Investigation Launched on Undertakings Operating in the Field of Tire Production and Distribution in the Automotive Sector.

With the Competition Board (Board) decision dated 07.03.2024 and numbered 24-12/230-M, a preliminary inquiry was launched in response to the allegations that undertakings in the automotive sector operating in the production and distribution of tires engaged in exchange of competitively sensitive information among competitors, signed agreements restricting competition between rivals, maintained resale prices of their dealers, allocated regions and customers between dealers, signed exclusivity agreements with dealers, and imposed non-compete obligations on dealers, in order to determine if the Act no 4054 on the Protection of Competition was violated.

Within the framework of the information and documents collected and the examinations conducted during the preliminary inquiry process, suspicions of restriction of competition has been found significant and sufficient, and, with the Board decision dated 21.11.2024, numbered 24-49/1091-M, it was decided that an investigation should be launched under Article 41 of the Act no 4054 on

• Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ,

• Michelin Lastikleri Ticaret AŞ,
• Otomotiv Lastikleri Tevzi AŞ,
• Abdulkadir Özcan Otom. Lastik. San. Tic. AŞ,
• Pirelli Otomobil Lastikleri AŞ,
• Prometeon Turkey Endüstriyel ve Ticari Lastikler AŞ,
• Goodyear Lastikleri Türk AŞ,
• Hankook Lastikleri AŞ,
• Özcanlar Lastik San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• Kardeşler Ulaşım Jant Mot. Araçlar Servis Hizmetleri Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,
• Aydın Lastik Sat. Ser. Hiz. Ltd. Şti. ,
• Abdullah Özdoğan Tic. Ot. Petrol İnş. Mak. San. İth. İhr. Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• Prolas Otom. Nak. Hırdavat San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• Modül Lastik Otomotiv Ticaret Anonim Şirketi,
• Cengizler Oto Lastik Pazarlama İnşaat Turizm Nakliyat Tekstil Emlak İthalat ve İhracat Sanayi Ticaret Limited Şirketi,
• Gürlas Oto Lastik San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• Tatko Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ,

operating in the automotive tires sector as producers and distributors/dealers, to determine if they violated Article 4 of the Act no 4054.