中外合营企业涉嫌垄断协议的反垄断法适用

The Appliciation of Antitrust Law on Suspected Monopoly Contract Conclude by Sino-foreign Joint Venture and Investor

被称为经济领域宪法的《中华人民共和国反垄断法》已经实施五年有余,在这五年中,市场的整体竞争环境得到了明显的改善,市场主体也在积极地改变自身行为避免违反《反垄断法》。但是,当清晰的法律条文遇到复杂的实际问题时,市场主体甚至是执法者都可能会感到困惑。反垄断的实施就使得中外合营企业的合营方与合营企业间的许多协议面临着违法的风险。面对这样的问题,如何在遵守法律条文及立法目的的前提下,从涉嫌违反的协议中区分出真正对竞争造成损害的协议并加以规制就显得尤为重要。通过对中外合营企业与各合营方之间协议的特殊性进行分析,在充分借鉴欧洲和美国的成熟经验的基础上试求找出区分违法协议的一般原则与方法。

As the Constitution in economic area, Antitrust law has been enforced for more than five years in China. In this five-year, the overall competition enviroment has been significantly improved. However, when clear lawprovisions encounter complex practical problems, market participants and regulators are likely to be confused, consequently, many agreements between joint venture and its investor face legal risks. In face of such problems, how to distinguish the illegal contract from the legal contract on the condition of complying with the legal provisions and sprit is particularly important. Based on the feature of the agreements between joint venture and its investor and the mature experience from the United States and European Unin, this paper will try to find out the genal principal and method to distinguish the illegal agreements.