Competition Authority concluded the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the complaint claiming that ready-mixed concrete producers operating in the Erzincan province carried out their sales through a joint company they established in collusion, raised concrete prices at rates which could not be explained by increases in costs and lowered concrete quality despite the price increases.

After examining the information, evidence and the findings gathered in the preliminary inquiry in its meeting of 10.10.2012, the Board concluded that the findings were significant and sufficient, and decided to open an investigation under article 41 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition concerning the following undertakings:
     
      - Erzincan Teknik Hazır Beton İnş. Taah. Nakl. Mad. İth. İhr. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
      - Koru Gayrimenkul Yatırım İnşaat A.Ş.,
      - Öz Çakıroğlu İnşaat San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
      - İşbirlik Hafriyat İnş. Taah. Tic. ve San. Ltd. Şti.,
      - Betaşcan İnşaat Mad. Petrol Oto ve Nak. San. Tic. Paz. Ltd. Şti.
      - İlkadım Beton Maden Petrol İnş. Emlak ve Nak. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.

Article 4 of the Act no 4054 prohibits all anti-competitive agreements and concerted practices between undertakings. The investigation was initiated in order to determine whether the six undertakings listed above which operate in the production and/or sales of ready-mixed concrete in the Erzincan central district violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by establishing joint sales dealers, by sharing competition-sensitive information such as prices, amounts and payment conditions as well as allocating customers, by lowering the quality of the concrete they sold, and by jointly establishing the prices and payment conditions.

*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. These declarations, which are made within the framework of informing the public on Competition Board decisions, can not be interpreted to mean the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation have violated the Act no 4054 and that they have faced or will face sanctions under the Act.