The Competition Board made a decision concerning the preliminary inquiry which was conducted in response to an application claiming that Mey İçki San. ve Tic. A.Ş. abused its dominant position by engaging in practices aimed at preventing the operations of its competitors.

The Competition Board, after discussing the information, documents and observations gathered during the preliminary inquiry on its meeting of 28.07.2015, deemed the findings significant and sufficient, and took the decision numbered 15-32/459-M to initiate an investigation concerning Mey İçki San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

As is known, article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition prohibits anti-competitive agreements and concerted practices between undertakings, while article 6 prohibits abuses of dominant position. The investigation was initiated in order to determine whether the undertaking in question violated articles 4 and 6 of the Act no 4054.

*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, cannot 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.