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1. Strict law enforcement to maintain market competition and order
(1) Executing the Fair Trade Act and the Multi-level Marketing Supervision Act
The main duties of the FTC are to act according to the Fair Trade Act to investigate and sanction enterprises adopting competition-restraining practices, such as monopolizing, merging and engaging in concerted actions illegally, posting false advertisements and engaging in deceptive or obviously unfair conduct and to investigate and sanction businesses in violation of the Multi-level Marketing Supervision Act. The FTC makes active efforts to fair market competition.
Total
Investigation Cases
Reported Cases
Concerted Action Applications
Merger Filings
Interpretation Requests
Closed
2,673
211
2,279
0
62
121
Total
Monopo- lization
Merger
Concert- ed Action
Resale Price Re- striction
Other Competition Restraints
False Ad- vertising
Deceptive or Obviously Un- fair Conduct
Illegal Multi-level Marketing
Important Achievements in 2024
concern. There were 2,827 cases in total. The Commission reviewed 3,083 cases and closed
Multi-level Marketing Supervision Act. The Commission issued 107 dispositions/warning letters. After deducting the cases with the sanctions revoked, the fines imposed in 2024 amounted to 176,430,000 NT dollars (the same currency applies hereinafter). Among these cases, 63 cases involved false or misleading advertising. The 16 cases involving concerted actions and involving the violation of the Multi-level Marketing Supervision Act.
Cases Processed in 2024
Received 2,827 233 2,413 1 60
Types of Cases with Administrative Sanctions Imposed or Warnings Issued in 2024
Unit: case
120
Unit: case
107 0 4 16 0 0 63 16 9
Note: Some cases involved two or more violations; therefore, the aggregate number of violations exceeded the total number of cases.
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