 13.08.2013, it was decided that

1. Dakın Eğitim Hizmetleri ve Tekstil Ticaret Paz. Ltd. Şti.
2. Özel Eyüp Şahin Sürücü Kursu (Ali Eyüpustaoğlu)
3. Sina Eğitim Faaliyetleri Turizm Telekom Tekstil Gıda San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., and
4. Özel Mervecan Eğitim Hizmetleri Tic. Ltd. Şti.

violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by conspiring to fix course fees and other terms related to fees and by creating a pool for income sharing, and that therefore administrative fines should be imposed on the aforementioned undertakings.

Click (in Turkish) here for the text of the pronouncement dated 13.08.2013 and numbered 13-47/662-283, the reasoned decision for which will be notified later and which can be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.