1. Enhancing Regulation Integration and System Establishment to Firmly Enact Fair Competition Rules

In order to create a free and fair competition environment for our country, the FTC will continue to proceed with the amendment of the Fair Trade Law and enhance the coordination and communication with other ministries/commissions to jointly promote the establishment of legal systems and have our competition laws and regulations develop simultaneously with other advanced countries.

In addition, since concerted action has become more and more concealed, law enforcement and evidence gathering have also become more difficult nowadays. As a result, the FTC will learn enforcement experiences from other countries and introduce the "leniency policy" to urge the participants of concerted action to spontaneously provide evidence of illegal acts. By the means of this policy, the FTC will be able to cut down the costs for investigation and deter illegal concerted action in a timely manner.

To establish transparent enforcement standards, the FTC will continue to review related competition regulations and case handling guidelines to assure the transparency, standardization and reasonableness of the administrative procedure enhancing the positive interaction with enterprises as well as their understanding of and compliance with the regulations.

2. Fully Implementing Case Investigation and Disposition to Maintain Market-Trading Order

Investigating and reviewing cases subject to the Fair Trade Law are the main tasks of the FTC. The FTC strictly investigates and punishes all behaviors of restrictive and unfair competition by the enterprises to maintain market competition order. Moreover, the FTC will pay attention to the trends of each domestic industry and issues concerning the public and will deter any act affecting trading order, especially cases involved with major public interests. The FTC will also be more initiative about ex officio investigation. Through "actively investigating and effectively governing" and the FTC's power to organize, execute, and unite, the FTC will be able to control the timing of case review more efficiently, utilize limited manpower well, maintain market-trading order, and protect the interests of the public.

3. Strengthening Communications and Policy Integration with Other Ministries/ Commission to Improve Industry Operating Efficiency

The Fair Trade Law encompasses issues rather extensively. During the enforcement of the Fair Trade Law, it is inevitable to be involved with the industrial policy and economic regulations of other ministries/ commissions. For the past several years, with the cooperation of each ministry/commission, the spirit of free and fair competition has been able to be included in the policy of another ministry/commission and thereby enforced. In order to create a fair competition environment for the new economy era, in addition to the enforcement of the Fair Trade Law, the industrial policy and economic regulations of other ministries/commissions shall also be coordinated. The FTC will strengthen the communications with other ministries/commissions to jointly make effort to include the spirit of free and fair competition in the policy and enforce the same accordingly. The FTC will also continue to review regulations that impede competition and eliminate unnecessary market entry barriers to promote industry operating efficiency and overall national competitiveness.

4. Listening to and Understanding the Public to Shape Quality Competition Culture

The FTC's duties are to maintain trading order and consumer interests and nurture a superior competition culture. Therefore, in addition to investigating improper monopoly, merger, concerted action, restrictive competition, and unfair competition of enterprises, the FTC will also observe the needs and opinions of the public and initiate investigations on major cases that will affect the rights and interests of the public with fairly strict dispositions in accordance with the Fair Trade Law to effectively maintain market-trading order and protect consumer rights and interests.

5. Developing International Exchange and Technical Support to Jointly Create Regional Economic Prosperity

Under the influence of economic globalization, actions of anti-competition have become international. It is necessary to react to such actions through international organizations and bilateral or multilateral cooperation. As a member of the global competition community, we will continue to effectively deter international cartel though participating in international organizations, promoting relevant international and bilateral cooperation and exchange, and actively establishing conversation platforms with the competition authorities of other countries. We will also provide technical support related to competition laws to those Southeast Asia countries with whom we have close geographic or trading relationship to jointly create regional economic prosperity.

Privacy Policy Security Policy Fair Trade Commission, Executive Yuan, R.O.C Address:12-14 F, No. 2-2 Jinan Rd., Sec. 1, Jhongjheng (Zhongzheng) District, Taipei City 100, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel:886-2-23517588 E-mail: ftcpub@ftc.gov.tw Best browse in 800*600 pixel with IE6.0 or above (Last Modified：2007/08/08 09:18:30 )