CEPA争端解决机制的实然与应然

A "To Be and Ought to Be" Perspective on the CEPA Dispute Settlement Mechanism

争端解决机制是包括争端解决机构、解决规则、方法等在内的一整套法律制度。CEPA仅规定成立一个联合指导委员会,协商解决争议,对此,学界看法各异,褒贬不一。文章从实然与应然的视角进行探析,认为:CEPA属于临时性安排、产生时间短、争端主体特殊等是CEPA争端解决机制缺位的原因;构建CEPA独立的争端解决机制是必要的,但无须订立强制性的法律规范,而应以指导性、程序性的规则为主。

The dispute settlement mechanism is a set of legal systems, including the dispute settlement agency, solution rules and methods, etc. The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement （CEPA） only provides for the establishment of a joint steering committee, in consultation to resolve disputes, on which scholars pass different views and adjudgements. From the ＂to be and ought to be＂ perspectives, this paper claims that provisional arrangements, instant solution and the particularity of the dispute subject resulted in the absence of CEPA dispute settlement mechanism. Thus it is necessary to build up the independent CEPA dispute settlement mechanism, not by introducing mandatory legal norms, but the guiding and procedural rules.