The Turkish Competition Authority fines a maker of small home appliances for resale price maintenance and imposes restrictions on online sales (Arnica Pazarlama)

Introduction On 4 March 2021, the Turkish Competition Board initiated an investigation to establish whether Arnica Pazarlama AŞ (Arnica), a supplier of small home appliances, had violated article 4 of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition (Law No. 4054) [1] through: resale price maintenance (RPM);restricting its distributors' online sales; andrestricting sales with respect to certain customers or territories. The investigation was finalised upon Arnica's settlement application and, after a 25% reduction, the Board imposed [2] a total administrative fine of 2,469,756.14 lira on Arnica, after reaching the conclusion that Arnica had violated article 4 of Law No. 4054 by way of RPM. This article: explains the Board's assessment on its findings of RPM as well as passive sales