Decisions of Administrative or Quasi-judicial Agencies - Concerted Actions-2005

1. A comprehensive study on the promotional activities of the domestic gasoline stations in order to find out whether the incomplete disclosure of price information is a violation of the Fair Trade Law
2. Taipei City, Taiwan and Kaohsiung Architects Associations uniformly set remuneration standards, a suspected act of concerted actions
   
3. The Fair Trade Commission initiated an investigation on the domestic market of sandstone and pre-mixed concrete suppliers for any concerted actions or monopoly
   
4. The Taichung City Chinese Physician’s Association’s No.21-7 Director and Supervisor Joint Conference decided to raise the registration fee, which was a illegal concerted action sufficient to affect the market function of supply and demand for the Chinese medical services in Taichung City
5. Hung Yuan Rice Company and several other enterprises affected the market function of supply and demand for domestic glutinous rice by conferring on the tender amount and tender quantity and by lending food dealer permits in violation of Article 14(1) and Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law
   
6. The public reported that the gasoline stations in the Hualien-Taitung area owned by Taiwan Sugar Corporation did not participate in the price reduction promotion held by that company might be a result of the restraint action of the local gasoline station association of the Hualien-Taitung area and was suspected to be a violation of the Fair Trade Law
7. The Eggs Business Association of Taoyuan County adopted a resolution at the Joint Meeting of Board of Directors and Supervisors and requested transportation marketers to sell chicken-eggs to its members at a price lower than the announced farm price, a violation of Paragraph 1, Article 14 of the Fair Trade Law.
8. Taoyuan County Medical Association sent letters to its member clinics, inquiring their opinions and deciding to jointly increase the registration fees, the concerted actions are sufficient to affect the market function of western medicine medical treatment service in Taoyuan County and violated the laws
9. Chinese Petroleum Corp. and Formosa Petrochemical Corp. violated the Fair Trade Law by jointly determining the prices of petroleum products, an administrative fine of NT$6,500,000 was separately imposed on each enterprise, an appeal is filed by the respondents on the ground that the Fair Trade Commission’s original disposition was inconvincible. The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) rendered a decision that rescinds the administrative fine in the original disposition and directs the Fair Trade Commission to replace the original disposition with another legally appropriate punishment (The decision has been revoked)
10. The Taiwan Wheat Flour Mills Industry Association (the name has been changed to Taiwan Flour Mills Industry Association) was punished for a violation of Paragraph 1, Article 14 of the Fair Trade Law, the Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the Fair Trade Commission’s appeal and the Fair Trade Commission looked for applicable law and replaced the original disposition with another appropriate one.
11. The Fair Trade Commission initiated a study and discussion on joint gasoline procurement application by domestic individual gas station operators
12. Complaints against domestic cement enterprises for jointly raise the price of cement and monopolize the market supply

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