中華法律網每周更新

iSinoLaw Weekly

中華法律網每周更新

Volume 34, Sept 11 – Sept 17, 2006

第34期，2006年9月11 - 9月17日

I. Highlights of New Laws

Five Departments Jointly Promulgated Measures to Regulate Sales Promotion Activities of Retailers

The recent prosperous development of commodity economy leads to more and more vigorous competition between businessmen. As a result of vigorous competition, ceaseless conduct deceiving consumers has been arising unexpectedly. With a view to regulating the sales promotion activities of retailers, preventing pricing fraud and safeguarding fair competition, the five departments of the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration of Taxation and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce jointly promulgated the “Measures on Administration of Sales Promotion Activities of Retailers” (iSinolaw Reference ID: 10019231, hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”) on September 12, 2006.

With 26 articles, the Measures mainly provide rules on launching sales promotion activities by retailers in respect of safety administration, sales propaganda, establishing price archive of commodities under sales promotion and commodity quality guarantee. The Measures also clearly define the rules ought to be abide by when retailers carry out sales promotion with prize and gift, purchase in time limit, purchase with quantity restrain, bonus point cards and etc. The Measures also define the supervisory duties of the departments of commerce, pricing, public security, taxation, and industry and commerce.

Under the Measures, the contents of the advertisements and other propaganda for the promotion activities of the retailers shall be truthful, lawful, unequivocal and easily understandable without any ambiguous or misleading language, word, picture or video. The retailers shall not damage the legitimate rights and interests of consumers by making use of the reason of reserving the right of final interpretation.

When retailers carry out sales promotion activities, they shall clearly indicate the contents of the sales promotions in the conspicuous position of the business places, and the contents of the promotions shall include the reasons for promotion, promotion mode, promotion rules, promotion period, the scope of commodities under promotion, the relevant restrictive conditions and etc.

The Measures shall be effective as of October 15, 2006. The implementation of the measures will be probably advantageous in protecting the legitimate right and interest of consumers, improve the consumption environment, and facilitate the healthy and orderly development of retailing industry.

(Translator: JS)

II. Major Laws and Regulations in the Week

1. Laws and Regulations Promulgated in the Week

NO	Title	Promulgation Date	Effective Date
1	Measures on Administration of Securities Issuance and Underwriting	17/9/2006	19/9/2006
2	Public Announcement No.70 of 2006 of the Ministry of Commerce——on Prolonging Anti-dumping Investigation on Octanol	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
3	Relevant Notes to the Second Auction of Finished Sugar of the National Sugar Reserve of September 2006	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
4	Notice of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Radio Film and Television on Regulating Securities Investment Consulting Institutions and Broadcasting Securities TV Programs	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
5	Notice of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Strengthening the Risk Control over the First-Day Trading of the Shares Listed in Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Board	14/9/2006	14/9/2006
6	Notice of the Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce and Other Departments on Adjusting the Export Rebate Rates for Some Commodities and Supplementing the Catalogue of Banned Commodities in Processing Trade	14/9/2006	15/9/2006
7	Public Announcement of the Securities Association of China on Risk Warning on Prevention of Illegal Securities Activities	14/9/2006	14/9/2006
8	Outline of the “Eleventh Five-year Plan” for the National Cultural Development	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
9	Notice of the State Administration of Work Safety on Issuing the “Minutes of Symposium on Safety Standardization of Hazardous Chemicals and Demonstrative Cooperation Projects”	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
10	Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Construction on Launching Special Rectification and Supervision Mission on Construction Safety	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
11	Provisions of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on the Statical Work Administration	12/9/2006	1/11/2006
12	Measures on Administration of Sales Promotion Activities by Retailers	12/9/2006	15/10/2006
13	Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs on Issuing the “Administrative Measures on Purchasing International Airline Tickets for Official Business (Interim)”	11/9/2006	11/9/2006
14	Administrative Measures on Purchasing International Airline Tickets for Official Business (Interim)	11/9/2006	11/9/2006
15	Notice of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision on Implementing the Guidelines on Determination and Appraisal of Laboratory Quality	11/9/2006	1/1/2007
16	Notice of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision on Promulgating the Local Standard of “Quality Requirements of Excursion Boat Service”	11/9/2006	1/11/2006
17	Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on Supervision over Shanghai Diamond Exchange	11/9/2006	11/9/2006

2. Laws and Regulations Coming into Force in the Week

NO	Title	Promulgation Date	Effective Date
1	Public Announcement No.70 of 2006 of the Ministry of Commerce——on Prolonging Anti-dumping Investigation on Octanol	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
2	Relevant Notes to the Second Auction of Finished Sugar of the National Sugar Reserve of September 2006	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
3	Notice of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Radio Film and Television on Regulating Securities Investment Consulting Institutions and Broadcasting Securities TV Programs	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
4	Notice of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Strengthening the Risk Control over the First-Day Trading of the Shares Listed in Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Board	14/9/2006	14/9/2006
5	Notice of the Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce and Other Departments on Adjusting the Export Rebate Rates for Some Commodities and Supplementing the Catalogue of Banned Commodities in Processing Trade	14/9/2006	15/9/2006
6	Public Announcement of the Securities Association of China on Risk Warning on Prevention of Illegal Securities Activities	14/9/2006	14/9/2006
7	Outline of the “Eleventh Five-year Plan” for the National Cultural Development	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
8	Notice of the State Administration of Work Safety on Issuing the “Minutes of Symposium on Safety Standardization of Hazardous Chemicals and Demonstrative Cooperation Projects”	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
9	Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Construction on Launching Special Rectification and Supervision Mission on Construction Safety	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
10	Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs on Issuing the “Administrative Measures on Purchasing International Airline Tickets for Official Business (Interim)”	11/9/2006	11/9/2006
11	Administrative Measures on Purchasing International Airline Tickets for Official Business (Interim)	11/9/2006	11/9/2006
12	Measures of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on Supervision over Shanghai Diamond Exchange	11/9/2006	11/9/2006

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（一）　新　法　撮　要

五部委聯合發佈辦法規範零售商促銷行為

近年來商品經濟的蓬勃發展使得商家的競爭越來越激烈，但伴隨著激烈競爭還有不斷的有欺詐消費者的行為隨之出現。為規範零售企業的促銷行為，防止價格欺詐，維護公平競爭秩序，商務部、發展改革委、公安部、稅務總局、工商總局等五部門於9月12日聯合頒佈了《零售商促銷行為管理辦法》（中華法律網之參考編號: 10019231，以下簡稱“《辦法》”）。

《辦法》共26條，主要對零售商開展促銷活動的安全管理、促銷宣傳、建立促銷商品價格檔案、商品品質保證等問題作出了規定，明確了零售商開展有獎銷售、限時購物、限量購物、積分優惠卡等特定促銷活動時應當遵守的規則，以及商務、價格、公安、稅務、工商等部門的監管職責。

《辦法》規定，零售商促銷活動的廣告和其他宣傳，其內容應當真實、合法、清晰、易懂，不得使用含糊、易引起誤解的語言、文字、圖片或影像。不得以保留最終解釋權為由，損害消費者的合法權益。

零售商開展促銷活動，應當在經營場所的顯著位置明示促銷內容，促銷內容應當包括促銷原因、促銷方式、促銷規則、促銷期限、促銷商品的範圍，以及相關限制性條件等。

《辦法》自2006年10月15日起實施，相信其實施將有利於保護消費者合法權益，改善消費環境，促進零售業健康有序發展。

(Author: PFG)

（二）　本　周　主　要　法　律　法　規

1. 本周新頒法律法規

編號	名稱	頒佈日期	實施日期
1	《證券發行與承銷管理辦法》	17/9/2006	19/9/2006
2	《商務部公告2006年第70號——關於辛醇反傾銷延期公告》	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
3	《國家儲備糖2006年9月份第二次成品糖競賣有關注意事項》	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
4	《中國證券監督管理委員會、國家廣播電影電視總局關於規範證券投資諮詢機構和廣播電視證券節目的通知》	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
5	《深圳證券交易所關於加強中小企業板股票上市首日交易風險控制的通知》	14/9/2006	14/9/2006
6	《財政部、發展改革委、商務部等關於調整部分商品出口退稅率和增補加工貿易禁止類商品目錄的通知》	14/9/2006	15/9/2006
7	《中國證券業協會關於防範非法證券活動的風險提示公告》	14/9/2006	14/9/2006
8	《國家“十一五”時期文化發展規劃綱要》	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
9	國家安全生產監督管理總局關於印發《危險化學品安全標準化工作暨示範合作項目研討會會議紀要》的通知	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
10	《建設部辦公廳關於開展建築施工安全專項整治督查工作的通知》	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
11	《中華人民共和國海關統計工作管理規定》	12/9/2006	1/11/2006
12	《零售商促銷行為管理辦法》	12/9/2006	15/10/2006
13	國家外國專家局關於印發《因公購買國際機票管理辦法（暫行）》的通知	11/9/2006	11/9/2006
14	《因公購買國際機票管理辦法（暫行）》	11/9/2006	11/9/2006
15	《上海市質量技監局關於實施實驗室資質認定評審準則的通知》	11/9/2006	1/1/2007
16	上海市質量技監局關於發佈上海市地方標準《遊覽船服務質量要求》的通知	11/9/2006	1/11/2006
17	《中華人民共和國海關對上海鑽石交易所監管辦法》	11/9/2006	11/9/2006

2. 本周生效法律法規

編號	名稱	頒佈日期	實施日期
1	《商務部公告2006年第70號——關於辛醇反傾銷延期公告》	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
2	《國家儲備糖2006年9月份第二次成品糖競賣有關注意事項》	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
3	《中國證券監督管理委員會、國家廣播電影電視總局關於規範證券投資諮詢機構和廣播電視證券節目的通知》	15/9/2006	15/9/2006
4	《深圳證券交易所關於加強中小企業板股票上市首日交易風險控制的通知》	14/9/2006	14/9/2006
5	《財政部、發展改革委、商務部等關於調整部分商品出口退稅率和增補加工貿易禁止類商品目錄的通知》	14/9/2006	15/9/2006
6	《中國證券業協會關於防範非法證券活動的風險提示公告》	14/9/2006	14/9/2006
7	《國家“十一五”時期文化發展規劃綱要》	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
8	國家安全生產監督管理總局關於印發《危險化學品安全標準化工作暨示範合作項目研討會會議紀要》的通知	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
9	《建設部辦公廳關於開展建築施工安全專項整治督查工作的通知》	13/9/2006	13/9/2006
10	國家外國專家局關於印發《因公購買國際機票管理辦法（暫行）》的通知	11/9/2006	11/9/2006
11	《因公購買國際機票管理辦法（暫行）》	11/9/2006	11/9/2006
12	《中華人民共和國海關對上海鑽石交易所監管辦法》	11/9/2006	11/9/2006

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