The Turkish Competition Authority reinforces commitment to antitrust enforcement in the FMCG sector by fining 5 largest retailers for direct price fixing and hub-and-spoke arrangements (Savola / A101 / BİM / Carrefour / Migros / Şok)

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Turkish Competition Authority, Savola / A101 / BİM / Carrefour / Migros / Şok, Decision, 28 October 2021 (Turkish)

Turkish Competition Board’s Chain Markets decision: a boost for competition law enforcement against hub-and-spoke arrangements in Turkey* Introduction The term “hub-and-spoke” refers to an atypical form of horizontal coordination characterised by vertical exchanges or agreements between economic actors at one level of the supply chain (the spokes), and a common trading partner on another level of the chain (the hub), leading to an indirect exchange of information and some form of collusion between the spokes. [1] It is considered that such indirect exchange can achieve the same anti-competitive effects as traditional cartels. Hub-and-spoke arrangements once again became a hot topic in Turkish competition law with the Turkish Competition Board’s (the “Board”) landmark Chain Markets

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Togan Turan, Deniz Benli, Gülçin Dere, Oğulcan Halebak, The Turkish Competition Authority reinforces commitment to antitrust enforcement in the FMCG sector by fining 5 largest retailers for direct price fixing and hub-and-spoke arrangements (Savola / A101 / BİM / Carrefour / Migros / Şok), 28 October 2021, e-Competitions October 2021, Art. N° 105999

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