商业特许经营信息披露法律制度研究

Study on Commercial Franchising Information Disclosure

商业特许经营是现代市场经济中的一种重要商业模式,信息披露有助保障被特许人权利、政府监管的实施及社会公众利益的维护,是我国商业特许经营的立法重点。商业特许经营信息披露的主体应限定为特许人,同时针对区域特许人的双重身份予以特别规制。商业特许经营初始信息披露应合理设置时间基准点,后续信息披露应明确及时标准。商业特许经营信息披露应当遵循真实、准确、完整、及时和易解的标准,披露的法定内容应适当扩张,并建立平衡利益关系的豁免制度。针对特许人违反信息披露义务,应规定被特许人行使合同解除权的条件、损害赔偿请求权的内容,以及特许人对于第三人受此误导而造成的损失承担连带责任。

Franchising is an important business model in modern market economy.Information disclosure will help protect the rights of franchisees,implement government regulation and protect the public interest,and it is the franchising legislative priorities in China.The subject of information disclosure in franchising should be limited to the franchisor,while giving the special regulation to the regional franchisee for the dual role.Initial information disclosure should set reasonable reference point of time,and follow-up information disclosure should be clear to timely standard.Information disclosure should comply with the standard of being true,accurate,complete,timely and easy,and expand the official content of information disclosure appropriately,and the exemption system should be established for the balance of the interest.It should stipulate the condition that the franchisee exercises the right of canceling the contract,the content of the claim for damages,and the liability which the franchisor should undertake when he causes the third parts suffering the loss due to the misleading.