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  1. When marketing the Penyeh Haoyang (transliteration) presale home units, Penyeh Construction Co., Ltd. and Longyi (transliteration) Advertising Co., Ltd. requested that prospective homebuyers pay a deposit to acquire and read the presale home purchase agreement. The practice of restricting homebuyers from obtaining the presale home purchase agreement free of charge was obviously unfair conduct able to affect trading order. It was in violation of Article 25 of the Fair Trade Act. The FTC imposed administrative fines of NT$700,000 and NT$350,000 on the two companies, respectively.
  2. Great Wall Enterprise Co., Ltd. used the shares of the overseas parent company of FoodChina Company in its possession to merge with FoodChina Company but did not file the merger as required. The conduct was in violation of Article 11 (1) of the Fair Trade Act. The FTC imposed an administrative fine of NT$600,000 on the company and also ordered it to file the merger or make necessary corrections within three months after receiving the disposition.
  3. When recruiting franchisees for the 41EARLYBAR chain, 41EARLYBAR posted an advertisement in which sales figures were disclosed and the sales of outlets under direct management and new franchisees were compared, and claimed the sales of the franchise store in Nantze in November 2020 totaled NT$360,000. It was a false and misleading representation with regard to content of service and could also affect transaction decisions in violation of Paragraph 4 of Article 21 of the Fair Trade Act and Paragraph 1 of the same article was applicable mutatis mutandis. The FTC imposed an administrative fine of NT$50,000 on the company.
  4. Taiwan Treasure Appraisal Media Channel Co., Ltd. (translation) used the name of the Gemological Institute of the Republic of China to publicize its service quality and attract customers. The practice was in violation of Paragraph 4 of Article 21 of the Fair Trade Act and Paragraph 1 of the same article was applicable mutatis mutandis. The FTC imposed an administrative fine of NT$200,000 on the company and also ordered it to immediately cease the unlawful act.
  5. Yun Ni Co., Ltd., the final controller of all the stores of the Ai Ni Ya (transliteration) Group, concealed important trading information about the company's products and facial services when marketing beauty care products, and lied to consumers by claiming that the products and services were being sold at preferential prices. While people were receiving facial services, the company's employees hassled and hurried them into making transaction decisions and applied the pretext of needing to use more "consumables" to push them to buy more products. In addition, the company even adopted inappropriate measures to impede customers from exercising their statutory rights to return products. The overall marketing practice was deceptive and obviously unfair conduct able to affect trading order in violation of Article 25 of the Fair Trade Act. The FTC ordered the company to immediately cease the unlawful act and also imposed on it an administrative fine of NT$25 million.
  6. Shenglih International Co., Ltd., a multi-level marketing business, violated Article 10 (1) of the Multi-level Marketing Supervision Act by failing to fulfill the statutory obligation to provide participants with necessary information when they joined the company's multi-level marketing schemes. The FTC imposed an administrative fine of NT$100,000 on the company. Meanwhile, the company's two staff members respectively surnamed Peng and Zeng violated Article 11 of the Multi-level Marketing Supervision Act for concealing the fact that the company was a multi-level marketing business when recruiting participants. The FTC imposed an administrative fine of NT$50,000 on each of them.
  7. When marketing the "PS Night Series Private Structure super stretchable wide waistband briefs (white and white)," "PS Night Series Private Structure super stretchable wide waistband briefs (white and blue)," "PS Night Series Private Structure super stretchable wide waistband briefs (fog blue), and "PS Night Series Private Structure super stretchable wide waistband briefs (black and blue)," PChome Online Inc. and Ever Shine I&F Co., Ltd. posted the wording "Place of origin: Taiwan" in the advertisements. The claim was a false and misleading representation with regard to place of origin of product and could also affect transaction decisions in violation of Article 21 (1) of the Fair Trade Act. The FTC imposed administrative fines of NT$100,000 and NT$50,000 on the two companies, respectively.

《In case of any discrepancy between the English version and the Chinese Version, the latter shall prevail.》

Updated at:2022-08-18 15:39:50
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