Liabilities of the members of board of directors in joint stock company under Competition Law

Liabilities of the members of board of directors in joint stock company under competition law is analysed in this study. As a rule, the joint stock company operates with the decisions taken by the board of directors. Persons who are members of the board of directors of a joint stock company have certain rights as well as obligations. If the members of the board of directors violate the obligations imposed on them by law, the members of the board of directors shall be subject to civil and criminal liability. The reasons for the legal responsibility of the joint stock company's board of directors and the conditions of the liability are regulated in detail in the Turkish Commercial Code. Although the regulations that may impose sanctions on the board of directors are regulated in the Turkish Commercial Code, there are regulations allowing sanctions to be imposed on the members of the board of directors. One of these regulations is included in The Act On The Protection Of Competition. Article 16 of The Act On The Protection Of Competition includes the regulation that allows sanctions to be applied to both the undertakings or associations of undertakings and the manager or employee of the association of undertakings and undertakings. According to article it is possible to impose an administrative fine on the basis of an agreement, concerted practices and decisions restricting competition, abuse of dominant position or merger or acquisition. According to article 16/3, in case administrative fines mentioned in paragraph three are imposed on undertakings or associations of undertakings, an administrative fine up to five percent of the penalty imposed on the undertaking or association of undertakings shall be imposed on managers or employees of the undertaking or association of undertakings who are found to have a decisive influence in the infringement. In the first part of the study, Competition Law will be discussed in general. In the second part, the conditions of the sanction to be applied to the undertakings and associations of undertakings and the method of enforcement of sanctions in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 16 of the Act On The Protection Of Competition will be examined. In the last part of the study, the conditions of sanction to be applied to the managers and employees of joint stock companies and the procedure of sanction will be examined in detail. Keywords: Joint Stock Company, Board Of Directors, Competition Law, Liabilities Of The Members Of Board Of Directors, Commercial Law, The Act On The Protection Of Competition.