If the Japan Fair Trade Commission has ordered payment of a surcharge pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 7-9, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or Articles 20-2 through 20-6, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7-8, paragraph (4) (including when these are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-9, paragraph (3) or paragraph (4), or Article 20-7 following the deemed replacement of terms), if there is some portion that should be refunded (except in the cases provided in Article 63, paragraph (5)), the Japan Fair Trade Commission must promptly refund in money any amount already paid pursuant to these provisions.
If the Japan Fair Trade Commission refunds the amount set forth in the preceding paragraph, it must add to the relevant amount the amount calculated by multiplying by a rate specified by Cabinet Order, which must not exceed seven point two five percent per annum, of the amount for the number of days in the period between the day after the lapse of one month from the day after the amount was paid and the day on which the decision was made to pay the refund.
公正取引委員会は、前項の金額を還付する場合には、当該金額の納付があつた日の翌日から起算して一月を経過する日の翌日からその還付のための支払決定をした日までの期間の日数に応じ、その金額に年七・二五パーセントを超えない範囲内において政令で定める割合を乗じて計算した金額をその還付すべき金額に加算しなければならない。
The provisions of the proviso to paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to amounts added pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
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payment order
「納付命令」
An order the Japan Fair Trade Commission makes under Article 7-2, paragraph (1) (including as applied by Article 8-3), Article 7-9, paragraph (1) or (2) or Articles 20-2 to 20-6, requiring an enterprise to pay a surcharge (課徴金) to the national treasury; it is given in a written payment order stating the amount, its basis, the violation and the deadline.
Short name set inArticle 62, paragraph (1)
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.