# 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 — 第四十三条の二 (Article 43-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第四十三条の二 (Article 43-2) — address `art-43-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2 - e-Gov law ID: 322AC0000000054 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十三条の二 art-43-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2 **第一項** 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。 art-43-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-1 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公正取引委員会は、外国競争当局に対し前項に規定する情報の提供を行うに際し、次に掲げる事項を確認しなければならない。 art-43-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2 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: machine translation, not official **一** 当該外国競争当局が、公正取引委員会に対し、前項に規定する情報の提供に相当する情報の提供を行うことができること。 art-43-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2/item-1 that the relevant foreign competition authority is capable of providing information equivalent to the information provided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 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。 art-43-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2/item-2 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 Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該外国競争当局において、前項の規定により提供する情報が、その職務の遂行に資する目的以外の目的で使用されないこと。 art-43-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2/item-3 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 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。 art-43-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-3 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-43-2/par-1: この条 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二 (Article 43-2), art-43-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2 - art-43-2/par-1: 次項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第二項 (Article 43-2, paragraph (2)), art-43-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2 - art-43-2/par-2: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第一項 (Article 43-2, paragraph (1)), art-43-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-1 - art-43-2/par-2/item-1: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第一項 (Article 43-2, paragraph (1)), art-43-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-1 - art-43-2/par-2/item-2: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第一項 (Article 43-2, paragraph (1)), art-43-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-1 - art-43-2/par-2/item-3: 前項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第一項 (Article 43-2, paragraph (1)), art-43-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-1 - art-43-2/par-3: 第一項 → 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第一項 (Article 43-2, paragraph (1)), art-43-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-1 ## Cited by 6 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 第四十三条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第二項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2/item-1 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2/item-2 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-2/item-3 - 私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律 第四十三条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/antimonopoly-act/art-43-2/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch antimonopoly-act-20261106T060022-004, translated 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