The Board concluded the investigation on some ready-mix concrete producers operating in the Ankara and Kırıkkale provinces, which was launched on 08.12.2022 with the Competition Board (Board) decision numbered 22-54/828-M to determine if they violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (Act no 4054).

While the investigation launched in response to the allegation that some ready-mix concrete producers operating in the Ankara and Kırıkkale provinces violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 by entering into concerted practices to fix ready-mix concrete sale prices and/or allocate regions/customers and by exchanging information was ongoing, settlements were reached with 5 ready-mix concrete producers through Board decisions taken on various dates, with the settlement decisions concerned imposing a total of 65,125,619 TL on the parties in administrative fines.

The ongoing investigation concerning the remaining parties is concluded with the Board decision dated 25.07.2024 and numbered 24-31/726-308. Within that context; it is decided that

a) There were no findings to suggest

• Baştaş Hazır Beton San. ve Tic. AŞ,
• Kolsan İnşaat Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ,
• Limak Çimento San. ve Tic. AŞ,
• SY Ankara Hazır Beton İnşaat Nakliyat Turizm Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti., and
• Şerbetci İnşaat Malzemeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ,

operating in the Ankara province, violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 and therefore the aforementioned undertakings should not be imposed administrative fines under Article 16 of the same Act,

b)

• Birlik Hazır Beton ve Yapı AŞ (BİRLİK),
• Limmer Beton İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (LİMMER),
• Ozan Hazır Beton İnşaat Madencilik Nakliye Petrol Otomotiv Kuyumculuk Ticaret AŞ (OZAN),
• Uğural İnşaat Turizm Petrol Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (UĞURAL), and
• Zirve Gurup Hazır Beton İnşaat Petrol Madencilik Nakliyat Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (ZİRVE),

operating in the Ankara province, violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 by engaging in region/customer allocation, resale price maintenance and exchange of competitively-sensitive information, and therefore the following administrative fines should be imposed:

• 6,082,669.33 TL on BİRLİK
• 14,486,390.87 TL on LİMMER
• 33,272,888.82 TL on OZAN
• 29,861,767.41 TL on UĞURAL
• 27,982,658.28 TL on ZİRVE

c)

• Efaş Beton İnşaat Malzemeleri Nakliye Emlak Reklamcılık Kırtasiye Turizm ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,

operating in the Ankara province, violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 by exchanging competitively-sensitive information and thus the undertaking should be imposed an administrative fine of 2,047,821.55 TL,

d)

• Ezn Maden İmalat İnşaat Ltd. Şti.,

operating in the Kırıkkale province, violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054 by engaging in region/customer allocation, resale price maintenance and exchange of competitively-sensitive information, and therefore the undertaking should be imposed an administrative fine of 6,908,330.23, and the investigation should be concluded.