Single Continuous Infringement Concept And The Practice Of The Turkish Competition Authority

The concept of a single continuous infringement ("SCI") enables competition authorities to consider a series of agreements or conducts that have the same objective to distort competition in the market as one single continuous infringement. Similar to the approach in the European Union, the Turkish Competition Authority ("Authority") also considers this concept while assessing a case under Article 4 of Law No 4054 on the Protection of Competition of 13 December 1994 ("Law No 4054"), which is akin to-if not the same as-Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU").

This article aims to set out an overview of the Authority's approach on SCI concept in the Turkish Competition Board's ("Board") precedents based upon the key features of SCI in the EU competition law practice.