Investigation Launched on Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları AŞ, Şişecam Çevre Sistemleri AŞ and Karacalar Nak. Oto. Geri Dön. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.

Within the framework of the preliminary inquiry conducted by the Competition Board (Board) in 2021 concerning the allegation that Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları AŞ (ŞİŞECAM) and its subsidiary Şişecam Çevre Sistemleri AŞ (ÇEVRE SİSTEMLERİ) (together they will also be referred to as Şişecam Economic Entity) obstructed the activities of the undertakings operating in the glass recycling sector, the Şişecam Economic Entity had submitted a set of commitments, which were made binding by the Board with a decision dated 21.10.2021 and numbered 21-51/712-354. The Board took the decision dated 11.01.2024 and numbered 24-03/33-M to initiate an examination to determine if the Şişecam Economic Entity carried out the notification obligation stemming from the aforementioned commitments and acted in compliance with the commitments, as a result of which the Board decided that the collected findings were significant, and launched an investigation on ŞİŞECAM and ÇEVRE SİSTEMLERİ under Article 43.4(b) of the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition (Act no 4054) with a decision dated 04.06.2024 and numbered 24-24/593-M.
Furthermore, with the decision dated 04.06.2024 and numbered 24-24/592-M, the Board also decided that, within the framework of the findings collected during the on-site inspections conducted as part of the aforementioned examination, a direct investigation should be launched on ÇEVRE SİSTEMLERİ and Karacalar Nak. Oto. Geri Dön. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. (KARACALAR) under Article 40 of the Act no 4054 in order to determine if the undertakings concerned violated Article 4 of the same Act by jointly setting cullet prices, engaging in region and customer allocation with the object to restrict competition and exchanging competitively sensitive information.