第十八条の二
The term "violation period" as used in this Chapter means the period from the date on which the enterprise that committed any of the violations prescribed in Articles 20-2 through 20-6 committed the violation (or, if that date falls before the date 10 years prior to the date on which a measure listed in Article 47, paragraph (1), items (i), (iii) or (iv) was first taken against the enterprise for the violation (or, if no such measure was taken against the enterprise, the date on which the enterprise received an advance notification for the violation (meaning a notification which, where payment of a surcharge is ordered pursuant to Articles 20-2 through 20-6, the Japan Fair Trade Commission sends, pursuant to Article 50, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (4) following the deemed replacement of terms, to the enterprise that committed any of the violations prescribed in Articles 20-2 through 20-6; the same applies in the following paragraph)), that date 10 years prior) until the date on which the violation ceases.
この章において「違反行為期間」とは、第二十条の二から第二十条の六までに規定する違反行為のうちいずれかの違反行為をした事業者に係る当該違反行為をした日(当該事業者に対し当該違反行為について第四十七条第一項第一号、第三号又は第四号に掲げる処分が最初に行われた日(当該事業者に対し当該処分が行われなかつたときは、当該事業者が当該違反行為について事前通知(第二十条の二から第二十条の六までの規定により課徴金の納付を命ずる場合において、第六十二条第四項において読み替えて準用する第五十条第一項の規定により公正取引委員会が第二十条の二から第二十条の六までに規定する違反行為のうちいずれかの違反行為をした事業者に対してする通知をいう。次項において同じ。)を受けた日)の十年前の日前であるときは、同日)から当該違反行為がなくなる日までの期間をいう。
In this Chapter, "investigation start date" means the date on which the measure listed in Article 47, paragraph (1), items (i), (iii), or (iv) was first taken for the case concerned with the relevant violation provided in Articles 20-2 through Article 20-5 (if the measure was not taken, the date on which the enterprise received an advance notification concerned with the relevant violation).
この章において「調査開始日」とは、第二十条の二から第二十条の五までに規定する違反行為のうちいずれかの違反行為に係る事件について第四十七条第一項第一号、第三号又は第四号に掲げる処分が最初に行われた日(当該処分が行われなかつたときは、当該違反行為をした事業者が当該違反行為について事前通知を受けた日)をいう。
第十九条
An enterprise must not employ unfair trade practices.
第二十条
If an act in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article has occurred, pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 2 of Chapter VIII, the Japan Fair Trade Commission may order the enterprise to cease and desist from engaging in the relevant act, delete the relevant clauses from the contract, or take any other measure necessary to eliminate the relevant act.
The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an act in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article.
第二十条の二
If an enterprise under either of the following items has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 19 (limited to acts that fall under Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i)), pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 2 of Chapter VIII, the Japan Fair Trade Commission must order the enterprise to pay to the national treasury a surcharge in an amount equivalent to three percent of the amount of sales for goods or services identical to those set forth in (a) of the same item that the relevant enterprise supplied, through the act in violation during the violation period, to the competitor of an enterprise to which it refused to supply the goods or services or to which it supplied the goods or services in limited quantities or with limited content (for an act in violation under the provisions of (b) of the same item, the amount of sales for goods or services identical to those set forth in (b) of the same item that the relevant enterprise supplied to the other enterprise prescribed in (b) of the same item (hereinafter referred to as the "refusing enterprise" in this Article) (including goods or services that were necessary in order for the refusing enterprise to supply the relevant type of goods or services), for goods or services identical to those that the enterprise supplied to the competitor of an enterprise to which the refusing enterprise refused to supply the goods or services or to which it supplied the goods or services in limited quantities or with a limited content, and for goods or services identical to those that the refusing enterprise supplied to the relevant enterprise), which is calculated using the method prescribed by the Cabinet Order provided, however, that the Japan Fair Trade Commission may not order the payment of such a surcharge if, with regard to the relevant violation, the enterprise has received an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) (including when these are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 8-3 following the deemed replacement of terms; the same applies in the following Article through Article 20-5) or an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-9, paragraph (1) or (2) (limited to when the relevant order is final and binding; the same applies in Articles 20-4 and 20-5), a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) or Article 7-7, paragraph (3), or a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2), or if the amount of surcharge pursuant to this Article is less than one million yen:
事業者が、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者であつて、第十九条の規定に違反する行為(第二条第九項第一号に該当するものに限る。)をしたときは、公正取引委員会は、第八章第二節に規定する手続に従い、当該事業者に対し、違反行為期間における、当該違反行為において当該事業者がその供給を拒絶し、又はその供給に係る商品若しくは役務の数量若しくは内容を制限した事業者の競争者に対し供給した同号イに規定する商品又は役務と同一の商品又は役務(同号ロに規定する違反行為にあつては、当該事業者が同号ロに規定する他の事業者(以下この条において「拒絶事業者」という。)に対し供給した同号ロに規定する商品又は役務と同一の商品又は役務(当該拒絶事業者が当該同一の商品又は役務を供給するために必要な商品又は役務を含む。)、拒絶事業者がその供給を拒絶し、又はその供給に係る商品若しくは役務の数量若しくは内容を制限した事業者の競争者に対し当該事業者が供給した当該同一の商品又は役務及び拒絶事業者が当該事業者に対し供給した当該同一の商品又は役務)の政令で定める方法により算定した売上額に百分の三を乗じて得た額に相当する額の課徴金を国庫に納付することを命じなければならない。ただし、当該事業者が当該違反行為に係る行為について第七条の二第一項(第八条の三において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。次条から第二十条の五までにおいて同じ。)若しくは第七条の九第一項若しくは第二項の規定による命令(当該命令が確定している場合に限る。第二十条の四及び第二十条の五において同じ。)、第七条の四第七項若しくは第七条の七第三項の規定による通知若しくは第六十三条第二項の規定による決定を受けたとき、又はこの条の規定による課徴金の額が百万円未満であるときは、その納付を命ずることができない。
a person who received an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (limited to an order related to Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i); the same applies in the following item) or an order pursuant to the provisions of this Article (limited to when the relevant order is final and binding; the same applies in the following item), within ten years before the investigation start date in relation to the case concerned with the relevant violation; or
an enterprise whose wholly owned subsidiary company was subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the relevant enterprise on the date of the order) or of this Article (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the enterprise on the date of the order) within the ten years before the investigation start date for the case concerned with the relevant violation.
第二十条の三
If an enterprise under either of the following items has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 19 (limited to an act that falls under Article 2, paragraph (9), item (ii)), the Japan Fair Trade Commission must order the enterprise, pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 2 of Chapter VIII, to pay to the national treasury a surcharge in an amount equivalent to three percent of the amount of sales for the goods or services provided in the same item that the enterprise supplied, through the act in violation during the violation period, which is calculated using the method provided by Cabinet Order provided, however, that the Japan Fair Trade Commission may not order the payment of such a surcharge if, with regard to the act in violation, the enterprise has received an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 7-9, paragraph (1) or (2) or provisions of the following Article (limited to when the relevant order is final and binding), a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) or Article 7-7 paragraph (3), or a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2), or if the amount of the surcharge pursuant to this Article is less than one million yen:
事業者が、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者であつて、第十九条の規定に違反する行為(第二条第九項第二号に該当するものに限る。)をしたときは、公正取引委員会は、第八章第二節に規定する手続に従い、当該事業者に対し、違反行為期間における、当該違反行為において当該事業者が供給した同号に規定する商品又は役務の政令で定める方法により算定した売上額に百分の三を乗じて得た額に相当する額の課徴金を国庫に納付することを命じなければならない。ただし、当該事業者が当該違反行為に係る行為について第七条の二第一項、第七条の九第一項若しくは第二項若しくは次条の規定による命令(当該命令が確定している場合に限る。)、第七条の四第七項若しくは第七条の七第三項の規定による通知若しくは第六十三条第二項の規定による決定を受けたとき、又はこの条の規定による課徴金の額が百万円未満であるときは、その納付を命ずることができない。
an enterprise that was subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 (limited to an order related to Article 2, paragraph (9), item (ii); the same applies in the following item) or an order pursuant to the provisions of this Article (limited to when the relevant order is final and binding; the same applies in the following item), within ten years before the investigation start date for the case concerned with the relevant violation; or
an enterprise whose wholly owned subsidiary company was subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the enterprise on the date of the order) or of this Article (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the enterprise on the date of the order) within the ten years before the investigation start date for the case concerned with the violation.
enterprise
「事業者」
Anyone who carries on a commercial, industrial, financial or other business; an officer, employee, agent or other person acting for the benefit of an enterprise is also treated as one for the purposes of Article 2, paragraph (2) and Chapter 3 (trade associations).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
unfair trade practices
「不公正な取引方法」
Any of the acts Article 2, paragraph (9) lists: refusing to deal together with competitors without justifiable grounds, unjust discriminatory pricing or selling far below cost that is likely to make other enterprises' business difficult, restricting a buyer's resale prices, abusing a superior bargaining position, and other acts likely to impede fair competition of the kinds listed in item (vi) that the Japan Fair Trade Commission designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (9)· applies throughout the law
advance notification
「事前通知」
In Chapter 5, the notice that the Japan Fair Trade Commission sends, under Article 50, paragraph (1) as applied with modified wording by Article 62, paragraph (4), to an enterprise (事業者) that committed a violation under Articles 20-2 to 20-6 when it is to order that enterprise to pay a surcharge (課徴金) under those Articles.
Defined inArticle 18-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 18-2, paragraph (2)
violation periodmachine translation
「違反行為期間」
In Chapter 5, the period from the day an enterprise committed a violation under Articles 20-2 to 20-6 to the day the violation ended, starting no earlier than ten years before the day the Japan Fair Trade Commission first took against it, in the case, one of the investigative measures in Article 47, paragraph (1), item (i), (iii) or (iv) (or, if it took none, the day the enterprise received the advance notification (事前通知)).
Defined inArticle 18-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
investigation start date
「調査開始日」
In Chapter 5, the day the Japan Fair Trade Commission first took one of the investigative measures in Article 47, paragraph (1), item (i), (iii) or (iv) in a case concerning a violation under Articles 20-2 to 20-5, or, if it took none, the day the enterprise received the advance notification (事前通知) about the violation.
Defined inArticle 18-2, paragraph (2)· applies only in this chapter
refusing enterprise
「拒絶事業者」
In Article 20-2, the other enterprise that an enterprise, in a joint refusal to deal of the kind in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i), (b), has made refuse or limit supply to a particular enterprise.
Short name set inArticle 20-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
Fair Trade Commission
公正取引委員会
The body the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade (独占禁止法, the Antimonopoly Act) sets up to achieve that Act's purpose — among other things, to promote fair and free competition by banning private monopolization, unreasonable restraint of trade and unfair trade practices, and so to protect the interests of general consumers and the democratic and sound development of the national economy (Antimonopoly Act, Articles 1 and 27, paragraph (1)). It comes under the Prime Minister's jurisdiction, but its chairperson and four commissioners — appointed by the Prime Minister with the consent of both Houses of the Diet — exercise their authority independently (Articles 27, paragraph (2), 28 and 29). Under the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, businesses and trade associations may, with the approval of both the Prime Minister and the Fair Trade Commission, conclude or set agreements or rules (協定又は規約) on premiums or representations (Article 36, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Antimonopoly Act, Arts. 1, 27, 28, 29 and Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Art. 36 as a reference.