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。
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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
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
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.