The Turkish Competition Authority publishes a guide to vertical agreements

Erdem, Ercüment

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3 Jun 2009

The Turkish Competition Authority publishes a guide to vertical agreements

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Turkish Competition Authority (Rekabet Kurulu), Guide on Vertical Agreements, 3 June 2009 (Turkish)

Pursuant to Article 5 of the Act for the Protection of Competition numbered 4054 (“Competition Act”), the Turkish Competition Board (“CB”) has the authority to issue communiqués granting block exemptions to agreements which fulfill certain conditions. The CB has issued a Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements dated 14 July 2002 and numbered 2002/2 (“Communiqué”) [1]. In order to clarify the application of the amended Communiqué, the CB published the Guide regarding Vertical Agreements [2] (“Guide”). The main points of the Guide are summarized below. Vertical Agreements Involving the Use of Intellectual Property Rights In the Guide, vertical agreements involving the use of intellectual property rights are regulated separately. The Guide listed the elements necessary for the relevant