Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, ANTITRUST NEWS: JFTC seeks comments on revised Distribution Guidelines, (Feb 5, 2015)

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has just issued revised its “Guidelines Concerning Distribution Systems and Business Practices Under the Antimonopoly Act.” The agency announced today that these Distribution Guidelines set out specific types of conduct among Japanese distribution systems and business practices that may impede free and fair competition.

The agency is seeking public comments regarding the revisions from stakeholders. You can submit comments, in Japanese, by one of the following three methods:

E-mail: The subject of the e-mail should be “Comments on the revised Distribution Guidelines (Draft).” E-mail address: ryuutori@jftc.go.jp. Comment must be submitted in text format and cannot be accepted by attached file or URL.
Fax: Clearly indicate “Person in Charge of the Distribution Guidelines, Trade Practices Division” as the addressee, and write “Comments on the revised Distribution Guidelines (Draft)” as the subject of the fax cover sheet. Comments sent without an addressee will not be accepted. The fax number is +81-(0)3-3581-1944.
Postal mail: Send to: Person in Charge of the Distribution Guidelines, Trade Practices Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Secretariat, Japan Fair Trade Commission. Section B, No. 6 Central Joint Governmental Building, 1-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8987 Japan.

The submission deadline for comments is March 6, 2015.

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Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, ANTITRUST NEWS: JFTC seeks comments on revised Distribution Guidelines, (Feb 5, 2015)

The agency is seeking public comments regarding the revisions from stakeholders. You can submit comments, in Japanese, by one of the following three methods:

E-mail: The subject of the e-mail should be “Comments on the revised Distribution Guidelines (Draft).” E-mail address: ryuutori@jftc.go.jp. Comment must be submitted in text format and cannot be accepted by attached file or URL.
Fax: Clearly indicate “Person in Charge of the Distribution Guidelines, Trade Practices Division” as the addressee, and write “Comments on the revised Distribution Guidelines (Draft)” as the subject of the fax cover sheet. Comments sent without an addressee will not be accepted. The fax number is +81-(0)3-3581-1944.
Postal mail: Send to: Person in Charge of the Distribution Guidelines, Trade Practices Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Secretariat, Japan Fair Trade Commission. Section B, No. 6 Central Joint Governmental Building, 1-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8987 Japan.

The submission deadline for comments is March 6, 2015.

News: Antitrust