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In 2001 the Commission instituted proceedings against Chaste Corporation Pty Ltd (in liquidation) and associated persons, including Mr Constantine Xenoudakis.

Astrix Pty Ltd and its directors, Mr John Thomas and Mr Roy Trkulja, operated a number of websites which promoted and sold the ECA Stack weight loss product. Each of Astrix's websites included representations about ECA Stack product, its efficacy and safety.

Tamworth Radio Cabs Co-operative Limited has undertaken that it will not: prevent taxi drivers from supplying taxi services to those customers who wish to book taxis directly and not through the radio network; use a 'points' system to allocate jobs in excess of 30 kilometres amongst taxi drivers; and make the provision of a radio communications service conditional on taxi drivers purchasing fuel from the Co-operative or a service station operated by the Co-operative or from such service station or retail outlets as nominated by the Co-operative.

Sonya Valentine Pty Ltd trading as Sova Imports (the company) has supplied sunglasses that do not comply with the mandatory product safety standard for sunglasses and fashion spectacles (the Standard).

Since 1997 Danoz Direct Pty Ltd, Danoz Directions Pty Ltd and Emjoi Australasia Pty Ltd ("Danoz") promoted and sold pest repellent devices branded Pest Contro and Pest Offense in Australia. These devices plug into a power point and allegedly repel cockroaches, rats, mice and other household pests.

The Warehouse Group (Australia) Pty Ltd (formerly Colonel Clints Crazy Bargain Stores Pty Ltd) offered the following Variation to the original Undertaking accepted by the Commission on 29 November 2000.

Replaced by undertaking dated 1st Aug, 2006 which has been replaced by undertaking dated 4th Oct, 2006 The undertaking requires AGL and GEAC to provide information to the ACCC concerning hedges, derivative transactions and power purchase agreements

The Advanced Medical Institute Pty Limited undertakes to provide refunds to patients identified in the Federal Court Order in circumstances where the treatment for male impotency is not effective.

GO Drew Pty Ltd (the Company) has provided a section 87B Undertaking to the ACCC in relation to the use of a logo similar to the National Heart Foundation registered Smart Foods Tick Logo appearing on the labelling of two varieties of egg products supplied by the Company.

Lawson's Trading Co.

The All Australian Owned Fruit Juice Company Pty Ltd (the Company) has provided a section 87B Undertaking to the ACCC in relation to representations appearing on the labelling of five varieties of fruit juice products supplied by the Company.

The ACCC conducted product safety surveys of Sunglasses and fashion spectacles in Perth, Sydney and Darwin as part of the Commission’s ongoing mandatory product safety program.  As a result of the survey some glasses supplied by Denbri were confirmed to be in breach of the Standard Denbri agreed to co-operate with the Commission by providing section 87B Undertakings which included: acknowledgement that the Glasses did not comply with the Standard; acknowledgement that Denbri may have breached the Act; advice that Denbri have ceased the supply of the Glasses; and that Denbri: has advised retailers to whom the Glasses were supplied to withdraw them from sale and return them to Denbri and that Denbri has  completed a cycle of attendances on the retailers to ensure that this has occurred; has placed product recall notices in the relevant major capital city newspapers in the cities in which the Glasses were supplied; will provide refunds to all parties who return the Glasses; and will implement and maintain a trade practices compliance program

Following legal proceedings brought by the ACCC in February 2003, the Federal Court declared that National Telecoms Group (NTG) engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when offering its Synergy telephony package.  The court also declared that NTG made false and misleading representations with respect to the price of its telephony services. The ACCC alleged that, amongst other things, NTG represented to consumers that in accepting the Synergy telephony package they would: pay no more or pay less than they were currently paying for telephony services; pay only a specified additional amount more than they were currently paying to their existing telephony services providers; be provided with a free telephone system; and receive only one bill for their telephony services. By consent of both parties, Justice Weinberg declared that NTG had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and made false or misleading representations in breach of sections 52 and 53(e) of the Act. The court granted injunctions restraining NTG from making the same or similar representations to consumers in the future.  In addition, NTG has provided court-enforceable undertakings to the ACCC.  NTG has undertaken to: contact customers who have complained in order to resolve their complaints; and review its trade practices compliance program.