The Japan Fair Trade Commission may provide any foreign authority responsible for enforcement of any foreign laws and regulations equivalent to those of this Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "foreign competition authority") with information that is deemed helpful and necessary to perform the foreign competition authority's duties (limited to duties equivalent to those of the Japan Fair Trade Commission as provided in this Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) provided, however, that this does not apply if the provision of the relevant information is found likely to interfere with the proper execution of this Act or to infringe on the interests of Japan in any other way.
公正取引委員会は、この法律に相当する外国の法令を執行する当局（以下この条において「外国競争当局」という。）に対し、その職務（この法律に規定する公正取引委員会の職務に相当するものに限る。次項において同じ。）の遂行に資すると認める情報の提供を行うことができる。ただし、当該情報の提供を行うことが、この法律の適正な執行に支障を及ぼし、その他我が国の利益を侵害するおそれがあると認められる場合は、この限りでない。
When the Japan Fair Trade Commission provides information to a foreign competition authority pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Japan Fair Trade Commission must confirm the matters listed in the following items:
that the relevant foreign competition authority is capable of providing information equivalent to the information provided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph;
that the secrecy of information provided as secret pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph will be protected under the laws and regulations of the relevant foreign country to a degree that is equivalent to the degree to which the secrecy of the information is protected in Japan; and
当該外国において、前項の規定により提供する情報のうち秘密として提供するものについて、当該外国の法令により、我が国と同じ程度の秘密の保持が担保されていること。
that the information provided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is not used by the relevant foreign competition authority for purposes other than those contributing to the performance of its duties.
Appropriate measures must be taken so that the information provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not used for criminal proceedings undertaken by a court or a judge in a foreign country.
第一項の規定により提供される情報については、外国における裁判所又は裁判官の行う刑事手続に使用されないよう適切な措置がとられなければならない。
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foreign competition authority
「外国競争当局」
In Article 43-2, a foreign authority that enforces foreign laws and regulations equivalent to this Act.
Short name set inArticle 43-2, paragraph (1)· 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.