The investigation conducted to establish whether Schenker & Co AG, Schenker A.E., Schenker Arkas Nakliyat ve Ticaret A.Ş., Fertrans AG, Kühne+Nagel International AG & Co, Kühne + Nagel A.E., Rail Cargo Logistics – Austria GmbH, Express Interfracht Hellas A.E. and Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn AG violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 was concluded.

The investigation was initiated as a result of the preliminary inquiry which was launched in response to the leniency application claiming that the aforementioned undertakings violated the Act no 4054 by means of an agreement to allocate customers. At the investigation phase, whether customer allocation agreements made within the framework of Balkan Train and Soptrain cooperations affected Turkish markets with regard to article 2 of the Act no 4054 was analyzed.

As a result of the discussion of the contents of the file by the Competition Board in its meeting of 16.12.2015, it was decided that the claims in the relevant file cannot be considered within the scope of the Act no 4054.

Click here for the text of the pronouncement (in Turkish) dated 16.12.2015 and numbered 15-44/740-267, the reasoned decision for which will be notified later and which can be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.