Anti Price Monopoly Stipulates &Nbsp; 8 Price Monopoly Agreements Are Prohibited.

In recent years, with the expansion of market competition and the deepening of competition, in some industries and regions, the phenomenon of violating competition law has been increasing, and the means of restricting competition have been constantly renovated. Various forms of price Union and abuse of monopoly position have seriously damaged the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, and also harmed the healthy development of the socialist market economy.

In recent days, the national development and Reform Commission has formulated and promulgated the "anti price monopoly regulations" and "anti price monopoly administrative law enforcement procedures" according to the "People's Republic of China anti monopoly law". It was promulgated in December 29, 2010 by the national development and Reform Commission Order No. seventh and No. eighth, and will be implemented in February 1, 2011.

According to the regulations on anti price monopoly promulgated by the national development and Reform Commission, the forms and legal responsibilities of price monopoly agreements such as price monopoly agreements, abuse of dominant market position and abuse of administrative power are specified.

It mainly includes: Prohibition of the eight kinds of price monopoly agreements between the operators who have the competitive relationship to achieve fixed or changed prices; prohibit the agreement between the operators and the trading parties to reach the fixed commodity resale price and limit the lowest resale price of the commodity; the operators with market dominant position shall not engage in six kinds of price monopolistic acts, such as unfair high price sales, unfair and low price purchase, differential treatment on the price, and additional unreasonable expenses.

The anti price monopoly regulation points out that operators with competitive relations are prohibited from reaching the following eight kinds of price monopoly agreements:

(1) fixing or changing the price level of goods and services (hereinafter referred to as commodities);

(two) fixing or changing the price fluctuation range;

(three) fixing or changing fees, discounts or other charges that affect the price;

(four) using agreed price as the basis for trading with the third party;

(five) the standard formula for calculating prices is agreed upon.

(six) it is agreed that no price change shall be allowed without the agreement of other operators participating in the agreement.

(seven) fixing or changing prices in other ways in disguised form;

(eight) other price monopoly agreements identified by the price department under the State Council.