Commitment Communique Entered Into Force (2021 But Still Current)

Communiqué regarding Commitments to be submitted in preliminary investigations and investigations for agreements, concerted practice and decisions as well as abuse of dominant positions has been entered into force as published on Official Gazette dated 16.03.2021 and numbered 31425. Competition Authority has published a draft of the communiqué for public opinion on 27.11.2020 which introduced commitment mechanism to our competition practice. Our article regarding draft communiqué is accessible through the link: http://guzel.av.tr/commitment-application-begins-in-turkish-competiton-law/

• Under Article 6 subparagraph 1 of the draft communiqué published on 27.11.2020, it has foreseen that Competition Authority will initiate the commitment negotiations as soon as possible upon receipt of the commitment demand of the parties. On the other hand, in accordance with the communiqué that is entered into force, Competition Authority may not initiate the commitment