Two separate investigations were initiated by the Competition Board in May 2022 on the egg sector about the allegations of price fixing, sharing regions and restricting the quantity of supply. The allegations about a total of 34 egg producers were comprehensively examined in the first examination whereas the allegations about 13 associations of egg producers and 12 egg producers were examined thoroughly in the second.

14 undertakings party to the investigation requested settlement during the investigation process in the first investigation conducted on egg producers. As a result of the settlement processes, the investigation was terminated with the Competition Board decisions including the establishment of the violation and the administrative fines in terms of the undertakings which accepted the existence and the scope of the violation. Both investigations were concluded by the decisions taken by the Competition Board on 26 October 2023.

In the first examination about egg producers, it was found that totally 26 undertakings determined egg prices together and they shared the regions where they sold eggs and it was concluded that these practices had the nature of a cartel, which is regarded as the most serious violation in competition law. In the second investigation, it was found that associations of egg producers party to the investigation fixed the egg prices and they restricted the quantity of egg supply. Such behavior of the undertakings and associations of undertakings party to the investigation are covered by article 4 of the Competition Act, which prohibits the agreements between undertakings and decisions and practices of associations of undertakings which restrict competition.

For this reason, as a result of the aforementioned investigations, administrative fines of approximately 98 million TL was imposed totally to the parties which are found to violate article 4 of the Competition Act.

Respectfully announced to the public.