without those of individual firm specified.

(Previously cited under 3-2)

## 4 -6 (Formulating and offering average management indicators)

A trade association's conduct of formulating and offering average management indicators based on information voluntarily submitted by members regarding such management information which normally is of a non-confidential nature as their financial indicators or the numbers of employees.

In such information is published by the members themselves, or if the members have given their prior consent, the trade association may organize and publish this information as pertaining to individual firms.

4-7 (Collecting and offering information concerning the content of a bid and the required level of technical capabilities)

In order to supplement the deficiencies of members in collecting information, conduct, by a trade association of small- and medium-scale firms intending to participate in a bid, or collecting and offering information, made public by the contract awarding public agency, concerning the content of the object of the bid and the required level of technical capabilities for the bid (Excluding such conduct which may lead to the predetermined of an expected bid winner).

4-8 (Offering information concerning combination of partners in permanent joint venture)

Conduct, by a trade association of small- and medium-scale firms, in response to the request of the members, of offering information of past objective facts concerning combination of partners in a joint venture, when the members are preparing to submit an application to qualify as a permanent joint venture for participation in bids.

## 4 -9 (Collection of information for selection of partners in a joint venture)

Firm's conduct of individually collecting information necessary in the selection of partners from each candidate for partnership, in seeking for partners for a joint venture to participate in a bid; or of sharing views and setting specific conditions concerning establishment of partnership in a joint venture with a candidate for partnership (Excluding such conduct which may lead to the predetermined of an expected bid winner).

4-10 (Expression of interest in participation in a bid to the contract awarding public agency)

A firm's conduct of expressing, to the contract awarding public agency, interest to participate in a forthcoming bid and such pertinent technical information as its past records of similar types of work done, description of its technical and engineering staff, and an implementation plan for the work to be awarded, responding to the institutional request of such agencies, prior to the agency's designation of firms, without consultation and adjustment with other firms or a trade association.

## 4 -11 (Formulation of general rule of computation)

Conduct, by a trade association of small- and medium-scale firms, of formulating methods of computation that list standard expense items, or of indicating the standard materials and labor required, for the purpose of improving the computational capabilities of members, for bids in general (Excluding such conduct which gives common standards of the computed prices of contracts among firms.).