News from the Turkish Competition Authority
Infringments: The Turkish Competition Board decided to impose administrative fines on Viking Kağıt.
News from the World
The European Commission fined Meta €797.72 million for abusing its dominance by tying Facebook Marketplace to its social network and imposing unfair conditions on competitors, violating EU antitrust rules.
A U.S. appeals court upheld a ruling deeming the American Airlines – JetBlue Northeast Alliance anticompetitive, restricting similar partnerships for a decade.
The Bundeskartellamt has approved the advertising cooperation between Bauer and AdAlliance for now but stated it may intervene in the future if complaints arise.
News from the Academia
The articles titled “The Draghi Report: A Blueprint for the EU Competition Commissioner-Designate?” and “The Proposed Revision of the EU’s FDI Screening Regulation: Is it Sufficient to Protect EU Strategic Assets, Security and Public Order?” were published on Kluwer Competititon Law Blog; and the article titled “Restrictions by object under Article 101(1) TFEU: from dark art to administrable framework” was published on SSRN.
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The Competition Board may grant exemptions to certain agreements, decisions or practices that may be contrary to competition law, provided that such agreements, decisions or practices provide new developments and improvements or economic or technical advancements, have a positive impact on consumers, and do not significantly restrict competition. For further details on the exemption regime and the relevant legislation, please visit the link.
Rekabet Kurumu’ndan Haberler
İhlaller:Kurul, Viking Kağıt ve Selüloz Sanayi ve Ticaret’e idari para cezası verilmesine karar verdi.
Dünyadan Haberler
Avrupa Komisyonu, Meta‘ya Facebook Marketplace’i sosyal ağına bağlayarak ve rakiplerine adil olmayan şartlar dayatarak AB rekabet kurallarını ihlal ettiği gerekçesiyle 797,72 milyon Euro ceza verdi.
ABD temyiz mahkemesi, American Airlines ve JetBlue Northeast Ortaklığını rekabete aykırı bulan kararı onayarak benzer ortaklıkları on yıl boyunca kısıtladı.
Bundeskartellamt, Bauer ve AdAlliance’ın reklam iş birliğini kabul etti ancak şikayetler olursa müdahale edebileceğini belirtti.
Akademiden Haberler
“The Draghi Report: A Blueprint for the EU Competition Commissioner-Designate?” ve “The Proposed Revision of the EU’s FDI Screening Regulation: Is it Sufficient to Protect EU Strategic Assets, Security and Public Order?” başlıklı makaleler Kluwer Competition Law Blog’da; “Restrictions by object under Article 101(1) TFEU: from dark art to administrable framework” başlıklı makale SSRN’de yayımlandı.
Gündemi Yakalayın
Rekabet Kurulu, rekabet hukukuna aykırılık teşkil edebilecek bazı anlaşma, karar ya da uygulamalara, söz konusu anlaşma, karar veya uygulamaların yeni gelişme ve iyileşmeler veya ekonomik veya teknik gelişmeler sağlaması, tüketiciye olumlu yansıması ve rekabeti önemli ölçüde sınırlayıcı etkisi bulunmaması durumunda muafiyet tanıyabilmektedir. Muafiyet rejimine ilişkin detaylar ve ilgili mevzuat için bkz.
