Competition Board concluded the investigation conducted in order to determine whether undertakings operating in the area of waste paper recycling violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 by acting in collusion concerning the issuance of the document required for exports to the undertakings which wish to export waste paper.

The investigation was initiated as a result of the preliminary inquiry conducted in response to the application claiming that some undertakings entered into an agreement to prevent waste paper exports following the introduction of the practice which required the provision of a consent letter from three waste paper recycling firms stating that "there was no demand for waste paper" in order to be able to export waste paper. During the investigation phase, it was examined whether certain undertakings operating in the area of waste paper recycling obstructed the issuance of the document required to be able to export waste paper following the Communiqué issued by the Ministry of Economy in order to take waste paper exports under record.

As a result of the discussion of the file by the Competition Board on 08.07.2013, it was decided that 

1. Halkalı Kağıt, Karton San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
2. Kahramanmaraş Kağıt San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
3. Kartonsan Karton San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
4. Marmara Kağıt ve Ambalaj San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
5. Modern Karton San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
6. Olmuksa International Paper-Sabancı Ambalaj San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (new business name Olmuksan International Paper Ambalaj San. ve Tic. A.Ş.)
7. Selkasan Kağıt ve Paketleme Malzemeleri İmalatı San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

violated article 4 of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition by acting in collusion in relation to the issuance of the document required for exports to those undertakings which wished to export waste paper. On the other hand, an individual exemption for three years was granted to the practice in question starting from June 2011 when the aforementioned Communiqué was put into force on the condition that objective criteria are determined, and the Office of the President was charged with the determination of those objective criteria.

 

Click here for the text of the pronouncement dated 08.07.2013 and numbered 13-42/538-238, the reasoned decision for which will be notified later and which can be appealed before Ankara Administrative Courts.