Claiming Penalty for Contractor of Information Display Equipment Construction Ordered by Japan Highway Public Corporation

NEXCO EAST, NEXCO CENTRAL and NEXCO WEST, and Japan Expressway, an independent administrative corporation, today pays surcharges from the Fair Trade Commission in violation of the Antimonopoly Act. Seiwa Denki Co., Ltd., Nagoya Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd., and Koito Kogyo Co., Ltd., who received the order, will be charged a penalty based on the penalty clause in the case of misconduct such as rigging. I will let you know.

In addition, all the works subject to the levy payment order by the Fair Trade Commission are works ordered by the Japan Highway Public Corporation and signed a contract contract with the above three companies, but under the contract concerning the contract contract from the same corporation. NEXCO EAST, NEXCO CENTRAL and NEXCO WEST, and the Japan Expressway Ownership and Debt Repayment Agency, which have succeeded to the status and construction purpose assets, have made the following penalty charges.

In addition, in the construction ordered by the Japan Highway Public Corporation or NEXCO EAST, NEXCO CENTRAL or NEXCO WEST, the penalty was charged based on the penalty clause in the case of misconduct such as rigging. ,This is the first time.

1 Overview

Regarding the above three companies, the Japan Fair Trade Commission issued an order for payment of surcharge on February 7, 2002, as a violation of the Antimonopoly Act (April 1, 2001 to August 30, 2004 at the latest). Done and confirmed.

　このため、工事請負契約書の違約金条項【PDF：19KB】に基づき、上記3事業者に対して、請負代金額の10%相当額を違約金として請求することとしました。

2 Billing details

3 business operators will be charged 678,322,050 yen.
(Total of NEXCO EAST, NEXCO CENTRAL and NEXCO WEST, and Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Organization)

In addition, the details of target company and billing amount are Appendix [PDF: 99KB] It is as follows.

3 Payment deadline

July 14, 2006
(*) The penalty clause is stipulated in the contract contract for the construction of which the bidding procedure started on June 10, 2003 by Japan Highway Public Corporation. We are also considering making a claim for damages for construction work subject to an order to pay a surcharge before the penalty clause is executed.

reference

Circumstances and Penalty Clause of Construction Contract [PDF: 19KB]