行业协会垄断协议行为的法律规制

The Legal Regulation on the Monopoly Agreement Practice by Trade Association

摘要: 行业协会实施的垄断协议行为严重限制了同一行业竞争者间的经营活动,破坏了竞争性的市场结构。反垄断法除对工业和商业领域行业协会的垄断协议行为进行规制外,还对职业性行业协会予以规制。行业协会实施的垄断协议行为一般表现为行业协会章程中限制竞争的条款、根据行业协会章程做出的强制性决议或建议等,其违法性是根据是否对行业成员的经营活动进行相互拘束进行判断。其中,强制性决定对其成员具有当然的拘束力,故必然违法,应对行业协会及组织、策划、赞成行业协会决定的成员企业进行规制;任意性建议只有在行业成员根据该建议实施协同行为后方构成违法,应对行业协会及实施的成员企业予以规制。

Abstract: the Monopoly Agreement Practice conducted by trade association is an anti-competitive action,which greatly restricts the competitive business activities between competitors,and undermines the competitive market structures.Besides the trade or industrial association,the professional associations are regulated by anti-monopoly law.Association's monopoly agreement is expressed as a decision,which includes constitution,resolutions or recommendations,etc.Among them,mandatory decision is necessarily i...