Competition Board concluded the investigation it conducted in order to determine whether As Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Denizli Çimento San. T.A.Ş., Göltaş Göller Bölgesi Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Konya Çimento San. A.Ş. violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by jointly determining terms of sales of cement for dealers and ready-mix concrete producers.

The invstigation was initiated in response to the complaint application claiming that the undertakings in question were in communication with a nature to distort and restrict competition. In the investigation phase it was examined whether the undertakings actions aimed at stablishing a joint sales strategy and whether the agreement they concluded was implemented within the market.

As a result of the discussion of the contents of the file by the Competition Board on 17.09.2013, it was decided that

- Denizli Çimento San. T.A.Ş.,

- Göltaş Göller Bölgesi Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş., and

- Konya Çimento San. A.Ş.

violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by jointly setting the terms of sales of cement for dealers and ready-mix concrete producers, and therefore administrative fines should be imposed on the aforementioned undertakings; on the other hand, no findings were acquired to suggest that As Çimento San. ve Tic. A.Ş. violated article 4 of the Act no 4054.