중국 반독점법상 독점합의에 관한 고찰

The exclusive agreement in China is defined as "an agreement, decision and other cooperative behavior which excludes or limit the competition between managers at competition." The Chinese Anti- Monopoly Law divides such an exclusive agreement into a horizontal exclusive agreement and a vertical exclusive agreement and lists under such a division and stipulates that what is included in such a listed type is violation. An agreement which is not included in the listed type but has a competitive limitation can be regulated if the implementing agency of the government recognizes it. In addition, the law has an application exemption stipulation if provided under a law reflecting a positive side of an exclusive agreement. It is pointed as an issue that the court cannot correct an error of the implementation agency. Since the stipulations related to an exclusive agreement regulate only what is in principle, the necessity of detailed guidelines is presented. As the Anti-Monopoly Law is implemented in China, it is highly possible that the Anti-Monopoly Law is positively applied to an exclusive agreement which met a difficulty with the implementation of the law due to lack of legal basis of the conventional laws. Countries around the world are favorable toward the trend of strengthening the implementation of the competition law, and it is a general prospect that in China too, the implementation of the Anti-Monopoly Law will strengthen the competition law against the violations of competition order in China. So, Korean enterprises should take every measure in preparation for the positive application of the Anti-Monopoly Law by checking the business practices done in the past.