Upon the decision of the 13th Chamber of the Council of State, the Competition Board re-evaluated the application about the claim that article 4 of the Act no 4054 was violated via resale price maintenance regarding Bellona brand products.

The preliminary inquiry made previously due to the said complaint examined the practices in question and the decision numbered 11-55/1434-509 was taken on 02.11.2011 to reject the complaint and not to initiate and investigation. However, the Board decision in question was annulled by the decision of 13th Chamber of Council of State dated 31.10.2018 and numbered E: 2012/428 and K: 2018/3022.

After discussing the information and documents in the file in its meeting of 04.04.2019 and considering the issues laid down in the relevant court decision, the Board took the decision no.119-14/199-M to initiate an investigation about

Boydak Holding A.Ş.

Boytaş Mobilya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

Yön Dayanıklı Tüketim Malz. Paz. San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

 *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. Those announcements, which are made within the framework of informing the public about the decisions of the Competition Board, cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation have violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.