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On 18 December 2013, the ACCC accepted an undertaking (the Undertaking) from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
On 18 December 2013, the ACCC accepted an undertaking (the Undertaking) from Gallagher Holdings Limited (Gallagher) in relation to its proposed acquisition of the assets of Country Electronic Pty Ltd, trading as Thunderbird Agricultural Products (the Proposed Acquisition).
The Undertaking requires that Gallagher divests its shareholding held in the company Tru-Test to an ACCC-approved purchaser or purchasers.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Apple Pty Limited (Apple) following an investigation into Apple’s consumer guarantees policies and practices, and representations about consumers’ rights under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
The ACCC was concerned that Apple had made a number of false or misleading representations to a number of consumers regarding their consumer guarantee rights, including that Apple was not required to provide a refund, replacement or repair to consumers in circumstances where these remedies were required by the consumer guarantees in the ACL.
The ACCC was concerned that on occasions these representations may have arisen from Apple staff and representatives misapplying Apple’s policies, including its 14 day return policy and its 12 month limited manufacturer’s warranty.
The ACCC has accepted a section 87B Undertaking from Woolworths Limited (ACN 000 014 675) (Woolworths).
The ACCC has accepted a section 87B Undertaking from Coles Group Limited (ACN 004 089 936) (Coles Group), Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 004 189 708) (Coles Supermarkets), and Eureka Operations Pty Ltd (ACN 104 811 216) (Eureka) (together Coles).
On 5 December 2013, the ACCC accepted an undertaking (the Undertaking) from Murray Goulbourn Co-operative Co.
The ACCC has accepted a section 87B undertaking from AGL Energy Limited (AGL) in relation to the court proceedings ACCC v Australian Power & Gas Company Limited QUD 621 of 2013.
The ACCC instituted proceedings against Australian Power & Gas Company Limited (APG) in September 2013 in relation to its door-to-door selling practices (alleged breaches of sections 18, 21, 29, 74, 75 and 76 of the ACL).
In October 2013, AGL completed its acquisition of APG. APG is now therefore wholly owned by AGL.
On 28 November 2013, the Federal Court made orders by consent of the parties. These orders included that APG:
- pay a pecuniary penalty of $1.1 million;
The ACCC has accepted a section 87B undertaking from Game Farm Pty Ltd (Game Farm) following an investigation relating to breaches of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), comprising Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (the Act).
Brand Republic Pty Ltd operates three GAP retail stores which sell apparel for men, women, children and babies. Between 22 July 2011 and 26 May 2013 Brand Republic sold five different children’s nightwear garments that did not comply with the mandatory standard for children’s nightwear (the Standard).The garments did not comply with the Standard in the following respects:
all of the garments were not marked with their numerical size, as required by clause 5.2(b) of the Standard;
all of the garments had attached a “low fire danger” label which was not located correctly.