Investigation Concerning Yemek Sepeti Elektronik İletişim Tanıtım Pazarlama Gıda San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Initiated (14.4.2015)
The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted about the claims that Yemek Sepeti Elektronik İletişim Tanıtım Pazarlama Gıda San. ve Tic. A.Ş. prevents its customers from working with its competitors; thus violated the previous decisions of the Competition Board and excludes its competitors.
After discussing the information, documents and findings acquired in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 18.03.2015, the Board considered that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision numbered 15-12/161-M that an investigation shall be initiated about Yemek Sepeti Elektronik İletişim Tanıtım Pazarlama Gıda San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
As it is known, article 4 of the act no 4054 prohibits agreements and concerted practices between undertakings that restrict competition and article 6 prohibits abuse of dominant position. The investigation was initiated to establish whether the said undertaking violated articles 4 and 6 of the Act no 4054 by means of most favored customer clauses and de facto exclusivity practices.
*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 under investigation. Those announcements, which are made within the framework of informing the public about the decisions of the Competition Board, cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings about which the investigation is opened have violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.