The investigation conducted in order to determine whether article 4 of the Act no 4054 was violated by nine Toyota dealers operating in Istanbul was concluded.

The investigation was initiated concerning nine of the Toyota dealers operating in Istanbul, as a result of the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the application which included the claims that the dealers jointly set vehicle sales prices and that they did not gave discounts off the relevant prices.

During the investigation phase, it was examined whether the undertakings listed below restricted competition by colluding on the sales prices and after-sales maintenance-repair service fees for new Toyota-brand vehicles. 

As a result of the Competition Board's discussion on the file at its meeting of 20.11.2012, it was decided, by MAJORITY VOTE, that the undertakings titled

      - Beykoz Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
      - Derindere Turizm Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
      - Dumankaya Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
      - Gedizler Oto Satış ve Servis Ticaret A.Ş.
      - Gökkuşağı Otomotiv San. ve Tic. Ltd. 
      - Nataş Nakil Araçları Ticaret A.Ş.
      - Ortaköy Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
      - Sonkar Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
      - Sonkar Artı Otomobil Ürünleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by making anti-competitive agreements within the framework of article 4 of the Act no 4054 concerning the sales prices and after-sales maintenance-repair service fees for new Toyota-brand vehicles, and that administrative fines should be imposed on the aforementioned undertakings.

Click here for the text of the pronouncement (in Turkish) dated 20.11.2012 and numbered 12-58/1556-558, the reasoned decision for which will be notified later and which can be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.