电子支付服务中的关键概念及立法选择——兼评中美电子支付服务世贸组织争端案

The Key Concepts and Legislative Choice in Electronic Payment Service——Comment on the WTO Dispute of Sino-US Electronic Payment Service

电子资金划拨通常仅指以电子方式在金融机构账户之间进行的资金划拨,而电子支付泛指任何通过电子设备进行的支付,其法律内涵不太容易确定。支付服务是一个比较合适的概念,而为与《票据法》相对,建议我国采用"电子支付服务"。该概念应包括"经营"、"促进"和"促成"支付的所有必要服务,而支付"直接通过电子设备发出支付指令"进行。电子支付服务世贸组织争端案中,我国败诉的原因在于支付卡信息转接市场垄断,而非专家组解释不当。

Electronic fund transfer generally only refers fund transfer between accounts of financial institutions by electronic,while electronic payment broadly refers to any payment made through electronic device and its legal connotation is not easy to be determined. Payment service is a suitable concept and China is advised to adopt＇electronic payment service＇in order to make a comparison with Negotiable Instruments Law. The concept should include all necessary services about payment,such as ＂manage＂,＂promote＂and ＂facilitate＂,while payment is executed through a ＂direct payment instructions issued by the electronic device＂. China lost a lawsuit in the WTO dispute of electronic payment service,the reason is the market monopoly of payment card information transfer,not the expert group＇s improper interpretation.