Guide of the Anti-Monopoly Committee of the State Council for the Definition of the Relevant Market
(May 24, 2014)
国务院反垄断委员会关于相关市场界定的指南
(二○○九年五月二十四日)
(相关资料:部门规章1篇相关论文1篇)
Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 总则
Article 1 Purpose and Basis of this Guide
To provide guidance for the definition of the relevant market and improve the transparency of the law enforcement work of the anti-monopoly law enforcement authority under the State Council, this Guide is formulated according to the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Anti-Monopoly Law).
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。
Article 2 Functions of Defining the Relevant Market
All competitive behaviors (including those which have resulted or may result in excluding or limiting competition) all occur within a particular market scope. The definition of the relevant market is to define the market scope within which the business operators compete with each other. In the work of prohibiting monopoly agreements between business operators, prohibiting the abuse of dominant market positions by business operators, controlling the concentration of business operators that has resulted or may result in excluding or limiting competition and other work of anti-monopoly law enforcement, the definition of the relevant market may be involved.
Scientifically and reasonably defining the relevant market is very important to such key issues as identifying competitors and potential competitors, determining the market share of business operators and the degree of market concentration, deciding the market position of business operators, analyzing the impact of business operators' behaviors on market competition, judging whether business operators' behaviors are illegal and what legal liabilities they need to assume if their behaviors are illegal. Therefore, the definition of the relevant market is usually the starting point for analyzing competitive behaviors and an important step of the anti-monopoly law enforcement work.
第二条 界定相关市场的作用
任何竞争行为(包括具有或可能具有排除、限制竞争效果的行为)均发生在一定的市场范围内。界定相关市场就是明确经营者竞争的市场范围。在禁止经营者达成垄断协议、禁止经营者滥用市场支配地位、控制具有或者可能具有排除、限制竞争效果的经营者集中等反垄断执法工作中,均可能涉及相关市场的界定问题。
科学合理地界定相关市场,对识别竞争者和潜在竞争者、判定经营者市场份额和市场集中度、认定经营者的市场地位、分析经营者的行为对市场竞争的影响、判断经营者行为是否违法以及在违法情况下需承担的法律责任等关键问题,具有重要的作用。因此,相关市场的界定通常是对竞争行为进行分析的起点,是反垄断执法工作的重要步骤。
Article 3 Meaning of the Relevant Market
Relevant market refers to a commodity scope and geographic scope within which business operators compete with each other in a certain period of time regarding particular commodities or services (hereinafter collectively referred to as commodities). In the practice of anti-monopoly law enforcement, it is usually required to define the relevant commodity market and the relevant geographic market.
Relevant commodity market refers to a market comprised of a group or a category of commodities that are considered by consumers to have a relatively strong substitution relationship based on the characteristics, uses and prices of the commodities. These commodities have a relatively intense competitive relationship, and it may be considered as the commodity scope within which business operators compete with each other in the anti-monopoly law enforcement.
Relevant geographic market is a scope of geographic areas within which consumers can acquire commodities that have a relatively strong substitution relationship. Such areas have a relatively intense competitive relationship with each other, and it may be considered as the geographic scope within which business operators compete with each other in the anti-monopoly law enforcement.
Where such factors as production cycle, life time, seasonal features, fashion style or protection period of intellectual property rights have become the commodity characteristics that cannot be ignored, the factor of time shall be considered in the definition of the relevant market.
In the anti-monopoly enforcement of technology trade, license agreements or any other issue involving intellectual property rights, the relevant technology market may need to be defined with the influences of factors such as intellectual property and innovation being taken into account.
第三条 相关市场的含义
相关市场是指经营者在一定时期内就特定商品或者服务(以下统称商品)进行竞争的商品范围和地域范围。在反垄断执法实践中,通常需要界定相关商品市场和相关地域市场。
相关商品市场,是根据商品的特性、用途及价格等因素,由需求者认为具有较为紧密替代关系的一组或一类商品所构成的市场。这些商品表现出较强的竞争关系,在反垄断执法中可以作为经营者进行竞争的商品范围。
相关地域市场,是指需求者获取具有较为紧密替代关系的商品的地理区域。这些地域表现出较强的竞争关系,在反垄断执法中可以作为经营者进行竞争的地域范围。
当生产周期、使用期限、季节性、流行时尚性或知识产权保护期限等已构成商品不可忽视的特征时,界定相关市场还应考虑时间性。
在技术贸易、许可协议等涉及知识产权的反垄断执法工作中,可能还需要界定相关技术市场,考虑知识产权、创新等因素的影响。
Chapter II Basis for Defining the Relevant Market
第二章 界定相关市场的基本依据
Article 4 Substitution Analysis
In the practice of anti-monopoly law enforcement, the scope of the relevant market is primarily determined by the substitution level of commodities (geographic areas).
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