Advice decision - Kankokushinketsu

...The final decision that is handed down through these procedures is a ruling, and its main text is the exclusionary measures, which are administrative dispositions. In addition to these formal rulings, the Fair Trade Commission has two types of summary rulings: a recommendation ruling (Article 48 of the Antimonopoly Act), which allows the Commission to make a ruling with the same purport as a recommendation without going through a ruling procedure if the Commission points out the existence of an antimonopoly law violation and recommends administrative guidance to eliminate it, and a consent ruling (Article 53-3), which allows the Fair Trade Commission to make a ruling with the same purport as the measures described in the plan without going through a ruling procedure if the defendant acknowledges the facts and application of the law described in the ruling after the ruling has been started and requests to receive a ruling without going through the subsequent procedures, and has the defendant prepare a plan of measures to eliminate the antimonopoly law by itself, and if the Fair Trade Commission deems it appropriate, allows the Fair Trade Commission to make a ruling with the same purport as the measures described in the plan without going through the subsequent procedures. In reality, most rulings are made as recommendation rulings. Because these procedures have been completed in advance, lawsuits seeking the annulment of the Fair Trade Commission's decision are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo High Court, and the court also respects the Fair Trade Commission's findings to a certain extent when it comes to determining facts, and the rule of substantial evidence is adopted, giving the case special treatment in terms of litigation.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "recommended decisions" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…このような手続を経て最終的に下される判決に該当する決定が審決であり，その主文は行政処分である排除措置を定めるものである。公正取引委員会の審決にはこのような正式の審判審決のほか，委員会が独禁法違反行為の存在を指摘し，その排除を行政指導する勧告に対して，事業者が応諾する場合に審判手続を経ないで勧告と同趣旨の審決をなすことを認める勧告審決(独占禁止法48条)と，審判手続が開始された後に，被審人が審判開始決定書記載の事実と法の適用を認め，その後の手続を経ずに審決を受けることを申し出た場合に，独禁法違反を除去するための対応策の計画を被審人にみずから作成させ，公正取引委員会がそれを適当と認めた場合には，その後の手続を経ずに計画書記載の措置と同趣旨の審決をなすことを認める同意審決(53条の3)の2種類の略式の審決の制度があり，現実には，審決のほとんどは勧告審決でなされている。　事前にこのような手続を経ているため，公正取引委員会の審決の取消訴訟は東京高等裁判所の専属管轄とされ，事実認定についても裁判所が公正取引委員会の認定を一定の範囲で尊重する，実質的証拠法則が採用される等，訴訟面でも特殊な扱いがなされている。…

※「勧告審決」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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