英文摘要 |
The enforcement against resale price maintenance (RPM) is being confronted with a dilemma in China. The Complexity of RPM lies in that on the one hand it is interpreted under two opposite schools of economics, and on the other hand it is enforced with two models represented respectively by the EU and the US. Such a controversy renders an enforcement diversity between competition agencies and justice. Legislative transplant must be built upon localized restrictive factors, of which compliance with local legal system remains the key. It is the crux that the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) remains silent on who should bear the burden of proof for anti-competitive effects of RPM. This article observes that the practice of justice, though economics-oriented, is not compatible with the AML; and to the contrary, competition agencies' practice is compatible with the AML, and is nevertheless not economically reasoned. Finally, it approaches the discussion strictly based on the existing legal framework within the AML, and proposes a localized solution that competition agencies or plaintiffs should bear the burden of proof. |