Exemption from administrative disposition of contact lens maker "Seed" Japan Fair Trade Commission November 12, 17:30
The Fair Trade Commission filed for Seed, a major contact lens maker, suspected of violating antitrust laws, alleging that it asked retailers not to advertise the prices of some products. The improvement measures have been approved and administrative sanctions have been exempted.
In June last year, the Japan Fair Trade Commission stipulated that three companies, including seed, a major contact lens manufacturer, requested retailers not to list the prices of some contact lenses in leaflets and Internet advertisements. We conducted an on-site inspection on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act, which prohibited the act of trading.
The Fair Trade Commission will hold a press conference on the 12th, and a recurrence that includes reporting the situation to the Fair Trade Commission applied by Seed every year for the next three years, conducting regular audits and training sales personnel. Announced that it has certified improvement measures for prevention.
This exempts seeds from administrative sanctions.
This response is based on a system called "commitment procedure" that exempts administrative sanctions such as surcharge payment orders if the Fair Trade Commission approves an improvement plan by a business operator suspected of violating the Antimonopoly Act. I was struck.
Seed says, "We will further strengthen compliance and promote business activities based on social responsibility."
Of the other two companies that have undergone on-site inspections by the Japan Fair Trade Commission along with Seed, "Cooper Vision Japan" has already been exempted from administrative sanctions due to the commitment procedure.
According to the people concerned, the investigation into "Japan Archon" is still ongoing.