Apply for improvement plan to Rakuten FTC and ask for exemption from disposal October 1st 12:52
“Rakuten,” which operates the travel reservation site “Rakuten Travel,” requested a hotel from the last month to make improvements to the Fair Trade Commission on the issue that it was demanding that hotels stay at a higher price for accommodation plans than other sites. From interviews with related parties, it was found that the company applied for a “Commitment Procedure” requesting exemption from disposal.
In April, the Fair Trade Commission announced that the Japanese subsidiary of the world's largest travel reservation site, “Expedia”, and “Rakuten”, which operates “Rakuten Travel”, are now offering hotels, inns, etc. On-site inspection on suspicion of violating antitrust laws prohibiting the act of binding traders at low prices, even though the price of the accommodation plan was requested not to be higher than other sites.
According to the parties concerned, “Rakuten” has deleted the contract clauses that are allegedly violated based on the “Commitment Procedure” system set forth in the Antimonopoly Act, etc. I applied for an improvement plan.
The “Commitment Procedure” is a system in which an operator suspected of violating the Antimonopoly Act applies to the Fair Trade Commission for improvement measures, and if approved, it is exempt from administrative measures such as an exemption order. Introduced in
This is the first time that a “Commitment Procedure” has been applied for, and the Fair Trade Commission will consider whether the improvement measures are sufficient and reliable.
“Rakuten” says, “I want to refrain from commenting because it affects the survey.”