Anti-trust rules on platform economy
平台经济反垄断指南发布
The State Council, China's cabinet, on Sunday unveiled anti-trust guidelines on the country's platform economy to ensure fair market competition and promote the
innovative1 and healthy development of the
sector2.
2月7日,国务院发布关于平台经济领域的反垄断指南,旨在确保市场公平竞争,促进行业创新健康发展。
To identify market dominance abuse behaviors in the sector, it is usually necessary to define the relevant market and
analyze3 whether a platform operator has a
dominant4 position in the market, according to the guideline. Specific case analysis should be further completed to decide whether the operator abuses its market dominance, says the guideline.
指南明确,认定平台经济领域滥用市场支配地位行为,通常需要先界定相关市场,分析经营者在相关市场是否具有支配地位,再根据个案情况分析是否构成滥用市场支配地位行为。
Factors for determining or presuming a platform operator's dominant market position include its market share, ability to control the market, and financial and technical conditions, as well as the competition
intensity5 and accessibility of the market, according to the guideline.
指南详细列举了认定或者推定经营者具有市场支配地位的考量因素,包括经营者的市场份额、经营者控制市场的能力、经营者的财力和技术条件、相关市场竞争状况、市场进入难易程度等。
It also
specifies6 behaviors that constitute abusing market dominance, such as unfair pricing, sales below cost, refusal-to-deal, restricted trading, tie-in sales, attaching
unreasonable7 trading conditions and differential treatment.
同时,指南逐一细化滥用市场支配地位行为表现形式,如不公平价格行为、低于成本销售、拒绝交易、限定交易、搭售或者附加不合理交易条件、差别待遇等。
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