垄断协议的司法认定规则研究 ———兼评《关于审理垄断民事纠纷案件适用法律 若干问题的规定（征求意见稿）》的相关规定

垄断协议是各国反垄断法明文禁止的一种典型的垄断行为。由于垄断协议的隐蔽性、灵活性和多样性,司法实践中如何认定垄断协议的存在成为反垄断诉讼中的难题。美国在长期的司法实践中逐渐确立了权利平衡的垄断协议司法认定规则。最高人民法院可以结合我国的反垄断立法,借鉴美国司法实践确立的垄断协议的司法认定规则,进一步完善《关于审理垄断民事纠纷案件适用法律若干问题的规定(征求意见稿)》的相关规定。

A Study on the Judicial Evidence Rules of Monopoly Agreement——On the Related Provisions of Interpretations of the Supreme People’s Court on Some Issues Concerning the Application of Laws for the Trial of Antitrust Dispute Cases(Draft of Proposed)

Reaching monopoly agreement is the classical monopoly act in antitrust law.However,it is difficult for the plaintiff to prove whether the monopoly agreement has been reached in judicial practice because of its invisibility,flexibility and diversity.The courts of America had developed a balanced judicial evidence rule for monopoly agreement by a series of cases.A clear statement is necessary to make the judicial evidence rules in monopoly agreement in judicial practice after the antitrust law coming into effect.Combined with the antitrust in China and taking the example of American evidence rules in judicial practices,some improvement concerning the Application of Laws for the Trial of Antitrust Dispute Cases(Draft of Proposed) should be put forward by the Supreme People’s Court.