The Competition Board concluded the preliminary inquiry about the claim that Ferrero International S.A. and its subsidiaries violated the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by means of their activities in all levels from production to purchase, chopping and export stages in the hazelnut sector.

 After discussing the information and documents acquired and observations made in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 03.11.2022, the Competition Board considered that the findings were significant and sufficient, and took the decision numbered 22-50/734-M to initiate an investigation about Ferrero Fındık İthalat İhracat ve Ticaret AŞ.

*Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public after the decision is notified 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 under investigation violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.