公用事业公私合作合同的法律属性与规制路径——基于经济法视野的考察

Legal Nature and Regulatory Ways of Public-Private Partnership Contract:From the Perspective of Economic Law

公用事业公私合作合同是国家规范公用事业公私合作活动的重要法律工具,具有经济法的属性,应接受公法与私法的双重规制。就公法规制来说,政府应保留一定的公权力,并承担相应的义务,同时,私人部门也应承担一定的公法义务,其部分私权利要接受公法的限制。就私法规制来看,主要体现在基于契约精神对政府公权力进行限制,并要求政府承担相应的合作风险,以及在违反合同义务的时候,承担相应的民事法律责任。

The public-private partnership（PPP） involves a contract which serves as an important instrument for the government to regulate the public-private partnership activities,having the nature of economic law and being subject to public as well as private law regulation.In terms of public law regulation,the government should retain some public power while bearing relevant duties;the private company,on the other hand,should also bear certain public law obligations with its part of private interests limited by public law.Private law regulation mainly focuses on the restraints of government＇s public power in light of contractual spirits and requires the government to take corresponding cooperative risks and bear relevant civil liabilities in case it breaches the contract.