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Murrumbidgee Irrigation Limited has provided an undertaking to the ACCC acknowledging that its conduct breached rule 5(1) of the Water Charge (Termination Fees) Rules 2009 because it imposed termination fees that exceeded the maximum amount authorised under the Rules.
Between July 2009 and July 2010, Big City Promotions published one page advertisements promoting holiday accommodation and sent those advertisements by facsimile to a large number of businesses.
OzTAM Pty Limited (OzTAM) and its shareholders, Seven Network (Operations) Limited (Seven), Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd (Nine) and Network Ten Pty Limited (Ten), have provided to the ACCC an undertaking pursuant to section 87B of the Trade Practices Act 1974 to address the ACCC's concerns that the structure and operation of OzTAM has the potential to facilitate:
OzTAM shareholders engaging in anti-competitive conduct;
OzTAM shareholders entering into anti-competitive agreements; and/or
competitively sensitive information regarding free-to-air (FTA) broadcasting operations of the OzTAM shareholders being shared with competitors.
According to the undertaking provided to the ACCC, Seven, Nine and Ten will take a number of steps to address the ACCC's concerns, including:
procuring the necessary amendments to OzTAM governance arrangements to give effect to the undertaking;
procuring the appointment to the OzTAM Board of an independent director who will be the chair of the OzTAM Board and have a casting vote in relation to certain matters;
ensuring that OzTAM management is authorised to break out and separately report new Digital Channels upon request by any FTA broadcaster without Board or shareholders approval;
ensuring that OzTAM management is authorised to certify compliance of OzTAM and OzTAM's rating services company with Technical Specifications without requiring Board or shareholder approval;
taking reasonable steps to ensure that certain competitively sensitive information is not shared between OzTAM directors/ shareholders;
procuring regular trade practices compliance training of employees appointed to OzTAM roles and nominee directors with a focus on compliance risks arising from joint ventures.
According to the undertaking provided to the ACCC, OzTAM will:
ensure that certain competitively sensitive information is not shared between OzTAM directors/ shareholders;
procure regular trade practices compliance training of staff and directors with a focus on compliance risks arising from joint ventures.
On 1 September 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Mr Neil Hugh McGlynn a director of Toll Holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Mr McGlynn agrees to sell down any interest he has in Asciano Limited and thereafter maintain his independence from Asciano.
On 1 September 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Mr Joseph Dario Garbellini a director of Toll Holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Mr Garbellini agrees to sell down any interest he has in Asciano Limited and thereafter maintain his independence from Asciano.
On 6 August 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Mr. Tan Hoe Ann Jacob, a director of Toll holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Mr.
On 6 August 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Mr Neil Pollington, a director of Toll Holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Mr Pollington agrees to sell down any interest he has in Asciano Limited and thereafter maintain his independence from Asciano.
On 6 August 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Ms. Sylvia Neo Shao Ling, a director of Toll holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Ms.
On 6 August 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Mr Bruce Charles Robert Houghton, a director of Toll Holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Mr Houghton agrees to sell down any interest he has in Asciano Limited and thereafter maintain his independence from Asciano.
On 6 August 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Ms Tse Tiang Tan, a director of Toll Holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Ms Tan agrees to sell down any interest she has in Asciano Limited and thereafter maintain her independence from Asciano.
On 6 August 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Mr Kenneth Yeoh Boon Guan, a director of Toll Holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Mr Yeoh agrees to sell down any interest he has in Asciano Limited and thereafter maintain his independence from Asciano.
On 6 August 2010, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Mr Wai Keit Chaa, a director of Toll Holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Mr Chaa agrees to sell down any interest he has in Asciano Limited and thereafter maintain his independence from Asciano.
Fitness First Australia Pty Ltd has given the ACCC an undertaking under section 87B of the Act to resolve ACCC concerns that its advertising of its "Gold Coin to Join" promotion was likely to contravene section 53C of the Act by failing to specify in a prominent way and as a single figure a single (total) price for the membership.
Fitness First has provided a section 87B undertaking that it will:
continue its FFit program for teenagers that was due to finish in May 2010 for a period of six months to 30 November 2010 at an estimated cost to Fitness First of $225,000;
publish a corrective notice in its Fitness First magazine and on its website www.fitnessfirst.com.au;
implement a trade practices compliance program
On 29 July 2010, the ACCC accepted an undertaking (the Undertaking) from Novartis AG (Novartis) in relation to its proposed acquisition of Alcon Laboratories Inc (Alcon) (the Proposed Acquisition).
Novartis and Alcon were the only suppliers of injectable miotic products in Australia.
Queensland Solar Systems (QSS) has acknowledged that claims about electricity savings and sale discounts in advertisements for photovoltaic solar panel systems were likely to have contravened sections 52, 53(c) and 53(e) of the Trade Practices Act 1974.
QSS has provided the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) with a court-enforceable undertaking, which requires QSS to publish corrective advertising notices in newspapers, an industry bulletin and on its website and to set up a trade practices law compliance program. QSS is also required to contact its past customers to inform them of the conduct and advise the ACCC of what steps it takes to resolve any complaints that may arise.
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