作者：金杜律师事务所医疗法律事务组

2012年12月28日，十一届全国人大常委会第三十次会议表决 通过了《关于修改劳动合同法的决定》(“决定”)，该“决定”将 于 2013年7月1日起正式实施。此次修订是针对于《劳动合同法》 中有关于劳务派遣的相关规定，对于劳务派遣单位的经营资 质、经营劳务派遣业务的行政许可、被派遣员工与用工单位员 工的“同工同酬”、可以适用劳务派遣的“三性”岗位等内容予以细化与明确。 Continue Reading 全国人大常委会修订《劳动合同法》概要

作者：金杜律师事务所医疗法律事务组

2012年9月19日，国家药监局发布了《药品和医疗器械行政处罚裁量适用规则(征求意见稿)》(“征求意见稿”) 并公开征求意见。征求意见稿适用于各类药监局具有行政处罚量裁权的药品及医疗器械相关违法案件。 Continue Reading 更多明确，减少自由裁量——对药品和医疗器械行业行政处罚拟定新规

By King & Wood Mallesons’s Healthcare Group

On 19 September 2012, SFDA released the Rules on Imposing Administrative Penalties for Drugs and Medical Equipment (Consultative Draft) (the “Draft”) and sought feedback from the public. The Draft shall apply to all types of violation regarding drugs and medical equipments, where SFDA has discretion on imposing administrative penalties. Continue Reading MORE CERTAINTY, LESS DISCRETION —— Proposed New Rules on Administrative Penalty over Drug and Medical Equipment Industry

By King & Wood Mallesons’s Healthcare Group

Although the existing laws and regulations already establish certain rules and general principles for product promotional activities by pharmaceutical enterprises, the RDPAC Code of Practice 2012 (“RDPAC Code”) has further refined and defined the relevant requirements and standards for medical promotion and seeks to establish a bright line industrial practice. Continue Reading RDPAC Code of Practice 2012

作者：金杜律师事务所医疗法律事务组

现行有效的法律法规虽然已对制药企业产品推广作出了规定，但是大部分的规定以定性为主。RDPAC药品推广行为准则(2012年修订版)(“《行为准则》”)进一步细化并明确了药品推广过程中的相关要求与标准，并试图建立一些明确、清晰的界限的行业规范。 Continue Reading RDPAC药品推广行为准则(2012年修订版)

By King & Wood Mallesons’ Labor & Employment Group

On December 28, 2012, the Decision regarding the Modification of Employment Contract Law (the “Decision”) was passed by the 30th Session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress, which is to take effect on July 1, 2013. This Decision amends the section in the Employment Contract Law relating to dispatched personnel, which provides rules on the qualifications of the dispatch service provider, the administrative license requirements for the dispatch service provider, the concept of “equal pay for equal work” as it applies to dispatched personnel and the company’s direct hire counterparts for the same job position in the same location, and the job descriptions of the positions for which companies are permitted to hire dispatched personnel. Continue Reading Executive Summary of the Modification of the Employment Contract Law

By Susan Ning, Liu Jia and Hazel Yin

On April 22, 2013, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) cleared the proposed acquisition of Gavilon Holdings, LLC (“Gavilon“) by Marubeni Corp (“Marubeni“) (the “Transaction”) with conditions.  This is the second case conditionally cleared by MOFCOM in April, coming just days after the conditional clearance of Glencore/Xstrata.  To obtain the clearance, Marubeni shall keep separate and independent China soybean import and distribution businesses between Marubeni’s and Gavilon’s.
Continue Reading MOFCOM Cleared Marubeni’s Acquisition of Gavilon with Conditions

By Susan Ning, Huang Jing and Hazel Yin

On April 16, 2013, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) cleared the proposed acquisition of Xstrata plc (“Xstrata“) by Glencore International plc (“Glencore“) with conditions.  Both structural and behavioral remedies are involved in the conditions.

The over 8,000-word decision issued by MOFCOM contains the most detailed competition analysis that has ever been published.  In addition, for the very first time, the full text of the parties’ final commitment proposals were published together with the clearance decision, providing more insights regarding the implementation of the remedies.  Continue Reading MOFCOM cleared Glencore’s acquisition of Xstrata with Conditions

作者：金杜律师事务所劳动法组

2012年12月28日，十一届全国人大常委会第三十次会议表决通过了《关于修改劳动合同法的决定》(“决定”)，该“决定”将于2013年7月1日起正式实施。此次修订是针对于《劳动合同法》中有关于劳务派遣的相关规定，对于劳务派遣单位的经营资质、经营劳务派遣业务的行政许可、被派遣员工与用工单位员工的“同工同酬”、可以适用劳务派遣的“三性”岗位等内容予以细化与明确。 Continue Reading 《劳动合同法》修订概要

By Susan Ning, Pulcheria Chung, Kailun Ji and Hazel Yin

To increase clarity and transparency on the merger remedy regime under the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML“), China’s Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) published the draft Rules Regarding Imposition of Restrictive Conditions on Concentrations of Undertakings (the “Draft Rules“) on 27 March 2013 for public comments. 

Under the AML, MOFCOM may attach restrictive conditions to reduce the negative impact a concentration of business operators will bring on competition in the relevant market.  On 5 July 2010, MOFCOM published the Provisional Rules on Divestiture of Assets or Business to Implement Concentrations of Undertakings (the “Divestiture Rules“) which was the first set of rules specifically dealing with divestiture remedies.  The Draft Rules are intended to cover not only divestiture, but also conduct remedies and will replace the Divestiture Rules once adopted. Continue Reading Path towards A More Streamlined Merger Control System – MOFCOM Publishes Draft Rules on Merger Remedies