Refusal Of Providing Oral Information: Controversial Sanctions On Pharmacists' Association

Some hostilities last forever. Just like Tom and Jerry, Batman and the Joker or Madonna and ageing, the antagonism between the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) and the Turkish Pharmacists' Association (TEB) does not seem to be ending soon. A new clash has begun with the two monetary fines recently imposed by the TCA to the TEB¹ for failing to provide information on time and refusing to provide information altogether. The sanctions target two separate actions of the TEB that occurred during the preliminary inquiry launched by the TCA to investigate the allegations concerning the TEB's abuse of its dominant position.

First, the TCA issued that there was a violation of the Competition Law since the information and documents that were requested by the TCA officials were not provided within the due time. Indeed, the Competition experts had asked the TEB to provide them with the documents containing its turnover data before the 26th of March. As the requested documents