Regulations on Immunity and Reduction of Fines in Illegal Concerted Action Cases Article 5

The requirement of the content and evidence being able to help the competent authority establish the violation by the involved enterprises as stated in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1 of Article 3 refers to one of the following situations: 1. The applicant provides a statement of concrete details of the concerted action in question, along with evidence that the applicant has already obtained at the time of application and is capable of proving the violation of the said concerted action.2. The contents of the statement and evidence from the applicant are able to assist the competent authority in the investigation on the concerted action in question.Enterprises applying for fine immunity during the investigation of the competent authority shall provide related information and evidence according to Subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph; those applying for fine reduction shall provide related information and evidence according to Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph.The period of investigation stated in the preceding paragraph shall begin from the date the competent authority initiates the investigation to the date the final decision on the case is made.