If an entrusting business operator concludes a manufacturing consignment, etc. with a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator, the entrusting business operator must not conduct any of the following acts (excluding the acts stated in items (i) and (iv) in the case of service contract or specific transportation consignment):
refusing to receive performance from a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator without reasons attributable to the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator;
中小受託事業者の責めに帰すべき理由がないのに、中小受託事業者の給付の受領を拒むこと。
failure to pay the payment of manufacturing consignment, etc. even after the due date (including the delivery of negotiable instruments and the use of payment instruments other than money and negotiable instruments that are difficult to exchange for money in an amount equivalent to the payment for manufacturing consignment, etc. by the due date of the payment for manufacturing consignment, etc.);
製造委託等代金をその支払期日の経過後なお支払わないこと(当該製造委託等代金の支払について、手形を交付すること並びに金銭及び手形以外の支払手段であつて当該製造委託等代金の支払期日までに当該製造委託等代金の額に相当する額の金銭と引き換えることが困難であるものを使用することを含む。)。
reducing the amount of the payment for manufacturing consignment, etc. without reasons attributable to a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator;
causing a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator to take back the things relating to the performance after receiving the performance from the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator, without any reason attributable to the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator;
中小受託事業者の責めに帰すべき理由がないのに、中小受託事業者の給付を受領した後、中小受託事業者にその給付に係る物を引き取らせること。
unjustly setting the amount of the payment for manufacturing consignment, etc. that is significantly lower than that normally paid for the same or similar content of performance that provided by a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator;
coercing a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator to purchase designated goods or to use designated services, except when there is a need to standardize or improve the content of the performance provided by the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator or when there are other justifiable grounds; and
中小受託事業者の給付の内容を均質にし又はその改善を図るため必要がある場合その他正当な理由がある場合を除き、自己の指定する物を強制して購入させ、又は役務を強制して利用させること。
in cases where it is found that there is a fact in violation of the provisions of this Article with regard to an entrusting business operator, the entrusted small and medium-sized business operator is reduced the volume of transactions, is suspended transactions, or is given other disadvantageous treatment on the grounds that the entrusted small and medium-sized business operator has informed the Japan Fair Trade Commission, the Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, or the minister with jurisdiction over the business relating to transactions concerning the manufacturing consignment, etc. of that fact.
If an entrusting business operator concludes a manufacturing consignment, etc. with a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator, the entrusting business operator must not unjustly harm the interests of the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator by committing any of the following acts (excluding the act stated in item (i) if a service contract or specific transportation consignment is concluded):
in cases where a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator is made to purchase from itself semi-finished products, parts, accessories, or raw materials (referred to below as "raw materials, etc." in this item) necessary for the performance to itself, without reasons attributable to the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator, deducting all or part of the compensation for the raw materials, etc. from the amount of the payment for manufacturing consignment, etc. to be paid or making the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator pay all or part of the compensation for the raw materials, etc. at an earlier time than the due date of the payment for manufacturing consignment, etc. for the performance using the raw materials, etc.;
causing a person to provide money, services, or other economic benefits for the entrusting business operator itself;
自己のために金銭、役務その他の経済上の利益を提供させること。
causing a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator to change the content of the performance, or to make performance again after receiving the performance from the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator (after receiving the entrusted services from the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator in the case of a service contract or specific transportation consignment), without any reason attributable to the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator;
in cases where fluctuations in expenses related to performance provided by a small or medium-sized entrusted business operator or other circumstances have occurred, in spite of a request by the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator for consultation regarding the amount of the payment for manufacturing consignment, etc., unilaterally determining the amount of the payment for manufacturing consignment, etc. without responding to the consultation or without providing necessary explanation or information regarding the matters requested by the small or medium-sized entrusted business operator in the consultation.
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