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By Susan Ning, Cheng Liu, Hazel Yin, Yumeng Li King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group

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Auto suppliers often impose non-price restrictions, such as territorial restrictions and customer restrictions, on their distributors. In previous penalty decisions of Anti-Monopoly Enforcement Authorities (“AMEAs”), non-price restrictions in association with resale price maintenance may be found violating Article 14(1) or (2) of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”). However, AMEAs have yet punished any standalone non-price restriction under Article 14(3) of the AML.
Continue Reading Highlights on Antitrust Guidelines for Automotive Industry– Vertical Non-price Restrictions Face Potential Challenges

By Susan Ning, Cheng Liu, Hazel Yin, Lingbo Wei, Shenglan Liu King & Wood Mallesons Commercial & Regulatory Group

Ountitledn Muntitledarch 23, 2016, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) published the draft of the State Council Anti-Monopoly Commission’s Antitrust Guidelines for Automotive Industry (the “Consultation Draft”) and invited comments from the public.

There have been quite a few antitrust investigations in China’s automotive industry in recent years. For the automotive aftermarket, auto suppliers in China have long been criticized for imposing restrictions on spare parts suppliers, distributors and repairers, which leads to the exclusive supply of original spare parts in the aftermarket as well as the foreclosure of repair technical information. Customers have been worried about the high parts-to-whole ratio and the unavailability to after-sale services.
Continue Reading Highlights on Antitrust Guidelines for Automotive Industry — Antitrust Issues in Automotive Aftermarket

作者：金杜律师事务所

设立世界知识产权日由中国和阿尔及利亚提出，并在2000年10月召开的世界知识产权组织第三十五届大会上通过，目的是增强各界尊重知识、崇尚科学、保护知识产权的意识，营造鼓励知识创新和保护知识产权的法律环境。自2001年起，每年的4月26日被确立为世界知识产权日。

如今，知识产权问题愈发成为影响科技、文化进步与社会经济发展的关键因素，为确立知识产权的核心地位，助力企业维系市场竞争能力。4月20日，金杜律师事务所在京举办主题为“互通互联，保护创意”世界知识产权日特别活动。金杜多位相关领域专家合伙人，就知识产权领域的热点话题结合其执业专长提供战略建议，进行深度解读。活动邀请了来自互联网、医疗、影视娱乐、消费品等不同行业的众多企业代表参加。
Continue Reading 互通互联 •保护创意—— 金杜举办世界知识产权日特别活动

作者：金杜律师事务所

中国于2016年3月15日通过了其第十三个五年规划。规划概括了中国到2020年的发展目标、原则和完成指标。

这是在习近平主席领导下制定的第一个五年规划，也是中国经济进入“新常态”下经济增长步伐后的首个五年规划。
Continue Reading 中国第十三个五年规划：充满机遇的土地

By King & Wood Mallesons

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Chinese Kingenta Ecological Engineering Co., Ltd. (Kingenta) on its acquisition of COMPO Consumer from financial investor Triton.

Following the sale of the Expert division of COMPO last year, Triton has now sold the COMPO Consumer division to Chinese fertiliser producer Kingenta. COMPO Consumer is predominantly active in the field of manufacturing and marketing of fertilisers and pesticides, as well as potting soil, in particular in Germany and France, but also in many other European countries. The transaction is still subject to the necessary registrations in China and is expected to close early in the third quarter of 2016.
Continue Reading KWM advises Kingenta Ecologial Engineering on the acquisition of COMPO Consumer

作者：金杜律师事务所

2016年4月7日，金杜律师事务所专业法律团队为金正大生态工程集团股份有限公司（简称“金正大”）提供服务，助其成功收购原属于金融投资者Triton旗下的德国康朴公司园艺业务。

这项交易是继去年Triton出售康朴Expert业务之后的又一个康朴业务部门售出项目。康朴园艺主要经营业务为制造及销售肥料、杀虫剂和盆栽土壤领域，其在欧洲诸多国家业绩出色，尤其是在德国和法国。该交易在中国的注册仍在进行中，预计将于2016年第三季度初完成。
Continue Reading 金杜助力金正大收购世界知名肥料企业德国康朴园艺

作者：熊进 王开定 黄梦婷 孙一力 金杜律师事务所公司证券部

2xiong_jin0王开定16年4月13日，国家发展和改革委员会（“国家发改委”）外资司在国家发改委网站上发布针对2014年4月《境外投资项目核准和备案管理办法》（“9号令”）的修改征求意见稿（“征求意见稿”），正式公开征求公众意见。征询意见的截止日期为今年5月13日，预计国家发改委会在近期公布修订后的管理办法。

相关的修改“着墨”并不多，但有如下众多“亮点”。

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By Customs & Trade Compliance Group, King & Wood Mallesons

1 Highlights of the New Tax Policies

China’s State Administration of Taxation, the Ministry of Finance and the General Administration of Customs released Circular on Tax Policies for Cross-border E-commerce Retail Imports (Circular) on March 24, 2016. The Circular, together with List of…