Amazon Japan Apply for administrative exemption procedure September 4: 6:39

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The procedure for the Amazon Japan to apply for improvement and request exemption from administrative sanctions due to the problem that the online trading "Amazon Japan" unjustly compensated the sales for the trading company and was inspected by the Fair Trade Commission I understood that I applied for it by interviewing the people concerned.

Amazon Japan, which is headquartered in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, reduced sales due to discounting of daily necessities and electric appliances sold on its own site, but it was assumed that the supplier unreasonably paid a "cooperation fee", and it was said to be 3 In terms of transactions, she was subjected to an on-site inspection by the Fair Trade Commission on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act, which prohibited the abuse of a dominant position in the transaction.



Amazon Japan is said to have said that if it does not respond, it will stop trading.



According to a person involved, after the on-site inspection, "Amazon Japan" has compiled and submitted to the Fair Trade Commission a set of improvement measures that include recurrence prevention measures such as not requiring unreasonable burdens on the business partners.



This procedure is called "commitment procedure", and is a system in which if the Fair Trade Commission recognizes improvement measures for businesses suspected of violating the Antimonopoly Act, the levy payment order and exemption order will be exempted.



The Fair Trade Commission plans to consider whether improvement measures will be implemented in the future and decide whether to certify.



Amazon Japan commented, "We continue to hold cooperative and constructive discussions with the Fair Trade Commission. We will strive to comply with laws and regulations in all regions where Amazon does business."

Regulation moves to "unfair contracts"

On a mail-order site operated by a huge IT company called "Platformer", there has been a problem in that an unfair contract is forced to be used by a trading partner company by taking advantage of its superior position.



Last October, the Fair Trade Commission issued a report, showing for the first time anything that could violate antitrust laws.



Specific examples include site operators unilaterally changing the rules to raise fees, requiring products to be listed at a lower price than other sites, and restricting the use of other platforms. It is being done.



In addition, in May this year, a huge IT company that is in a stronger position than its counterparts will be obliged to disclose the terms and conditions of the contracts with them in order to restrict changes to contracts that are advantageous to them. The incorporated law has been passed.