论公司的担保能力及担保效力——对新《公司法》第16条的解读

Discussing the Capacity of Corporate Guaranteeing and Guarantee Effectiveness——From the Perspective of Article 16 of the New "Company Act"

公司是否具有担保能力,境外学者存在承认说和否认说。我国新《公司法》相关条款规定了公司具有一般的担保能力,但我们依据新《公司法》在理解公司担保合同的效力时存在障碍。只有将新《公司法》中关于公司担保条款"内部审议程序"的规定理解为强制性规范,才能廓清公司担保能力问题。对于公司超限额担保和越权担保的效力问题,不能简单认定为无效或有效,而应结合合同法、担保法和公司法作出个案判断。

Whether companies have the guaranteeing capacity, there exist two totally different trends among the overseas scholars, one is to recognize the guaranteeing capacity and the other is to deny it. Some relevant provisions of China＇s new ＂Company Act＂ prescribe that companies have the ability to guarantee, but based on the new ＂Company Act＂, we try to understand the effectiveness of the company＇s guaranteeing the contract, and have found some obstacles. Only when we understand the corporate guarantee provision of the ＂internal review process＂ requirement as a peremptory norm, can we clarify the issue of a corporate guarantee capacity.