Decisions of Administrative or Quasi-judicial Agencies -Concerted Actions-2000

1. Five manufacturers of surgical suture line including Ta Sheng Ltd., Co. bidding for a 1998 National Taiwan University Hospital procurement of surgical suture line raised the bidding prices in concert in violation of Article 14 of the Fair Trade Law
2. The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research invited related companies to form a Strategic Alliance for the Research and Development of Battery-Powered Motorcycles, and sent a letter to the Commission asking for its opinion with respect to the timing of applying for approval to engage in a concerted act
3. The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research invited related companies to form a Strategic Alliance for the Research and Development of Battery-Powered Motorcycles, and sent a letter to the Commission asking for its opinion with respect to the timing of applying for approval to engage in a concerted act
4. Taiwan Power Company improperly restricted the criteria to bid on its contract to procure truck-mounted mobile cranes, and Ying Heng, et al., fixed the bidding, in violation of the Fair Trade Law
5. Concerted acts by 26 premixed concrete suppliers in Taoyuan area violated the Fair Trade Law
6. Far Eastern Air Transport and TransAsia Airways violated Article 14 of the Fair Trade Law by agreeing to engage in concerted acts of unconditionally endorsing and transferring ticket vouchers
7. A complaint was filed stating that the Chinese [Chinese Taipei] Motion Picture Advertising Association had restricted media advertising prices in violation of the Fair Trade Law
8. Joint promotional venture among domestic airlines planned by the Taipei Air Transport Association
9. Concerted action by liquefied petroleum gas distributors in the Tamshui area in violation of the Fair Trade Law
10. A complaint alleging the Taiwan Flour Mills Association instituted a total quantity control and quota system when jointly purchasing and importing wheat for 32 flour producers, by means of coordination and acting in concert, and by calling meetings, which had the effect of restricting competition and violated Article 14 of the Fair Trade Law
11. Five contractors came to a mutual agreement on the winning bidders, the token bidders, and the prearranged bid amounts in a tendering in violation of prohibitions against concerted actions pursuant to article 14 of the Fair Trade Law
12. Allegations by a white meat poultry farm operator that prices for white meat chicks were being manipulated
13. The concerted action of Sheng Ch'i Co., Ltd., He Wei Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Mu Ch'iao CATV Co., Ltd., ERA Communications, Ltd., and Gala International, Ltd.
14. Investigation on the market conditions and the possibility of price manipulation in connection with the recent price increase in the glutinous rice market
15. Hsieh Fu-ming et al. submitted collusive bids on a school improvement project in violation of the prohibition against concerted action in Article 14 of the Fair Trade Law
16. The Fair Trade Commission investigated Fu Mao Oils and other enterprises for violation of provisions prohibiting concerted action after the expiry of permission to engage in concerted action
17. Application by Chinese Taipei's three television broadcasting companies for joint purchasing of broadcasting rights for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, subscription to satellite paths, allocation of programs and production of commercials
18. Restraint of business activities of member pharmacies and joint fixing of pharmaceutical prices by the Tainan Area Association for Scholarship and Fellowship in the Pharmaceuticals Field in violation of Article 14 of the Fair Trade Law
19. Application to the Fair Trade Commission for a special approval for joint purchasing and shipping of wheat by two groups, Lien He and 41other flour milling companies, and Chia Hsin and four other companies
20. Domestic property (non-life) insurers were alleged to have breached Article 14 of the Fair Trade Law through the adoption of insurance premium regulations, concerted coinsurance operations, collusion to fix prices for the new Mandatory Automobile Liability Insurance, and other concerted agreements
21. Concerted action to raise the price for cylindered liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by Kuo T'ai, Ta Chung, and Yung Hsin, three LPG suppliers in the Cheng Gung Chen area of Taitung County, in violation of the Fair Trade Law
22. Interpretation of whether the Central Bank, who enforces the "dishonoring notes and blacklisting" system by administrative guidance, violated the Fair Trade Law 07/19/01
23. Fifteen premixed concrete suppliers in Yunlin County and twenty-seven premixed concrete suppliers in Changhua County were alleged to have violated the Fair Trade Law by fixing concrete prices and inter-supplier trading prices
24. Domestic airlines collectively reduced flights in May 2000 in violation of the Fair Trade Law

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