Investigation initiated about General Directorate of State Airports Authority (20.2.2015)
As a result of the decision of Ankara 9th Administrative Court, the Competition Board reevaluated the complaint that General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI) abused its dominant position by discriminating among tenants with respect to slot allocation in airports.
The investigation concerning the said complaint examined slot allocation tariffs by DHMI and it was decided on 24.04.2012 with the number 12-21/561-159 that DHMI did not abused its dominant position by discriminating among undertakings that rent land and/or the facilities thereon, it fulfilled the requirements of the relevant Board decision dated 04.07.2007 and numbered 07-56/668-231 and therefore did not violate article 6 of the Act no 4054. However, as a result of the action brought, Ankara 9th Administrative Court annulled the Board decision in question.
Consequently, the Board discussed the information and the documents in the file in its meeting on 15.01.2015 and decided to initiate an investigation about DHMI.
As is known, article 6 of the Act no 4054 prohibits abuse of dominant position. The investigation was initiated in order to establish whether DHMI violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 by making discrimination among tenants to which it allocates slots in airports.
*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.