Decisions of Administrative or Quasi-judical Agencies - 2000

1. Wen Ben Aluminium Extrusions Co., Ltd. published a false advertisement for home appliance electromagnetic radiation protectors and related products in violation of the Fair Trade Law
2. Jih You Waste Disposal Corp. was alleged to have opportunistically inflated medical waste disposal prices
3. The Taiwan High Court requested that the Fair Trade Commission give an appraisal as to whether Hua Shuo Securities Co.'s use in its company name of the same two Chinese characters used in Asustek Computer Corp.'s name and its use of a "prancing horse" design similar to that used by Asustek, constituted a violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law
4. Media Max International Co., Ltd. ran false advertisements on its Web site in violation of Article 21 of the Fair Trade Law
5. 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
6. Li Ying Construction and several other construction companies borrowed and lent business licenses to participate in bidding on a construction project in Shanhua Town, Tainan County, constituting deceptive practices that disrupted the trading order and violated the Fair Trade Law
7. Complaints alleging Carrefour Corporation's collection of additional slotting allowance, rebates and patronage grants in violation of the Fair Trade Law
8. 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
9. Complaint against K'ang Hsuan Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd. for sending warning letters to bookstores, and telephoning and sending representatives to advise them not to sell books by its competitor, in violation of Article 19 of the Fair Trade Law
10. A complaint against Chinese Petroleum Corp. for abusing its monopolistic position in the aviation fueling service market to obstruct competition from other enterprises in violation of the Fair Trade Law
11. Civil engineering contractor Yen Ch'eng-hsu used documents of other businesses to create an illusion of competitive bidding on Luo Ts'u Public Cemetery facility construction projects, depriving competitors of a fair chance to compete for trading opportunities, contravening competitive ethics and obstructing the function of market pricing mechanisms, which had constituted unfair acts sufficient to affect trading order
12. Safety Education Magazine's use of the phrase "Registered by the GIO" in fire prevention equipment sales promotions constituted a deceptive act sufficient to affect trading order
13. 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
14. Disposition against Hsing Huan Realty, Ltd. for publishing false advertisements and engaging in conducts which were capable of affecting the trading order, in violation of Articles 21 and 24 of the Fair Trade Law
15. A complaint alleging P'ai Chin Han Co. Ltd. engaged in false advertising in violation of the Fair Trade Law
16. Farty Sou Spirit Lamp Development Co., Ltd. made false and misleading presentations in its advertisements and on its circulars and packaging in violation of the Fair Trade Law
17. Complaint against Lung T'eng Co. for forcing booksellers into agreements on maintaining resale price of books under threat of discontinued supply, of in violation of the Fair Trade Law
18. Mei Shih You Chih Home Moving Ltd. Co. published false advertisements on its Web site in violation of Fair Trade Law Article 21
19. A complaint alleging Chu T'ung Construction Co., Ltd. made false and misleading presentations with respect to the appearance of a building in an advertisement for pre-sold homes in violation of the law
20. Yamay's ban on food purchased outside its amusement park ruled in violation of the Fair Trade Law(The decision has been revoked)
21. Medical Designs Inc. engaged in multi-level sales activities but failed to report its new place of business in Chung-li and to obtain written consent from the statutory representatives of minor participants in violation of the Fair Trade Law
22. Domestic airlines collectively reduced flights in May 2000 in violation of the Fair Trade Law
23. Tunyun Co., Ltd. and Chien Tai Cement Co., Ltd. published false advertising for the "85 International Plaza" by concealing relevant information on public facilities in violation of the Fair Trade Law
24. Sheng T'eng Enterprises Ltd., Chin Hai Pao International Ltd., Wei Shih K'ang International Enterprises Co., Ltd., Fan Po International Co., Ltd., Chun Ho Industries Co., Ltd. , and Chu Fu International Enterprises Co., Ltd. failed to report to the Commission within the period prescribed by Article 25 of the amended Supervisory Regulations Governing Multi-Level Sales (1999)
25. A complaint alleging Maplix Int'l Cosmetics Co., Ltd. and Cosmetic Interflow Association of R.O.C. made false presentations in a cosmetics vocational training advertisement
26. A complaint alleging Mei Chia Ltd. Co. made false presentations in the "Energy Water Massage Bra" advertisement in issue 512 of Fei Ts'ui Magazine in violation of the Fair Trade Law
27. Yuan Hsin Motor Co. Ltd. violated the Fair Trade Law and the Supervisory Regulations Governing Multi-level Sales by promoting "future-delivery vehicles" through its multi-level sales scheme
28. Concerted acts by 26 premixed concrete suppliers in Taoyuan area violated the Fair Trade Law
29. Kwechen Corporation allegedly violated the Fair Trade Law by tying in rice wine with the sale of other products
30. Stolle International Co., Ltd. changed its method for calculating commissions, bonuses, and other economic benefits and added new products for sale without first notifying the competent authority, in violation of Article 3(2) of the Supervisory Regulations Governing Multi-Level Sales enacted pursuant to Article 23(2) of the pre-amendment Fair Trade Law
31. 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
32. 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.
33. 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
34. Alleged violations of article 19(1)(iii) of the Fair Trade Law by the Cheng Kuo Corporation and Da Chang Hang due to improper means of attracting franchisees through inducement with profit or maintenance of lawsuits on their behalf, thus causing competitors' trading counterparts to do business with them
35. Austin Beauty Shop's advertisement "Be slim and have a dainty figure for only NT$599" violated the Fair Trade Law
36. Complaint against Hsien-an Enterprise, Ta-wei Yang Hang, P'in-ch'en Enterprise Ltd., Hsian-chu Enterprise, and Chiu-chih-tsui Co., Ltd. for the sale of Whisky beverages bearing false labeling in violation of the first paragraph of article 21 of the Fair Trade Law
37. Complaint against Hsu Kuo-tsai and Hsu Hung-jen for using the name "Taiwan Eating God Rice Congee (Shih-shen Guangdung Zhou)" in violation of the Fair Trade Law
38. Complaint against the Ancesbolion Co., Ltd. for close imitation of the appearance and construction of another firm's products in violation of article 24 of the Fair Trade Law
39. Complaint against Tung Chen Sun-Rise Enterprise Co., Ltd. for pirating design of an air gun and taking advantage of the commercial reputation of another firm in violation of the Fair Trade Law
40. Hewlett Packard furnished improper certificates of proof with respect to a contract to supply computer peripheral consumables in FY1999 tendered by the MOTC's Management Information Center harming fair competition
41. Deltamac (Taiwan) Co. Ltd.'s inappropriate tie-in sales of VCDs
42. Hunter Humen -Resources Consulting Ltd. inappropriately duplicated information about job opportunities from the web sites of other companies and thereby engaged in clearly unfair acts of deception capable of affecting the trading order
43. Chan Ch'en International Co. Ltd. engaged in obviously unfair acts capable of affecting the order of trade by delivering free of charge materials from the Internet site of its competitor 104 Job Bank to Chan Ch'en's own trading counterparts
44. Jing Ya International Co., Ltd. engaged in multi-level sales but failed to inform participants of the relevant laws and regulations, did not record matters prescribed by law in its participation contract, and failed to obtain consent from the statutory agents of minor participants in violation of the Supervisory Regulations Governing Multi-Level Sales
45. A complaint alleging I-Siang Beverage Mfg. Co., Ltd. counterfeited the packaging appearance of Mr. Brown Coffee in violation of the Fair Trade Law
46. Complaint that Hua-Shio Broadcasting Enterprise Co. Ltd. recruited or offered to broker entertainers through newspaper advertisements in violation of the Fair Trade Law
47. Ch'ien Wei violated the Supervisory Regulations Governing Multi-Level Sales by engaging in multi-level sales without reporting them in advance and failing to inform participants of matters prescribed by law when they joined
48. Violation of the Fair Trade Law by Chien Ling International Ltd. for its falsely asserting that tap water caused cancer
49. 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
50. 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
51. Hsin Teh T'ai Construction Ltd. and 12 other construction companies committed deceptive acts capable of affecting trading order in violation of the Fair Trade Law by borrowing or lending licenses to participate in bidding on construction contracts in Chiangchun Hsiang, Tainan County
52. Cheng Ta Reinforced Plastics and Steel Co., Ltd., Chuang Fu Enterprises Ltd., and Chieh Hung Reinforced Glass and Fiber Co., Ltd. committed deceptive or unfair acts capable of affecting the trading order in violation of the Fair Trade Law by borrowing or lending licenses to participate collusively in the bidding process
53. 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
54. A complaint against HoellMueller Asia Ltd. alleging that it used improper means (deceptive claims regarding its trading counterpart's company name) to cause its competitors' trading counterparts to engage in trade with it, in violation of the Fair Trade Law
55. Investigation on the market conditions and the possibility of price manipulation in connection with the recent price increase in the glutinous rice market
56. A complaint alleging Chunghwa Telecom's free in-home telecommunications wiring installation and maintenance in the interior of architectural structures violated the Fair Trade Law
57. Complaint that World First Trading Co., Ltd. restrained trade and thereby violated the Fair Trade Law
58. A complaint against a particular corporation for indiscriminate issuance of membership certificates as a covert form of retail activity, in violation of the Fair Trade Law
59. Joint promotional venture among domestic airlines planned by the Taipei Air Transport Association
60. Extraction of information from other companies' websites by Ling Ya Information Co., Ltd. (Ling Ya) and misrepresentation of that information as its own, an unfair practice sufficient to affect the trading order in violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law
61. Violation of Fair Trade Law by Yen Hsin House Brokerage Ltd. Co. for engaging in a deceptive act sufficient for influence on trading order
62. Alleged improper marketing in violation of the Fair Trade Law by Yung Ch'ang Beauty Parlor and Yung Hui Beauty Parlor (the Yunghua Street, Tainan and Minsheng Street, Kaohsiung Branch Stores of the Hao Shuai Men's Skin Care Chain)
63. 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
64. Use of inappropriate sales methods by Hung Ch'en Gas Safety Equipment Company in violation of the Fair Trade Law
65. Yeou Fwu Photography Supply Co. makes false advertisement in violation of Article 21 of the Fair Trade law
66. Complaint that Ya Chou Securities Ltd., Co. and Kuo Hua Advertising Ltd., Inc. used the phrase "Flourishing 2000" in the media in violation of the Fair Trade Law
67. Complaint filed that Chung Yun Enterprises Ltd. failed to file a report with the Fair Trade Commission 30 days before implementing a multi-level sales scheme in violation of the Supervisory Regulations Governing Multi-Level Sales
68. Complaint that Yu Chiang Information Co., Ltd. violated Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law by using "Internet Makro Online" as its web page title
69. A complaint was filed that Hsun Yi Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. violated the Fair Trade Law through false advertisement
70. False advertising by Huang Yu-ching Beauty Salon in violation of the Fair Trade Law
71. 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
72. Top Disk Enterprise Co., Ltd. was accused of violating Article 21(1) of the Fair Trade Law for carrying false advertisements on the packaging cartons of its products
73. Chyun Jiann Co., Ltd. violated the Fair Trade Law by failing to apply for the approval of a merger after it had been transferred the cable television subscribers of Taijung CATV Co., Ltd. and Chang Jung Cable TV Co., Ltd.
74. 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
75. Taiwan Tina Enterprise Co., Ltd. violated Article 20(1)(i) of the Fair Trade Law by using the Hey-Song Sarsaparilla product's container, appearance, pattern and color, commonly known to the relevant public, on the Mr. Zebra Salty Sarsaparilla product, causing confusion
76. 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
77. 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
78. New Green Life Corp. inappropriately issued warning letters alleging violation of the Fair Trade Law
79. Complaint alleging the "Green Leaf Village" house sale advertisement produced by Ch'ang Yi Industrial Co., Ltd. contained false information in violation of the Fair Trade Law
80. Complaint against Iou Liang International Co., Ltd. and Lien-Ch'i International Co., Ltd. of misleading advertising in violation of the Fair Trade Law
81. Complaint against the Jack Wang Motor Co. Ltd. alleging false advertising in violation of the Fair Trade Law
82. Multi-level sales operations by the I F International Co. Ltd. in violation of the Fair Trade Law and the Supervisory Regulations Governing Multi-Level Sales
83. Provisions restricting the seller's prices in a purchase contract for disposable medical supplies by Taichung Veterans' General Hospital in violation of the Fair Trade Law
84. Complaint that Safeway Gas Company Ltd. violated the Fair Trade Law by abusing its advantageous market position
85. Complaint against The Great Taipei Gas Corp. for inappropriately installing large-quantity natural gas meters
86. Concerted action by liquefied petroleum gas distributors in the Tamshui area in violation of the Fair Trade Law
87. 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
88. Allegations by a white meat poultry farm operator that prices for white meat chicks were being manipulated
89. Kua Niu Tzu Real Estate Broker Co. Ltd., while in real estate brokering, engaged in acts of deception capable of affecting trading order in violation of Article 24 of the Fair Trade Law
90. T'ai Ho Construction Co., Ltd. violated the Fair Trade Law for its false advertising
    
    
91. Kung Hsin Rehouse violated the Fair Trade Law for failing to fully disclose trading information through passive concealment thus misleading trading counterparts
92. Application for approval of extraterritorial combination between Citigroup and Associates First Capital
93. Yahoo! Inc. and Kimo.com (Cayman) Corporation, because of their offshore combination, applied for permission to combine pursuant to Article 11 of the Fair Trade Law
94. ASM Lithography Holding N.V. applies for approval to merge with Silicon Valley Group
95. Coin Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. applied for approval on its assignment to AKZO Nobel Chemicals B.V. all DCP and CHP production equipment in its production facilities, in accordance with Article 11 of the Fair Trade Law
96. Merger application between Ch'un Chien CATV Co, Ltd. and Wei Da CATV Co, Ltd.
97. Merger of Eastern Multimedia Co., Ltd. and Lien Ch'un, Hsin Taipei, Chin P'in Tao, and Hsin Chu Chen Tao Cable Television Systems
98. Taiwan Mask Corporation and Innova Inc. filed for approval to engage in a merger pursuant to Article 11 of the Fair Trade Law
99. Request by the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office for opinion on applicability of Fair Trade Law provisions relating to merger in the matter of equity holdings by International Bills Finance Company, International Commercial Bank of China, United World Chinese Commercial Bank, and The Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank in Hung Fu Bills and Securities
100. Merger of Far Eastern Enterprise Corporation and Geant Dalwant Corporation
101. Combination of Ruentex Industries Ltd and RT-Mark International
102. Intending to secure a majority on the Board Of Directors of Yieh Loong Corporation, China Steel Corporation deputized its senior managers to apply for approval to merge pursuant to Article 11 of the Fair Trade Law
103. Daimler-Chrysler AG planned to hold 99.8% of the stock shares of Chrysler (Taiwan) Co., Ltd., so it applied for approval to engage in a merger, in accordance with Article 11 of the Fair Trade Law
104. Application for merger between Primax Electronics Ltd. and Tuo Han Co., Ltd.
105. 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
106. Application for permission to merge Fubon Commercial Bank and Chin Shan Securities Investment Advisory Co., Ltd.
107. 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
108. 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
109. Interpretation of whether gas coupon books used at many gas stations violate the Fair Trade Law

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