Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures in Cases Where a Certified Copy of the Written Decision to Commence Trial Proceedings Concerning a Monopolistic Situation Was Served before the Effective Date
第三条（施行日前に独占的状態に係る審判開始決定書の謄本の送達があった場合についての経過措置）
In the case where, before the Effective Date, a certified copy of the written decision to commence trial proceedings under Article 55, paragraph (3) of the Former Act was served, the provisions then in force continue to govern the procedures for ordering measures necessary to restore competition with respect to the goods or services concerning the monopolistic situation, trial proceedings, procedures for an action to revoke a decision made through those trial proceedings, and other procedures similar to these that are specified by the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission.
competition
「競争」
The state in which two or more enterprises (事業者), within the normal scope of their business and without significant change to its facilities or form, supply the same or similar goods or services to the same buyers, or are supplied with them by the same suppliers, or could do so.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (4)· applies throughout the law
monopolistic situation
「独占的状態」
A situation in a particular field of business where the goods of a kind (with goods closely similar in function and use) or the services supplied in Japan total more than 100 billion yen, after taxes, in a recent one-year period set by Cabinet Order (政令), one enterprise holds more than half of the field or two together hold more than three quarters, new entry is extremely difficult, and prices have for a considerable time risen sharply or barely fallen while the enterprise earns profits far above its industry's standard or spends excessively on selling and general administrative expenses.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law
the Effective Datemachine translation
「施行日」
The date Act No. 100 of 2013, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
the Former Actmachine translation
「旧法」
This Act as it stood before Act No. 100 of 2013 amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)