The investigation conducted in order to determine whether Siemens San. ve Tic. A.Ş. violated article 6 of the Act no 4054 by failing to comply with the obligations set out in the Competition Board decision dated 18.02.2009 and numbered 09-07/128-39 and by abusing its dominant has been concluded.

The investigation was initiated following the 13th Chamber of the Council of State’s decision dated 14.04.2015 and numbered 2011/317 E., 2015/1454 K., annulling the previous Competition Board decision dated 21.10.2010 and numbered 10-66/1408-527, which refused the complaint and did not launch an investigation.

The investigation, which was initiated with the Competition Board decision dated 01.09.2015 and numbered 15-34/503-M, took the issues raised in the aforementioned court decision into consideration and examined whether Siemens San. ve Tic. A.Ş. violated article 6 of the Act no 4054.

As a result of the discussion of the file by the Competition Board on 24.10.2016, it was decided that Siemens San. ve Tic. A.Ş. did not violate article 6 of the Act no 4054, and therefore it was not necessary to impose administrative fines on the aforementioned undertaking under article 16 of the same Act.

Click here for the text of the pronouncement (in Turkish) for the decision dated 24.10.2016 and numbered 16-34/589-259, the reasoned version of which will be notified later and which can be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.