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Guidelines on the definition of relevant markets (bilingual)
国务院反垄断委员会关于相关市场界定的指南 (二〇〇九年五月二十四日) Anti-monopoly Committee of the State Council Guidelines on the definition of relevant markets (May 24, 2009) 第一章 总则 Chapter I General Provisions 第一条 指南的目的和依据 为了给相关市场界定提供指导,提高国务院反垄断执法机构执法工作的透明度,根据《中华人民共和国反垄断法》(以下称《反垄断法》),制定本指南。...
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Commissionner Vestager's Interview with Caijing: the Highlights
Photo-illustration by Arnau Busquets Guàrdia/POLITICO (Source images by Getty Images) Commissionner Vestager gave an extremely interesting (and cutting-edge) interview to the Chinese magazine "Caijing" (published in its paper edition of December 25, 2017)....
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China Begins Work on Antitrust Law Amendment
According to an interesting report on Fa Zhi Wang (Legal Daily, China's Official Legal Newspaper) on August 31, 2017, The Antitrust Committee China's State Council is now working on a possible amendment of the Antimonopoly Law , the news has been announced...
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What does Qihoo v Tencent judgement say about market definition
Judgement of the Supreme People's Court of 8 October 2014 - Qihoo 360 vs Tencent The very famous litigation war between Qihoo 360 and Tencent during 2013 and 2014 has given rise to two major Supreme Court decisions. The first judgement, of which Tencent...
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Xinhua : China adopts e-commerce law to improve market regulation
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislators on Friday passed an e-commerce law aimed at improving regulation of the flourishing market. It was adopted after a fourth reading at the bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's...
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Anti-monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China (Bilingual)
中华人民共和国反垄断法 (2007年8月30日第十届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第二十九次会议通过) Anti-monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China Adopted at the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on August 30, 2007. 第一章...
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Anti Unfair Competition Law (1993 version + 2016 amendment draft + ABA comment)
You can find the translation of the 1993 Anti Unfair Competition Law here on the MOFCOM website: http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/lawsdata/chineselaw/200211/20021100050495.html Also, there is a pretty good translation of the 2016 final draft amendment...
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NDRC regulates anticompetitive behaviors of 39 Ports
After a nearly two month investigation starting from mid-April 2017, the NDRC decided to enjoin 39 Chinese Ports, especially Shanghai and Tianjin Ports, to change their pricing behavior. According to the press conference held in mid-November 2017, each...
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People's Daily: "Antitrust law applies to all"
电力市场化交易是电力体制改革的核心内容之一,直供电交易是电力市场化的关键一步。直供电交易,说白了就是买卖双方直接商量电价。对电力用户来说,多了选择,有利于降低用电成本;对发电企业来说,也能够通过竞争降低发电成本,提高管理效率。同时,这样的市场机制也有利于优化电力资源配置,提高全社会的资源利用效率,是一件多赢的好事。但是当情况变成了卖方互相商量电价,联合保价控价,就成了损害竞争和社会公共利益的垄断违法行为,不仅不利于发电企业自身长远发展,也损害了整个行业市场化的进度。 首例直供电垄断案被开罚单,是我国执法机构将反垄断基本原则和具体规则适用于电力国企的新实践,也释放了改革深入推进的有力信号:维护市场公平竞争,政府监管决不缺位。但同时,长达一年多的曲折调查过程,也反映了个别行业协会和相关企业法律意识的淡薄。行业协会本是企业守法的引导者,却成了违法的组织者;处罚已出,相关企业仍心存侥幸,以各种理由为违法行为辩解。...
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Interim Provisions on the Standards Applicable to Simple Merger Cases
关于经营者集中简易案件适用标准的暂行规定 Interim Provisions on the Standards Applicable to Simple Merger Cases 商务部公告2014年第12号 Announcement of Ministry of Commerce 2014 [12] 第一条 为了明确经营者集中简易案件的适用标准,根据《中华人民共和国反垄断法》(以下简称《反垄断法》)及有关规定,制定本规定。 Article 1 - In order to clarify the...
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Interpretation of statutes concerning civil disputes arising from monopolistic conducts
中华人民共和国最高人民法院公告 Press release of the Supreme People's Court of the RPC 《最高人民法院关于审理因垄断行为引发的民事纠纷案件应用法律若干问题的规定》已于2012年1月30日由最高人民法院审判委员会第1539次会议通过,现予公布,自2012年6月1日起施行。 The Interpretation of statutes 2012 [5] concerning civil disputes arising from monopolistic...
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Xinhua : China fines 18 PVC makers for price manipulation
BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner said Wednesday it had fined 18 manufacturers of poly vinyl chloride (PVC) a total of 457 million yuan (69 million U.S. dollars) for manipulating market prices. The 18 companies collaborated to...
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CGTN : Chinese regulator conditionally approves HP’s acquisition of Samsung’s printer business
Proposed remedies in Chinese - 20171005202625570.doc Beijing - China’s Ministry of Commerce on Thursday conditionally approved HP’s acquisition of Samsung’s printing assets. US computer giant HP struck a deal to take over Samsung’s 1 billion US dollar...
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SAIC antitrust decisions: data, cases (Chinese)
If you are interested in numbers: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/20373716 You can find here everything about the statistics of SAIC Antitrust Bureau enforcement until 7/8/2017, well, almost. It is written in Chinese and is published on Zhihu, the equivalent...
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How to contact antitrust authorities in China
Let's face it, it is super hard to contact Chinese administration in general (I know it through my personal blood and tear experiences), but it is true that things are changing a little bit. A special mention to Mofcom, which published the phone numbers...
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The Economist: For some plaintiffs, courts in China are getting better
The Economist printed edition has just published an insightful article which presented, inter alia, the Landmark antitrust case TH Sware vs Guangdong Bureau of Education in which the Guangdong High Court condemned the local government for abuse of administrative...
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China Adopted Amendment to Anti-Unfair Competition Law
After three readings, the revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law was adopted on Saturday (November 4, 2017) at the bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the top legislature. The Anti-Unfair Competition Law was first...
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Implementing Rules for the Fair Competition Review System Issued
Press release of the National Development and Reform Commission, translated by LexisNexis Recently, five authorities, including the National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC"), have jointly distributed the Implementing Rules for the Fair Competition...
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Price Law of the People's Republic of China (Effective on May 1, 1998)
中华人民共和国价格法 (1997年12月29日第八届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第二十九次会议通过 1997年12月29日中华人民共和国主席令第九十二号公布 自1998年5月1日起施行) Price Law of the People's Republic of China (Adopted at the 29th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People’s Congress on December 29, 1997...
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Reuters : Qualcomm-NXP deal still waiting for approval
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is yet to approve U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc’s proposed $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors, three people close to the talks said, dismissing an earlier media report that said Beijing had already greenlit...
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Quelques réflexions personnelles sur le rapport IGF relatif au droit européen de la concurrence
Quelques réflexions à chaud et personnelles sur ce rapport de l’IGF intitulé « la politique de la concurrence et les intérêts stratégiques de l’UE ». - Version intégrale : http://www.igf.finances.gouv.fr/files/live/sites/igf/files/contributed/IGF%20internet/2.RapportsPublics/2019/2018-M-105-03-UE.pdf...
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Opinions of the State Council on Establishing a Fair Competition Review System (Link)
Link to the translation Here is the link to the translation of the extremely important State Council Opinion on Establishing a Fair Competition Review System: 国务院关于在市场体系建设中 建立公平竞争审查制度的意见 国发〔2016〕34号 Copyright: Orrick, WestLaw China http://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.orrick.com/files/Opinions-of-the-State-Council-on-Establishing-a-Fair-Competition-Review.pdf...
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FT : China’s antitrust regime comes of age
Henny Sender in Beijing, April 1, 2018 Regulators in Beijing will shortly rule whether the $18bn purchase of Toshiba’s semiconductor chip operations by a group led by Bain Capital and South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix violates Chinese antitrust rules. The...
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Provisions of the State Council on Thresholds for Prior Notification of Concentrations of Undertakings (bilingual)
中华人民共和国国务院令 第 529 号 Decree of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.529 《国务院关于经营者集中申报标准的规定》已经2008年8月1日国务院第20次常务会议通过,现予公布,自公布之日起施行。 总 理 温家宝 二○○八年八月三日 Provisions of the State Council on Thresholds for Prior Notification of Concentrations...
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Measures for the Undertaking Concentration Examination
No. 12 Decree of MOFCOM 2009 Article 1 For the purpose of regulating the antimonopoly examination of undertaking concentration and clarifying the procedures for antimonopoly examination of undertaking concentration, the Measures are formulated in accordance...