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NPCSC Solicits Public Comments on Three Draft Laws (with Brief Content Summary): September 7, 2017 (UPDATED) – NPC Observer
The new draft revision of the Law Against Unfair Competition (our post on the first draft is available here):
Clarifies the entities that business operators are prohibited from bribing to gain competitive advantage (Art. 7);
Includes a new catch-all provision banning acts of unfair competition on the Internet that are otherwise not enumerated in the Law (Art. 12);
Deletes article that authorizes the State Council to designate as unfair competition additional acts that are not explicitly banned by the Law;
Limits the government’s power in investigating suspected acts of unfair competition (Art. 13);
Provides rules for calculating the amount of damages in unfair competition tort suits (Art. 17).
The new draft revision of the Standardization Law (our post on the first draft is available here):
Expands the subjects of standards to be prioritized to include those ensuring life and property security, national security, and environmental and ecological security (Art. 13);
Prescribes additional procedural requirements for the formulation of standards (Art. 14);
Enriches provisions relating to group standards (Art. 17);
Loosens requirements on disclosing the standards implemented by enterprises (Art. 27);
Provides for recording enterprises’ failure to comply with compulsory standards in their credit files (Art. 36).
To submit comments online, please refer to these instructions. Comments can also be mailed to the NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission (全国人大常委会法制工作委员会) at the following address:
Posted on September 7, 2017 September 13, 2017 by Changhao WeiPosted in Legislation Review, Public ConsultationsTagged Anti-Unfair Competition Law, Standardization Law, Tobacco Leaf Tax Law.
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The following laws and decisions took effect on January 1, 2019:
Law on the Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution [土壤污染防治法];
E-Commerce Law [电子商务法];
amendment to the Individual Income Tax Law [个人所得税法];
amendment to the Rural Land Contracting Law [农村土地承包法];
revised People’s Courts Organic Law [人民法院组织法];
revised People’s Procuratorates Organic Law [人民检察院组织法];
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draft Contracts Part of the Civil Code [民法典合同编];
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