The investigation initiated in order to determine whether Deniz Kılavuzluk A.Ş. and Med Marine Kılavuzluk ve Römorkaj Hizmetleri İnş. San. ve Tic. A.Ş. violated articles 4 and 6 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition was concluded.

The investigation was opened as the result of the re-evaluation of the relevant file by the Competition Board, following the 13th Chamber of the Council of State's stay of execution of the Board decision numbered 11-32/676-212.

The investigation conducted examined whether the Act no 4054 was violated through the asserted actions such as refusing to allow internship to maritime pilots who are not employed in the relevant undertakings, preventing maritime pilots from working at competing undertakings by forcing them to sign guarantees, contracts or other documents with penal clauses and abusing their dominant position within the İzmit Gulf geographical market in other geographical markets.

As a result of the Competition Board's discussion on the file at its meeting of 24.1.2013, it was decided unanimously that Deniz Kılavuzluk A.Ş. and Med-Marine Kılavuzluk ve Römorkaj Hizmetleri İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. did not violate the Act no 4054 through the asserted practices, and that it was not necessary to impose administrative fines on the aforementioned undertakings under article 16 of the same Act.

Click here for the text (in Turkish) of the pronouncement dated 24.01.2013 and numbered 13-07/86-47, the reasoned decision for which will be notified later and which can be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.