SAIC provisions are step in right direction

Zhan Hao
Grandall Legal Group
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On June 5, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) released two sets of provisions on the procedures to be followed by the agency and its delegates when enforcing the PRC Anti-monopoly Law (AML). They are: Provisions on Procedures for Stopping the Use of Administrative Power to Exclude or Restrict Competition and Provisions on Procedures for Investigation and Handling of Cases of Monopolistic Agreements and Cases of Abuse of Dominant Market Position by Administrations for Industry and Commerce (工商行政管理机关查处垄断协议、滥用市场支配地位案件程序规定).

These two provisions came into effect on July 1. On June 8, the SAIC published a set of questions and answers about the two procedural provisions on its website. This provides answers and explanations to some of the more pressing issues.