Legislation & Guidelines

The Antimonopoly Act (AMA)

• - Designation of Unfair Trade Practices　(1982, revised 2009)
• - Designation of Specific Unfair Trade Practices in the Newspaper Business(PDF:11KB)　(1999)
• - Designation of Specific Unfair Trade Practices by Large-Scale Retailers Relating to the Trade with Suppliers(PDF:89KB)　(2005)
• - Order for Enforcement of the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade (Cabinet Order No. 317 of 1977)
• - Rules etc, concerning procedure for investigation and notifications

The Act on Proper Transactions with Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators (SME Transactions Act)

Involvement Prevention Act

Act on Ensuring Proper Transactions Involving Specified Entrusted Business Operators

- Order for Enforcement of the Act on Ensuring Proper Transactions Involving Specified Entrusted Business Operators Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA))

• - Cabinet Order Specifying Business Scale under Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software
• - Guidelines of the Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software

Guidelines