公正取引委員会は、前条第二項第一号から第四号まで又は第三項第一号若しくは第二号に規定する事実の報告及び資料の提出を行つた事業者(以下この条において「報告等事業者」という。)から次の各号に掲げる行為についての協議の申出があつたときは、報告等事業者との間で協議を行うものとし、当該事実及び資料により得られ、並びに第一号に掲げる行為により報告し、又は提出する事実又は資料により得られることが見込まれる事件の真相の解明に資するものとして公正取引委員会規則で定める事項に係る事実の内容その他の事情を考慮して、公正取引委員会規則で定めるところにより、報告等事業者との間で、報告等事業者が同号に掲げる行為をし、かつ、公正取引委員会が第二号に掲げる行為をすることを内容とする合意をすることができる。
When the Japan Fair Trade Commission receives the application for consultation regarding the acts listed in the following items from an enterprise that reports facts and submits materials regarding the facts pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (2), items (i) through (iv) or paragraph (3), item (i) or (ii) (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "enterprise that made a report and submission"), the Japan Fair Trade Commission is to confer with the enterprise that made a report and submission, and may enter into an agreement on the acts of the enterprise that made a report and submission listed in item (i) below and the acts of the Japan Fair Trade Commission listed in item (ii) below with the enterprise that made a report and submission, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission, taking into consideration the content of the fact pertaining to the matters provided in the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission as those contributing to revealing the truth of the case which are obtained from the reported facts or submitted materials or expected to be obtained from the facts or materials reported or submitted by the acts listed in item (i) below or other circumstances: