No company must engage in any of the following acts if the acts substantially restrain competition in any particular field of trade, nor must it engage in any of the following acts through unfair trade practices:
accepting assignment of the whole or a substantial part of the business of another company;
他の会社の事業の全部又は重要部分の譲受け
accepting assignment of the whole or a substantial part of the fixed assets used for the business of another company;
他の会社の事業上の固定資産の全部又は重要部分の譲受け
taking on a lease of the whole or a substantial part of the business of another company;
他の会社の事業の全部又は重要部分の賃借
undertaking the management of the whole or a substantial part of the business of another company; or
他の会社の事業の全部又は重要部分についての経営の受任
entering into a contract which provides for a joint profit and loss account for business with another company.
他の会社と事業上の損益全部を共通にする契約の締結
Any company whose total domestic sales amount exceeds the amount provided by Cabinet Order, which must be no less than twenty billion yen must notify the Japan Fair Trade Commission in advance of its plan with regard to the acceptance of assignment of the business or the fixed assets used for the business (hereinafter in this Article "business, etc.") pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission if either of the following items applies provided, however, that this does not apply if the company intending to accept assignment of the business, etc. and the company intending to assign the relevant business, etc. belong to the same group of combined companies.
the company intends to accept assignment of the whole business of another company whose domestic sales exceeds the amount provided by Cabinet Order, which must be no less than three billion yen; or
国内売上高が三十億円を下回らない範囲内において政令で定める金額を超える他の会社の事業の全部の譲受けをしようとする場合
the company intends to accept assignment of a substantial part of the business or the whole or a substantial part of the fixed assets used for the business of another company, and the domestic sales in connection with the subject of the acceptance of assignment exceeds the amount provided by Cabinet Order, which must be no less than three billion yen.
他の会社の事業の重要部分又は事業上の固定資産の全部若しくは重要部分の譲受けをしようとする場合であつて、当該譲受けの対象部分に係る国内売上高が三十億円を下回らない範囲内において政令で定める金額を超えるとき。
The provisions of paragraphs (8) through (14) of Article 10 apply mutatis mutandis to the restriction of acceptance of assignment of business, etc. under a notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the orders made by the Japan Fair Trade Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (1). In this case, the term "acquire the shares" appearing in Article 10, paragraph (8) and paragraphs (10) to (14) is deemed to be replaced with "accept assignment of the business or the fixed assets used for the business"; in paragraph (9) of the Article, the terms "share acquisition" and "acquisition of shares" are deemed to be replaced with "acceptance of assignment of the business or the fixed assets used for the business"; and the term "share acquiring company" is deemed to be replaced with "company intending to accept assignment of the business or the fixed assets used for the business".
第十条第八項から第十四項までの規定は、前項の規定による届出に係る事業等の譲受けの制限及び公正取引委員会がする第十七条の二第一項の規定による命令について準用する。この場合において、第十条第八項及び第十項から第十四項までの規定中「株式の取得」とあるのは「事業又は事業上の固定資産の譲受け」と、同条第九項中「株式の取得」とあるのは「事業又は事業上の固定資産の譲受け」と、「株式取得会社」とあるのは「事業又は事業上の固定資産の譲受けをしようとする会社」と読み替えるものとする。
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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
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
group of combined companiesmachine translation
「企業結合集団」
A group made up of a company, its subsidiary companies, its parent company that is not itself a subsidiary of another company, and that parent company's other subsidiary companies.
Defined inArticle 10, paragraph (2)
domestic salesmachine translation
「国内売上高」
The total value of goods and services a company supplied in Japan in its latest business year, as the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (公正取引委員会規則) define it.
Defined inArticle 10, paragraph (2)
total domestic sales amount
「国内売上高合計額」
A company's domestic sales (国内売上高) added to those of the other companies, etc. (会社等) in its group of combined companies (企業結合集団), by the method the Rules of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (公正取引委員会規則) set.
Short name set inArticle 10, paragraph (2)
business, etc.machine translation
「事業等」
In Article 16, a business or fixed assets used for a business, the acceptance of whose assignment from another company a company above the size Article 16, paragraph (2) sets must notify to the Japan Fair Trade Commission in advance.
Short name set inArticle 16, paragraph (2)· 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.