The Era Of "De Minimis" Implementation In Competition Law

I. De Minimis Concept

"De Minimis" principle, which is accepted in the European Union legislation, is a principle that ensures that negligible agreements remain out of control in the audit of implementations that limit competition. The concept roots back to "de minimis non curat praetor" in Roman Law; which is basically the principle of "The judge should not be kept busy with small matters, the law does not deal with small matters".

The aim of De Minimis principle is to get the audit authorities to work on material infringements and to prevent the audit authorities from wasting their time for agreements and actions that do not drastically limit competition.

II. De Minimis Prensiple in Turkish Competition Law