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Japan: Adopted Act on Improvement of Transparency and Fairness in Trading on Specified Digital Platforms

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Adopted Act on Improvement of Transparency and Fairness in Trading on Specified Digital Platforms

The "Act on Improvement of Transparency and Fairness in Trading on Specified Digital Platforms" is adopted by the Japanese Diet. The Act introduces transparency obligations for "specified digital platforms providers". In particular, such providers a…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-02-18
under deliberation

The "Act on Improvement of Transparency and Fairness in Trading on Specified Digital Platforms" is …

2020-05-27
adopted

The "Act on Improvement of Transparency and Fairness in Trading on Specified Digital Platforms" is …

2021-01-26
in grace period

On 26 January 2021, a Cabinet Order "for Stipulating the Business Category and Scale under Article …

2021-02-01
in force

The "Act on Improvement of Transparency and Fairness in Trading on Specified Digital Platforms" ent…