PENALTIES
Chinese Taipei
| 75. | What are the penalties if an enterprise refuses to cooperate during an investigation by the Fair Trade Commission? |
| A75: | When the Commission conducts an investigation in accordance with Article 27 of this Law, if a party to be investigated refuses, without due cause, to accept the investigation, to appear before the Commission to make statements, or to submit relevant account books, documents, or evidence within a given time, the said party will be subject to a fine of no more than NT$ 250,000 but no less than NT$20,000 in accordance with Article 43. If the said party, after having notified again, continues to refuse to accept the investigation without due cause, the Fair Trade Commission may continue to issue notices of investigation and impose with respect to each successive refusal a fine of no more than NT$500,000 but no less than NT$50,000 consecutively until its acceptance of the investigation, appearance before the Commission to make statements, or submission of relevant account books, documents, or evidence. Relevant article of law: Fair Trade Law, Articles
27, 43 |