No.

Name of Case

Description

Violated Article

Date of Recommendation, etc.

(Date of Decision)

1

Case against Himeji Association of Plumbing, Heating, and Air-conditioning Constructors

Dealt with the material distributors on unjustly restrictive terms by prohibiting them from selling the material directly to members as well as non-members when it purchased the material which the water supply bureau of Himeji City designated as proper for water supply work.

Article 19 (General Designation Item 13)

April 7, 2000

(May 10, 2000)

2

Case against K. K. Sagisaka

Dealt with its suppliers of bicycle goods with the proviso that the suppliers would not sell the goods, directly or indirectly, to its client mass merchandisers except through its agency. It also had its client wholesale dealers refuse to sell popular character bicycle goods produced by Oaks to its specific competitors.

Article 19 (General Designation Items 2 and 13)

April 27, 2000

(May 16, 2000)

3

Case Against Takahata Kensetsu K. K. and 202 others

Colluded to prearrange the winner of limited bids invited by Kamikawa sub-prefectural office of Hokkaido Prefectural Government for agricultural engineering works for farmland development projects.

Article 3, the latter phrase

May 15, 2000

(June 16, 2000)

4

Case against Yamazaki Consultant Co., Ltd.

Colluded to prearrange the winner of limited bidding invited by the Kamikawa sub-prefectural office of the Hokkaido Prefectural Government for land surveying and design projects associated with agricultural engineering works for farmland development projects.

Article 3, the latter phrase

May 15, 2000

(June 16, 2000)

5

Case against Yamaguchi Mitsubishi Fuso Motor Sales Co., Ltd. and 3 others

Colluded to fix sales quotas of medium-duty trucks according to a predetermined share.

Article 3, the latter phrase

June 27, 2000

(July 17, 2000)

6

Case against Pietro Co., Ltd.

Supplied liquid salad dressings and dressing-type sauces to retailers under the stipulation that the retailers keep the recommended retail prices

Article 19 (General Designation Item 12)

July 27, 2000

(August 9, 2000)

7

Case against Daitoh Trading Co., Ltd. 

Conspired to prearrange the winner of the open bidding on fuel oil for vessels of the Fisheries Agency

Article 3, the latter phrase

October 5, 2000

(October 27, 2000)

8

Case against K. K. Uemura Kaihatsu and 16 others, in addition to Wakita Co., Ltd.

Uemura Kaihatsu and 16 others conspired to refuse to rent and sell machines specifically designed for the Rockman Method to non-members of the Construction Section of the Rockman Method Association.

Wakita refused to rent and sell such machines to the non-members unless they obtain membership of the Section.

Article 19 (General Designation Items 1 and 2)

October 6, 2000

(October 31, 2000)

9

Case against Kumamoto Hino Motors, Ltd. and 3 others

colluded to sell medium-duty trucks at price based on a calculation method common among the firms involved, as well as to fix the sales quota of each according to the predetermined share

Article 3, the latter phrase

October 31, 2000

(December 6, 2000)

No.

Name of Case

Description

Violated Article

Date of Recommendation, etc.

(Date of Decision)

10

Case against FDK Corporation and 3 others

Colluded to prearrange the winner of the open or limited bidding invited by the Ground Self Defense Force for 5 items making up nearly 100% of the dry batteries purchased for communication equipment.

Article 3, the latter phrase

December 4, 2000

(December 22, 2000)

11

Case against Alpine Electronics, Inc.

Traded with the retailers of its products, directly or through local dealers, under the stipulation that the retailers should not make the sticker price of its car audio and car navigation systems as well as the peripheral products lower than the standard retail price.

Article 19 (General Designation Item 12)

December 19, 2000

(January 23, 2000)

12

Case against Asami Corporation and 68 others

Colluded to prearrange the winners of the limited bidding or estimate consultation invited by Machida City for a series of civil engineering projects.

Article 3, the latter phrase

December 21, 2000

(February 9, 2001)

13

Case against Takao Kensetsu K. K. and 53 others

Colluded to prearrange the winners of the limited bidding or estimate consultation invited by Machida City for a series of construction projects.

Article 3, the latter phrase

December 21, 2000

(February 9, 2001)

14

Case against Ato Const K. K. and 45 others

Colluded to prearrange the winners of the limited bidding or estimate consultation invited by Machida City for a series of paving works.

Article 3, the latter phrase

December 21, 2000

(February 9, 2001)

15

Case against Nara Ready-mixed Concrete Co-op

Unreasonably prevented the manufacturers or dealers of cement from dealing with the competing ready-mixed concrete manufacturers.

Article 19 (General Designation Item 15)

January 31, 2001

(February 20, 2001)

16

Case against Ichiko Kogyo K. K. and 16 others

Colluded to prearrange the winner of the limited bidding invited by Toyama Prefectural Government for waterproofing and anticorrosion treatment works

Article 3, the latter phrase

February 8, 2001

(March 6, 2001)

17

Case against Kitagawa Rekisei Kogyo K. K. and 15 others

Colluded to prearrange the winner of the limited bidding invited by Toyama Prefectural Government for waterproofing and anticorrosion treatment works

Article 3, the latter phrase

February 8, 2001

(March 6, 2001)

18

Harui Kogyo K. K. and 28 others

Colluded to prearrange the winner of limited bidding or estimate consultation invited by Hiroshima City for water main works.

(Article 3, the latter phrase)

February 28, 2001

(March 30, 2001)