回购担保合同的法律定性与裁量规则——对回购型融资租赁合同纠纷案的评析

Legal Qualitative and Discretionary Rules of Repurchase Guarantee Contract——Comment on Dispute Case of Repurchase Finance Lease Contract

在回购型融资租赁合同案件中,回购人的回购责任属于什么性质的法律责任在司法实践中存在一定的争议,有观点认为回购合同为附条件买卖合同,也有观点认为其为附条件保证合同。合同定性直接关系到当事人权利义务的承担,案件判决从合同约定出发,认为回购合同既非附条件的买卖合同,也非附条件的保证合同,而是兼具买卖和担保属性于一体的一种无名合同。因此,在法律适用时,不能简单适用买卖合同或保证合同的处理规则,而应遵循当事人的意思自治,按照《合同法》第124条规定的无名合同处理规则进行处理。根据合同约定,在回购人承担回购责任后,出租人应将租赁物的所有权转移至回购人。

In the case of repurchase financial lease contract,there are some disputes in judicial practice about the nature of repurchase liability of repurchase.Some people hold that the repurchase contract is a conditional sale contract,while others hold that it is a conditional guarantee contract.Qualitative contract is directly related to the rights and obligations of the parties.The judgment in this case proceeds from the contract agreement and holds that the repurchase contract is neither a conditional sale contract nor a conditional guarantee contract,but an anonymous contract with the attributes of both sale and guarantee.Therefore,in the application of law,we should not simply apply the rules of dealing with sales contracts or guarantee contracts,but follow the party’s autonomy and deal with anonymous contracts according to the rules of dealing with anonymous contracts stipulated in Article 124 of the Contract Law.According to the contract,the lessor should transfer the ownership of the leased property to the buyer after the buyer assumes the buyback responsibility.