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The ACCC announced that it accepted three access undertakings lodged by Telstra Corporation Limited on 14 November 2003 in relation to the provision of the declared domestic PSTN originating access, domestic PSTN terminating access and local carriage services for 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006.
These are Variations to the Undertakings accepted by the Commission on 13 December 2002.
The Variation provides for the closure of the Val Morgan slide advertising business.
Val Morgan will:
honour existing contractual obligations to exhibitors and advertisers;
honour their contractual obligations to Independent Exhibitors and, where required by those obligations, continue to pay agreed minimum guarantee payments where there is no mechanism to adjust the minimum guaranteed payment as a result of ceasing to sell any further slide advertisements for exhibition on the screens of the Independent Exhibitor.
In addition:
Val Morgan are to provide reasonable notice (2 months) to exhibitors as soon as possible that Val Morgan will not continue to sell slide advertising; and
that all existing contracts with advertisers (including those entered into during the notice period) being honoured and allowed to continue after the date on which Val Morgan cease to sell slide advertising until their contractual obligations are satisfied
The ACCC is concerned that an agreement between Des's Cabs Pty Ltd and private taxi owners in Whyalla and Port Augusta to introduce a roster may have contravened section 45 of the TPA.
In order to address these concerns Des's Cabs has agreed to give a section 87B undertaking which includes:
refraining from agreeing to or operating a roster arrangement or system that specifies when taxis or taxi owners or operators are not permitted to seek work; and
undertaking a Trade Practices compliance program.
Schwarze Industries Australia Pty Ltd (CAN 089 416 937) (“Schwarze”) sells throughout Australia a range of road sweepers including the following models:
A6500XL; andA5500.
The purchasers of these road sweepers are predominantly local government authorities as well as a number of other commercial entities that use the vehicles for cleaning facilities or to contract sweep local government and industrial sites.
The Commission has expressed concerns regarding certain documentation distributed by Schwarze at various times over a period of approximately two years in response to tender requests from many local government authorities and appearing on its website, which included some representations as to the Australian Content of the above sweepers and the country of origin of some of the constituent parts of the sweepers that may contravene sections 52, 53(a), 53(eb) and 55 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (“the Act”).
In view of the Commission’s concerns, Schwarze has entered into an undertaking with the Commission pursuant to section 87B of the Act to address concerns raised, whereby Schwarze agrees to:
cease making representations of the type referred to above;
circulate a Corrective Notice to affected consumers; and
implement a Trade Practices Compliance Program