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Defendant
A Co., Ltd., Defendant B, and Defendant C Co., Ltd. are punished by a fine of KRW 15,00,000, and Defendant D.
Reasons
Punishment of the crime
Defendant
A Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “A”) was established on November 21, 1960, and Defendant B Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “B”) on July 1, 2008, and Defendant C Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “C”) on February 21, 1955, and Defendant D Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “D”) established on June 1, 2001, respectively, with the main business purpose of electric wires and cable manufacture and sales, and Defendant C merged I Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “I”) on May 2, 201.
An enterpriser shall not agree with other enterprisers to jointly restrict the production, shipment, transportation, or transaction of goods, or transaction of services, and not to unfairly restrict competition by determining successful bidders, successful bidders, bidding price, successful bid price, successful bid price, or successful bid price, etc. in bidding or auction.
J Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “J”) publicly announced “K” on March 21, 2013, as a company being supplied with F/S cables, etc. by the above Defendant A, with the minimum price of the successful bidder not exceeding four companies.
Accordingly, around March 22, 2013, Defendant A’s L division, Defendant C’s M division and N division, Defendant B’s O vice president and P division, Defendant D’s Q former and R division agreed on the following: (a) W Full-time director and U vice-director of S Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “S”) and V Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “V”), and the S conference room located in Gangnam-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government X’s meeting; and (b) the scheduled bid price, the unit price, the unit price, and the production method (OEM) ratio of each company’s client.
Accordingly, on March 25, 2013, the executive officers and employees in charge of Defendant A et al. submitted a written proposal to the J around March 27, 2013 and submitted it to the said J for a bid. In addition, Defendant A et al. submitted the written proposal to the J around March 27, 2013.
On April 9, 2013, J continuously announced "K" of the content that the minimum successful bidder was selected as three companies at the lowest price.
Accordingly, Defendant A’s L division and Defendant C(I at the time) are M.