第二十条の四
If an enterprise under either of the following items has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 19 (limited to an act that falls under Article 2, paragraph (9), item (iii)), the Japan Fair Trade Commission must order the enterprise, pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 2 of Chapter VIII, to pay to the national treasury a surcharge in an amount equivalent to three percent of the amount of sales for the goods or services provided in the same item that the enterprise supplied, through the act in violation during the violation period, which is calculated using the method provided by Cabinet Order provided, however, that the Japan Fair Trade Commission may not order the payment of such a surcharge if, with regard to the act in violation, the enterprise has received an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) or Article 7-9, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) or Article 7-7, paragraph (3), or a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2), or if the amount of the surcharge pursuant to this Article is less than one million yen:
事業者が、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者であつて、第十九条の規定に違反する行為（第二条第九項第三号に該当するものに限る。）をしたときは、公正取引委員会は、第八章第二節に規定する手続に従い、当該事業者に対し、違反行為期間における、当該違反行為において当該事業者が供給した同号に規定する商品又は役務の政令で定める方法により算定した売上額に百分の三を乗じて得た額に相当する額の課徴金を国庫に納付することを命じなければならない。ただし、当該事業者が当該違反行為に係る行為について第七条の二第一項若しくは第七条の九第一項若しくは第二項の規定による命令、第七条の四第七項若しくは第七条の七第三項の規定による通知若しくは第六十三条第二項の規定による決定を受けたとき、又はこの条の規定による課徴金の額が百万円未満であるときは、その納付を命ずることができない。
an enterprise that was subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 (limited to an order related to Article 2, paragraph (9), item (iii); the same applies in the following item) or an order pursuant to the provisions of this Article (limited to when the relevant order has become final and binding; the same applies in the following item), within ten years before the investigation start date of the case concerned with the relevant violation; or
an enterprise whose wholly owned subsidiary company was subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the enterprise on the date of the order) or of this Article (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the enterprise on the date of the order) within the ten years before the investigation start date for the case concerned with the violation.
第二十条の五
If an enterprise under either of the following items has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 19 (limited to an act that falls under Article 2, paragraph (9), item (iv)), the Japan Fair Trade Commission must order the enterprise, pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 2 of Chapter VIII, to pay to the national treasury a surcharge in an amount equivalent to three percent of the amount of sales for the goods provided in the same item that the enterprise supplied, through the act in violation during the violation period, which is calculated using the method provided by Cabinet Order provided, however, that the Japan Fair Trade Commission may not order the payment of such a surcharge if, with regard to the act in violation, the enterprise has received an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) or Article 7-9, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) or Article 7-7, paragraph (3), or a decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2), or if the amount of the surcharge pursuant to this Article is less than one million yen:
事業者が、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者であつて、第十九条の規定に違反する行為（第二条第九項第四号に該当するものに限る。）をしたときは、公正取引委員会は、第八章第二節に規定する手続に従い、当該事業者に対し、違反行為期間における、当該違反行為において当該事業者が供給した同号に規定する商品の政令で定める方法により算定した売上額に百分の三を乗じて得た額に相当する額の課徴金を国庫に納付することを命じなければならない。ただし、当該事業者が当該違反行為に係る行為について第七条の二第一項若しくは第七条の九第一項若しくは第二項の規定による命令、第七条の四第七項若しくは第七条の七第三項の規定による通知若しくは第六十三条第二項の規定による決定を受けたとき、又はこの条の規定による課徴金の額が百万円未満であるときは、その納付を命ずることができない。
an enterprise that was subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 (limited to an order related to Article 2, paragraph (9), item (iv); the same applies in the following item) or an order pursuant to the provisions of this Article (limited to when the order has become final and binding; the same applies in the following item), within ten years before the investigation start date for the case concerned with the relevant violation; or
an enterprise whose wholly owned subsidiary company was subject to an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the enterprise on the date of the order) or of this Article (limited to the case when the wholly owned subsidiary company was that of the enterprise on the date of the order) within the ten years before the investigation start date for the case concerned with the violation.
第二十条の六
If an enterprise has committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 19 (limited to an act that falls under Article 2, paragraph (9), item (v) and that is committed continuously), the Japan Fair Trade Commission must order the enterprise, pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 2 of Chapter VIII, to pay to the national treasury a surcharge in an amount equivalent to one percent of the amount of sales during the violation period, calculated using the method provided by Cabinet Order with respect to the counterparty to the act in violation (or, if the act in violation is directed at a counterparty from whom goods or services are received, the amount of purchases calculated using the method provided by Cabinet Order with respect to the counterparty to the act in violation; and if there are multiple counterparties to the act in violation, the total sum of the amounts of sales or purchases calculated using the method provided by Cabinet Order with respect to each counterparty to the act in violation) provided, however, that if that amount is less than one million yen, the Japan Fair Trade Commission may not order payment of the surcharge.
事業者が、第十九条の規定に違反する行為（第二条第九項第五号に該当するものであつて、継続してするものに限る。）をしたときは、公正取引委員会は、第八章第二節に規定する手続に従い、当該事業者に対し、違反行為期間における、当該違反行為の相手方との間における政令で定める方法により算定した売上額（当該違反行為が商品又は役務の供給を受ける相手方に対するものである場合は当該違反行為の相手方との間における政令で定める方法により算定した購入額とし、当該違反行為の相手方が複数ある場合は当該違反行為のそれぞれの相手方との間における政令で定める方法により算定した売上額又は購入額の合計額とする。）に百分の一を乗じて得た額に相当する額の課徴金を国庫に納付することを命じなければならない。ただし、その額が百万円未満であるときは、その納付を命ずることができない。
第二十条の七
The provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (3) and Article 7-8, paragraphs (1) through (4) and (6) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a violation prescribed in Articles 20-2 through the preceding Article has been committed. In this case, the terms listed in the middle column of the following table in the provisions listed in the upper column of the same table are deemed to be replaced with the terms listed in the lower column of the same table, respectively.
| Article 7-2, paragraph (3) | paragraph (1) | Articles 20-2 through 20-6 |
| period of implementation | violation period prescribed in Article 18-2, paragraph (1) | |
| listed in each of the items in paragraph (1) | prescribed in Articles 20-2 through 20-6 | |
| the enterprise, its specified non-violating supplying subsidiary companies, etc., its specified non-violating purchasing subsidiary companies, etc. | the enterprise | |
| Article 7-8, paragraph (1) | paragraph (1) of Article 7-2 | Articles 20-2 through 20-6 |
| that Article, Article 7-3, Article 7-4, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 7-5, paragraph (3), or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article | these provisions or Article 7-2, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20-7 following the deemed replacement of terms | |
| Article 7-8, paragraph (2) | Article 7-2, Article 7-3, Article 7-4, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 7-5, paragraph (3), or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article | Articles 20-2 through 20-6 or Article 7-2, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20-7 following the deemed replacement of terms |
| Article 7-8, paragraph (3) | Article 7-2, paragraph (1) | Articles 20-2 through 20-6 |
| and order pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-4, paragraph (7) and paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, or decision pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2) received by the corporation (hereinafter referred to as an "order, etc." in this paragraph and the following paragraph) is deemed to be a violation committed by the corporation surviving, or established as a result of the merger, or an order, etc. received by the corporation surviving, or established as a result of the merger | is deemed to be a violation committed by the corporation surviving, or established as a result of the merger | |
| from Article 7-2 through this Article | of these provisions, and Article 7-2, paragraph (3), paragraph (1) through the following paragraph, and paragraph (6) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20-7 following the deemed replacement of terms | |
| Article 7-8, paragraph (4) | a violation provided in paragraph (1) of Article 7-2 | a violation provided in Articles 20-2 through 20-6 |
| the violation committed by the corporation and the order, etc. received by the corporation | the violation committed by the corporation | |
| a violation committed by the subsidiary company, etc. to whom all or part of the relevant business has been transferred or who has succeeded to all or part of the relevant business through a split (hereinafter referred to as a "subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business") or to be an order, etc. received by the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business, respectively | a violation committed by the subsidiary company, etc. to whom all or part of the relevant business has been transferred or who has succeeded to all or part of the relevant business through a split (hereinafter referred to as a "subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business") | |
| from that Article through this Article | of these provisions, and Article 7-2, paragraph (3), paragraph (1) through this paragraph, and paragraph (6) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20-7 following the deemed replacement of terms | |
| the term "order the enterprise" appearing in paragraph (1) of Article 7-2 | the term "order the enterprise" appearing in the provisions of Articles 20-2 through 20-6 | |
| the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business (meaning the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business as provided in paragraph (4) of Article 7-8; the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (1) of that Article), jointly and severally with any other subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business and that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph | the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business, jointly and severally with any other subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business and that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of this Article | |
| appearing in paragraph (1) | appearing in paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20-7 following the deemed replacement of terms | |
| subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business and that has received an order, jointly and severally with any other subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business and that has received an order pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph | subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business (meaning the subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified business as provided in paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20-7 following the deemed replacement of terms; the same applies in this paragraph) and that has received an order, jointly and severally with any other subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to the specified business and that has received an order pursuant to these provisions | |
| Article 7-8, paragraph (6) | period of implementation | violation period prescribed in Article 18-2, paragraph (1) |
第七条の二第三項並びに第七条の八第一項から第四項まで及び第六項の規定は、第二十条の二から前条までに規定する違反行為が行われた場合について準用する。この場合において、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
| 第七条の二第三項 | 第一項の | 第二十条の二から第二十条の六までの |
| 実行期間 | 第十八条の二第一項に規定する違反行為期間 | |
| 第一項各号に掲げる | 第二十条の二から第二十条の六までに規定する | |
| 当該事業者、その特定非違反供給子会社等若しくは特定非違反購入子会社等 | 当該事業者 | |
| 第七条の八第一項 | 第七条の二第一項 | 第二十条の二から第二十条の六まで |
| 同条、第七条の三、第七条の四第二項若しくは第三項、第七条の五第三項又は前条第一項 | これらの規定又は第二十条の七において読み替えて準用する第七条の二第三項 | |
| 第七条の八第二項 | 第七条の二、第七条の三、第七条の四第二項若しくは第三項、第七条の五第三項又は前条第一項 | 第二十条の二から第二十条の六までの規定又は第二十条の七において読み替えて準用する第七条の二第三項 |
| 第七条の八第三項 | 第七条の二第一項 | 第二十条の二から第二十条の六まで |
| 並びに当該法人が受けた同項の規定による命令、第七条の四第七項及び前条第三項の規定による通知並びに第六十三条第二項の規定による決定（以下この項及び次項において「命令等」という。）は、合併後存続し、又は合併により設立された法人がした違反行為及び当該合併後存続し、又は合併により設立された法人が受けた命令等 | は、合併後存続し、又は合併により設立された法人がした違反行為 | |
| 第七条の二からこの条まで | これらの規定並びに第二十条の七において読み替えて準用する第七条の二第三項並びに第一項から次項まで及び第六項 | |
| 第七条の八第四項 | 第七条の二第一項に | 第二十条の二から第二十条の六までに |
| 違反行為及び当該法人が受けた命令等 | 違反行為 | |
| 違反行為及び当該特定事業承継子会社等が受けた命令等 | 違反行為 | |
| 同条からこの条まで | これらの規定並びに第二十条の七において読み替えて準用する第七条の二第三項並びに第一項からこの項まで及び第六項 | |
| 第七条の二第一項中「当該 | 第二十条の二から第二十条の六までの規定中「、当該 | |
| 特定事業承継子会社等（第七条の八第四項に規定する特定事業承継子会社等をいう。以下この項及び同条第一項において同じ。）に対し、この項 | 、特定事業承継子会社等に対し、この条 | |
| 、第一項 | 、第二十条の七において読み替えて準用する第一項 | |
| 受けた特定事業承継子会社等は、同項 | 受けた特定事業承継子会社等（第二十条の七において読み替えて準用する第四項に規定する特定事業承継子会社等をいう。以下この項において同じ。）は、これら | |
| 第七条の八第六項 | 実行期間 | 第十八条の二第一項に規定する違反行為期間 |
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
subsidiary company, etc. that has succeeded to specified businessmachine translation
「特定事業承継子会社等」
A subsidiary company, etc. (子会社等) that took over all or part of the business concerned with a violation under Article 7-2, paragraph (1), by transfer or company split, from a corporation that passed that whole business to its subsidiary companies, etc. and then ceased to exist other than by merger; the corporation's violation and the orders, etc. (命令等) it received are treated as that subsidiary's own.
Short name set inArticle 7-8, paragraph (4)
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
order, etc.
「命令等」
In the table of Article 20-7, paragraph (1), the words of Article 7-8, paragraph (3) that coin this term are struck out: when that paragraph is applied to surcharges (課徴金) for unfair trade practices under Articles 20-2 to 20-6, only the merged corporation's violation, and not the orders, notices and decisions it received, is treated as that of the corporation that survives or is set up by the merger.
Short name set inArticle 20-7, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 7-8, paragraph (4)
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.