1. Scope of Correction

Large distribution businesses, hypermarkets, convenient stores, department stores, supermarkets, consumer cooperatives and so forth, which are sellers of daily neccessities.

2. Items of Correction

The six types of actions to be corrected are as follows :


1. Large volume discount retailers, taking advantage of their superior market positions and collecting improper surcharges from suppliers, for example, carrying fees;
2. Contract terms requiring suppliers to offer the most favorable prices to discount retailers;
3. Transparency of terms set by discount retailers for "removal" of products from their display isles;
4. For discount retailers that have a warehouse, the determination of responsibility in case of a supply shortage in the warehouse;
5. Calculation of penalties for shortage of supply;
6. Membership verification in large volume discount retailers with defined customers
   

3. Deadline for Correction

Large-volume discount retailers with defined customers shall strictly maintain their membership verification procedures, and stop using the procedures that violate this item, as well as terms and rules that violate the other five items mentioned above. In addition, contracts between discount retailers and suppliers, the new contracts substituting the currently effective contracts upon expiration shall carry clearly defined terms as required above, for example, qualification standards for display, and so forth. Such contracts shall also delete the terms whose deletion is required above, e.g., contract terms requiring suppliers to offer the most favorable prices, and so forth. Those who have not established contracts shall not conduct any of the actions mentioned above, and all their contracts after July 1st, 1995, shall also meet the requirements mentioned above.

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