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No. 5 of Five Model Anti-monopoly Cases Tried by the People's Courts in 2025 Issued by the Supreme People's Court: Case of a horizontal monopolistic agreement in the "formaldehyde sales market" — Determining the reaching and implementation of the horizontal monopolistic agreement
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最高人民法院发布5件2025年人民法院反垄断典型案例之五：湖北三某新材料有限公司与湖北鑫某化工有限公司横向垄断协议纠纷上诉案——“甲醛销售市场”横向垄断协议案，达成并实施横向垄断协议的认定
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| No. 5 of Five Model Anti-monopoly Cases Tried by the People's Courts in 2025 Issued by the Supreme People's Court: Case of a horizontal monopolistic agreement in the "formaldehyde sales market" | | 最高人民法院发布5件2025年人民法院反垄断典型案例之五：湖北三某新材料有限公司与湖北鑫某化工有限公司横向垄断协议纠纷上诉案 |
| — Determining the reaching and implementation of the horizontal monopolistic agreement | | ——“甲醛销售市场”横向垄断协议案，达成并实施横向垄断协议的认定 |
| [Case Numbers] | | 【案号】 |
| No. 350 [2024], Final, Civil, IP, SPC and No. 335 [2023], First, Civil, IP, 01, Wuhan IPC, Hubei [Hubei San[REDACTED] New Materials Co., Ltd. v. Hubei Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Co., Ltd. (Case of dispute over a horizontal monopolistic agreement)] | | 最高人民法院（2024）最高法知民终350号、湖北省武汉市中级人民法院（2023）鄂01知民初335号〔湖北三某新材料有限公司与湖北鑫某化工有限公司横向垄断协议纠纷案〕 |
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| In November 2021, Hubei San[REDACTED] New Materials Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "San[REDACTED] New Materials Company," the Purchaser) and Hubei Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Company", the Supplier) concluded a purchase and sales contract, under which Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Company shall supply formaldehyde to San[REDACTED] New Materials Company. The "non-compete clause" (Clause 8 of the agreement) provides that "the Supplier shall keep confidential the customer enterprises of the Purchaser and unauthorized cross-territory sales shall be prevented. In the event that the Supplier or its agent enters into the Purchaser's downstream enterprises without knowing it, the Supplier shall be required to suspend supply within seven workdays…" After the purchase and sales contract was signed, Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Company and [REDACTED] Energy Conservation Company concluded a purchase contract and a framework agreement, under which Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Company shall supply formaldehyde to [REDACTED] Energy Conservation Company. San[REDACTED] New Materials Company deemed that Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Company violated the "non-compete clause" by taking advantage of the convenient condition of delivering goods to a customer of San[REDACTED] New Materials Company and directly traded with such customer of San[REDACTED] New Materials Company. It thus filed a lawsuit with the court, requesting the court to order Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Company to pay San[REDACTED] New Materials Company the management fee of 500,000 yuan. The court of first instance held upon trial that Clause 8 of the purchase and sales contract was a clause for protecting customer information rather than a monopolistic clause on dividing the market or restricting competition and it was not obviously unfair. Therefore, it should be deemed as legal and valid. The facts on record were insufficient to ascertain that Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Company used the customer information of San[REDACTED] New Materials Company and therefore Xin[REDACTED] Chemical Company did not breach the contract. Therefore, the claim of San[REDACTED] New Materials Company was dismissed. San[REDACTED] New Materials Company refused to accept the judgment of first instance and appealed. | | 2021年11月，湖北三某新材料有限公司（简称三某新材料公司，需方）与湖北鑫某化工有限公司（简称鑫某化工公司，供方）签订购销合同，约定鑫某化工公司向三某新材料公司供应甲醛。其中第八条“竞业条款”为：“供方应对需方客户企业进行保密处理，不得出现串货现象，当供方或其代理在不知情下进入需方下游企业，限令供方在7个工作日内停止供货……”。购销合同签订后，鑫某化工公司与某节能公司签订采购合同与框架协议，约定鑫某化工公司向某节能公司供应甲醛。三某新材料公司认为，鑫某化工公司利用向三某新材料公司的客户送货的便利条件，与三某新材料公司的客户直接交易，违反“竞业条款”，遂向法院起诉，请求判令鑫某化工公司向三某新材料公司支付管理费50万元。一审法院经审理认为，购销合同第八条属于保护客户信息的条款，并非分割市场、限制竞争的垄断条款，也无显失公平，应认定合法有效；在案事实不足以认定鑫某化工公司利用了三某新材料公司客户信息，鑫某化工公司不构成违约。据此驳回三某新材料公司的诉请。三某新材料公司不服，提起上诉。 |
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