# 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 / Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade — 第六条 (Article 6)

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- Law: 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 (Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade), 昭和二十二年法律第五十四号
- English title "Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第六条 (Article 6) — address `art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第六条
<sup>art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、不当な取引制限又は不公正な取引方法に該当する事項を内容とする国際的協定又は国際的契約をしてはならない。
<sup>art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-6/par-1</sup>
An enterprise must not enter into an international agreement or an international contract which contains the matters which fall under unreasonable restraint of trade or unfair trade practices.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-7/par-2
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第八条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-8/par-1/item-2
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第二十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-25/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-2/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十八条の六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-48-6/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第七十条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-70-4/par-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第九十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/art-90/par-1/item-1
- 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/suppl-4141-47/art-2/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5212/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
