In the practices of the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC), TFTC's
inaction to complaint by private person(s) for violation of the Fair Trade Law
is deemed an administrative action, thus can be appealed to the Administrative
Petition Committee for review. This practice has put a large burden on the
resources of the TFTC. in this article, based on perspectives from other
countries' or areas' practices, on legal reasoning (especially that of
administrative law) and on economic efficiency, the author concludes that
current practices of TFTC can not be justified and should be abandoned without
compensation. By denying a complainant standing to appeal, TFTC will have more
discretion in case selection, thereby fulfill its responsibility of sustaining
fair and unfettered competition in Taiwan's market more efficiently.