Investigation concerning Unilever Sanayi ve Ticaret Türk A.Ş. Initiated (15.8.2019)

The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the claim that Unilever Sanayi ve Ticaret Türk A.Ş. violated articles 4 and 6 of the Act no. 4054 by means of actual exclusivity via preventing the sale of competing ice cream products at final sales points.

After discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 24.07.2019, the Competition Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision no 19-26/391-M to initiate an investigation whether Unilever Sanayi ve Ticaret Türk A.Ş. violated articles 4 and 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.