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September 2023 – On 28 August 2023, the Turkish Competition Board announced that it had concluded its investigation into EssilorLuxottica alleged anti-competitive practices.
September 2023 – On 28 August 2023, the Turkish
Competition Board announced that it had concluded its investigation
into EssilorLuxottica alleged anti-competitive practices. The
investigation stemmed out of the commitments offered and accepted
during the 2018 merger of Essilor and Luxottica which that formed
EssilorLuxottica. The decision is particularly interesting as the
Board found EssilorLuxottica infringed the law on two accounts; (i)
violation of commitments; (ii) abuse of dominant position.
You may read our Competition team's discussion on the
possibility of a new examination of the merger of Essilor and
Luxottica here:
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