List of Legal Measures Taken in FY 2003
| No. | Case number. | Case Name | Description | Violated Article | Date of Recommendation (Date of Decision) |
| 1 | 2002(R)1 | Case against K.K. Wakasuzu and 32 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated bids for survey and planning works invited by Mie Prefecture nominating the companies with the headquarter in the area. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 14-Apr-02(May 29, 2002) |
| 2 | 2002(R)2 | Case against K.K. Takahashi Doken and 16¡@others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the competitive bids for civil engineering works (A class) invited by Kawagoe-city designating ones with an office in the City | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 26-Apr-02(May 14, 2002) |
| 3 | 2002(R)3 | Case against Hatsukari Kogyo K.K. and 14 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the competitive bids for paving works (A class)invited by Kawagoe-city designating ones with an office in the City | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 14-Apr-02(May 31, 2002) |
| 4 | 2002(R)4 | Case against Raito Kogyo K.K. and 26 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for slope protection works invited by Kanagawa Prefectural Government etc. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 16-May-02(June 17, 2002) |
| 5 | 2002(R)5 | Case against Otsubo Kensetsu K.K. and 22 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for marine civil engineering works invited by the Northern Part Developing Bureau of Nagasaki Prefectural Government etc. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 10-Jun-02(June 28, 2002) |
| 6 | 2002(R)6 | Case against Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. and 4 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for the construction work of breakwaters for Mitsusima Fishing Port invited by Tsushima Office of Nagasaki Prefectural Government. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 10-Jun-02(June 28, 2002) |
| 2002(R)7 | Case against Mitsubishi Electric Building Techno-Service Co., Ltd. | The company (conducting maintenance business of Mitsubishi brand elevators
) hinders maintenance contract between independent maintenance companies
which handle Mitsubishi elevators and owners of Mitsubishi elevators and
smooth operation of their work by: 1. selling maintenance parts to the companies with term of producing in spite of having the parts ready to serve. 2. selling the parts to the companies extremely expensively than to its customers without reasonable cause. |
Section 19(General Designation Item 15) | 11-Jun-02(July 26, 2002) | |
| 8 | 2002(R)8 | Case against Nisseki Ryoyu Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. and 6 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the bids for maintenance works which National Petroleum Reserve Company procured nominating some of the 7 companies that received the recommendation. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 24-Jun-02(July 26 2002) |
| 9 | 2002(R)9 | Case against Shingokizai K.K. and other 55 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids etc. for placement works of road signs etc, invited by Tokyo Metropolitan Police under the agreement that two chief companies determine the winner taking into account past records for participation in and winning of the bids. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 15-Jul-02(July 30, 2002) |
| 10 | 2002(R)10 | Case against Shingokizai K.K. and other 48 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated quotation adjusting for painting works of road signs invited by Tokyo Metropolitan Police, under the agreement that three chief companies determine the winner taking into account past records for participation in and winning of the bids. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 15-Jul-02(July 30, 2002) |
| 11 | 2002(R)11 | Case against Miyagawa Kogyo Co., Ltd. and 55 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated quotation adjusting for consigning of painting works of road signs invited by Tokyo Metropolitan Police, under the agreement that two chief companies determine the winner taking into account the past records for participation in and winning of the bids. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 15-Jul-02(July 30, 2002) |
| 12 | 2002(R)12 | Case against K.K. Kinki Sanki and 8 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the bids etc. for liquid oxygen for tank preservation invited by national hospitals etc. in Osaka Prefecture | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 15-Jul-02(July 30, 2002) |
| 13 | 2002(R)13 | Case against K.K. Mizushima Sanso Shokai and 4 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the bids for liquid oxygen for tank reservation invited by national hospitals etc. in Hyogo Prefecture. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 15-Jul-02(July 30, 2002) |
| 14 | 2002(R)14 | Case against Takii Seed Co., Ltd. and 31 others | They sold the seed of Chinese cabbage, cabbage, radish and turnip jointly determining the standard selling prices | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 26-Aug-02(September 25, 2002) |
| 15 | 2002(R)15 | Case against Kakimoto Denki K.K. and 9 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids invited by the Education Board of Osaka-City for language exercise machines. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 12-Sep-02(October 9, 2002) |
| 16 | 2002(R)16 | Case against K.K. Kyoeisha and 22 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for computers invited by the Education Board of Osaka-city. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 12-Sep-02(October 9, 2002) |
| 17 | 2002(R)17 | Case against K.K. Takada Doboku and 118 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for civil engineering works invited by Chiba-city etc. nominating the companies with the headquarter or major office in the City | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 30-Oct-02(December 4, 2002)(January 8, 2003) |
| 18 | 2002(R)18 | Case against Asahi Kensetsu K.K. and 97 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for paving works invited by Chiba-city etc. nominating the companies with the headquarter in the City. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 30-Oct-02(December 4, 2002)(January 8, 2003) |
| 19 | 2002(R)19 | Case against Shikoku Road Service K.K. and 3 others | They colluded to predetermine Shikoku Road Service K.K. as the winner of the open-type designated competitive bids for road maintenance works invited by Shikoku Branch of the Japan Highway Public Corporation. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 12-Nov-02(December 4, 2002) |
| 20 | 2002(R)20 | Case against Scubapro Asia K.K. | The company, itself or through its wholesalers, without proper justification makes retailers sell new and popular diving equipments at prices which are higher or the same as the price the company designated. | Section 19(General Designation Item 12 (i),(ii) | November 28,2002(December 26, 2002) |
| 21 | 2002(R)21 | Case against Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd. and 4 others | The manufactures jointly decided that the manufacture whose name is written in the specification sell science goods for schools which local governments in western Japan procures. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 29-Nov-02(December 26, 2002) |
| 22 | 2002(R)22 | Case against K.K. Nozawa and 1 other | The manufactures of cement boards colluded to raise the price of extrusion cement boards to retailing builders. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 5-Dec-02(January 8, 2003) |
| 23 | 2002(R)23 | Case against Tokyo ALC Cooperatives | They unjustly hinder non-members in selling activities for works for light foaming concrete materials in and around Tokyo by making them apply for the work through a member and giving it the works only when the cooperative assign the right. | Section 19(General Designation Item 15) | December 26 2002(January 31, 2003) |
| 24 | 2003(R)1 | Case against Oikawa Sangyo¡@K.K. and 45 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for civil engineering and gardening works invited by Iwamizawa-city. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 30-Jan-03(March 11, 2003) |
| 25 | 2003(R)2 | Case against K.K. Katsui and 41others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for construction works invited by Iwamizawa-city. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 30-Jan-03(March 11, 2003) |
| 26 | 2003(R)3 | Case against Doo Kosan K.K. and 16 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for piping works invited by Iwamizawa-city. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 30-Jan-03(March 11, 2003) |
| 27 | 2003(R)4 | Case against Hokuritsu Hodo¡@K.K. and 15 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for paving works invited by Iwamizawa-city. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 30-Jan-03(March 11, 2003) |
| 28 | 2003(R)5 | Case against Chiba Denki Koji K.K and 16 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for electrical works invited by Iwamizawa-city. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 30-Jan-03(March 11, 2003) |
| 29 | 2003(R)6 | Case against SRL, Inc. and 5 others | The clinical laboratory companies colluded to prearrange the winner of the competitive bids for clinical laboratory test invited by national hospitals etc. in Tokyo Metropolis. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 13-Feb-03(March 14, 2003)(ª`3) |
| 30 | 2003(R)7 | Case against SRL, Inc. and 8 others | The clinical laboratory companies colluded to prearrange the winner of the competitive bids for clinical laboratory test invited by national and public hospitals in Nagoya area. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 13-Feb-03(March 14, 2003) |
| 31 | 2003(R)8 | Case against SRL, Inc. and 7 others | The clinical laboratory companies colluded to prearrange the winner of the competitive bids for clinical laboratory test invited by national and public hospitals in Osaka Prefecture. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 13-Feb-03(March 14, 2003) |
| 32 | 2003(R)9 | Case against SRL, Inc. and 4 others | The clinical laboratory companies colluded to prearrange the winner of the competitive bids for clinical laboratory test invited by national hospitals in Fukuoka area. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 13-Feb-03(March 14, 2003) |
| 33 | 2003(R)10 | Case against Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. and 5 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for placing works of integrated control type traffic signals invited by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 20-Feb-03(March 28, 2003) |
| 34 | 2003(R)11 | Case against K.K. Kyosan Seisakusho and 13 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for placement works of multistage- programmed traffic signals invited by Tokyo Metropolitan Police¡@Department. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 20-Feb-03(March 28, 2003) |
| 35 | 2003(R)12 | Case against K.K. Kyosan Seisakusho and 7 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for works on sensor system for the traffic-weak¡@invited by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 20-Feb-03(March 28, 2003) |
| 36 | 2003(R)13 | Case against Sankyu Denki K.K. and 13 others | They colluded to prearrange the winner of the designated competitive bids for renewal works of traffic signals invited by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. | Section 3(Unreasonable restraint of trade) | 20-Feb-03(March 28, 2003) |
| 37 | 2003(R)14 | Case against the Japan Hospital Food Wholesale Cooperative | The Cooperative restricted members¡¦ selling area of the therapeutic foods which were supplied from the Cooperative or supporting members | Section 8 (1)iv | 14-Mar-03(April 9, 2003) |
(*1) Of the parties involved in Serial No. 1 and No. 2 Cases, one did not accept the recommendation; the JFTC decided to initiate hearing procedures with it on each case on June 11, 2003, and, at its request, issued a consent decision on August 7, 2003.
(*2) Of the parties involved in Serial No. 3 Case, 11 did not accept the recommendation; the JFTC decided to initiate hearing procedures with them on June 20 2003, and, at the request of one of them, issued a consent decision on September 12, 2003.
(*3) Of the parties involved in Serial No. 6 Case, one did not accept the recommendation; the JFTC decided to initiate hearing procedures with it on August 25, 2003, and, at its request, issued a consent decision on February 5, 2004.
(*4) The party involved in Serial No. 14 Case did not accept the recommendation; on December 5, 2003 the JFTC decided to initiate hearing procedures with it.
(*5) Of the parties involved in Serial No. 15 Case, one did not accept the recommendation; on January 7, 2004 the JFTC decided to initiate hearing procedures with it.
(*6) The party involved in Serial No. 20 Case did not accept the recommendation; on January 15, 2004 the JFTC decided to initiate hearing procedures with it.
(*7) Of the parties involved in Serial No. 21 Case, two did not accept the recommendation; on February 2, 2004 the JFTC decided to initiate hearing procedures with it.
(*8) Of the parties involved in Serial No. 25 Case, 14 did not accept the recommendation; on May 12, 2004 the JFTC decided to initiate hearing procedures with it.