Door-to-door sales for elderly people with dementia Partial business suspension order for 3 companies (2023/05/11)- Easy News

認知症の高齢者に訪問販売　3社に一部業務停止命令(2023年5月11日)

Door-to-door sales for elderly people with dementia Partial business suspension order for 3 companies (2023/05/11)

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認知症の高齢者を相手に契約を結んだなどとして、消費者庁は家庭向けの電力やガスを販売する業者などに一部業務停止命令を出しました。　
The Consumer Affairs Agency issued partial business suspension orders to companies that sold electricity and gas to households and others for making contracts with elderly people suffering from dementia.
中部電力「ミライズ」と大阪ガスが出資するCDエナジーダイレクトとその委託先の2社は電力やガスの訪問販売にあたって「東京電力から来ました」などと偽って勧誘したほか、認知症の高齢者に対して契約を締結したということです。　
2 companies, Chubu Electric Power "Mirise" and CD Energy Direct, of which Osaka Gas has a stake and subcontractor, enticed customers by pretending to be from Tokyo Electric Power Company by selling electricity and gas door-to-door, contracted with the eld
消費者庁は、これらが特定商取引法違反にあたるとして、6カ月間の訪問販売業務の停止などを命じました。　
The Consumer Affairs Agency ordered the suspension of door-to-door sales operations for a period of six months on the grounds that these violations constituted a violation of the Specified Commercial Transactions Law.
今年3月までの3年間で295件の苦情や相談が寄せられ、ほとんどが高齢者からだったということです。　
In the three years to March this year, there were 295 complaints and consultations, mostly from elderly people.
CDエナジーダイレクトは今後も再発防止策を定着させるとしています。
CD Energy Direct says it will continue to establish measures to prevent recurrence.

認知症の高齢者を相手に契約を結んだなどとして、消費者庁は家庭向けの電力やガスを販売する業者などに一部業務停止命令を出しました。　

販売

Sales, selling, marketing

相手

Companion, partner, company; other party, addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

命令

Order, command, decree, directive; (software) instruction, statement

者

Person

契約

Contract, compact, agreement

消費

Consumption, expenditure

停止

Suspension, interruption, stoppage, ban, standstill, halt, hang-up, deadlock, stalemate, abeyance; suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person

電力

Electric power

庁

Government office, agency, board

一部

One part, one portion, one section, some; one copy (e.g. of a document)

業者

Trader, merchant, vendor; manufacturer, contractor

業務

Business, affairs, duties, work, procedure, task, action, function, (business) operations, operational

家庭

Home, family, household

出し

Dashi (japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp); pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man

向け

Intended for ..., oriented towards ..., aimed at ..

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..

症

Illness

高齢

Advanced (old) age

認知

Acknowledgement, acknowledgment, recognition, cognition
中部電力「ミライズ」と大阪ガスが出資するCDエナジーダイレクトとその委託先の2社は電力やガスの訪問販売にあたって「東京電力から来ました」などと偽って勧誘したほか、認知症の高齢者に対して契約を締結したということです。　

販売

Sales, selling, marketing

訪問

Call, visit

者

Person

来

Next (year, etc.); since (last month, etc.)

契約

Contract, compact, agreement

電力

Electric power

委託

Consign (goods (for sale) to a firm), entrust (person with something), commit

勧誘

Invitation, solicitation, canvassing, canvasing, inducement, persuasion, encouragement

先

Former, previous, old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move

出資

Investment, contribution, financing

に対して

Towards, against, regarding, in contrast with

症

Illness

社

Shrine (usually shinto)

高齢

Advanced (old) age

認知

Acknowledgement, acknowledgment, recognition, cognition

締結

conclusion, execution (of a contract), entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
消費者庁は、これらが特定商取引法違反にあたるとして、6カ月間の訪問販売業務の停止などを命じました。　

間

1.818 m (6 shaku); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

販売

Sales, selling, marketing

法

Law, act, principle; method; mood; dharma

訪問

Call, visit

者

Person

違反

Violation, offense, offence, breach, transgression, infringement, contravention

消費

Consumption, expenditure

停止

Suspension, interruption, stoppage, ban, standstill, halt, hang-up, deadlock, stalemate, abeyance; suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person

庁

Government office, agency, board

業務

Business, affairs, duties, work, procedure, task, action, function, (business) operations, operational

カ月

(number of) months

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..

特定

Specific, special, particular

取引

Transactions, dealings, business

商

Quotient; dealing, dealer, store; second degree (of the japanese & chinese pentatonic scale); shang (dynasty of china)
今年3月までの3年間で295件の苦情や相談が寄せられ、ほとんどが高齢者からだったということです。　

相談

Consultation, discussion

年間

Year (period of)

者

Person

月

Monday

苦情

Complaint, troubles, objection, grievance

件

Matter, case, item, affair, subject

今年

This year

寄せ

Last moves (in go, shogi, or chess), endgame; gathering, collecting, coming together

高齢

Advanced (old) age
CDエナジーダイレクトは今後も再発防止策を定着させるとしています。

今後

From now on, hereafter

防止

Prevention, check

再発

Return, relapse, reoccurrence

策

Plan, policy

定着

taking hold, getting attached, becoming established, becoming entrenched, establishing