Decisions of Administrative or Quasi-judicial Agencies -Other Restrictive Business Practices-2003

1. Watsons-Park'N Shop Ltd. was complained for requiring suppliers to sign an "electronic supply chain usage contract" and bear the expenses for the usage of the system, in violation of the Fair Trade Law
2. Bridge Cultural & Educational Enterprise, Ltd. violated the Fair Trade Law by restricting distribution regions and holding trading counterparts' distribution contracts in custody
3. An investigation initiated by the Fair Trade Commission into whether Microsoft Taiwan Corporation and related enterprises abused the power of their exclusive market position to monopolize the software market in violation of the Fair Trade Act
4. Decision on whether the sales promotion practice, "a handset paired with a number", by mobile telecommunications providers is in violation of the Fair Trade Law
5. A case involving the 2003 worldwide betel nut tariff quota import entitlements where successful bidders were accused of violating the Fair Trade Law by monopolizing the importation of betel nut in order to drive up prices
6. Cheng Loong Corporation has on several occasions given advance notice in the media of planned price hikes, giving rise to the question of whether such actions have prompted other firms in the same industry to follow suit with price hikes of their own in violation of the provision of the Fair Trade Law
7. The Taichung Poultry Shipping and Marketing Cooperative was accused of violating the Fair Trade Law by sending faxes to downstream enterprises warning them not to supply goods to the Complainant
8. Formosa Petrochemical Corporation reported that the Council of Agriculture Fisheries Administration's application and approval procedures for bunker fuel subsidies violated the Fair Trade Law

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