优化营商环境背景下跨境破产的制度完善兼评《企业破产法(修订草案)》第十四章

    Improvement of China’s Cross-border Insolvency Legal System in the Context of Optimizing the Business EnvironmentWith a Review of Chapter 14 of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law (Draft Amendment)

    • 摘要: 世界银行营商环境评估项目B-READY将“是否建立跨境破产的法律框架”作为“商事破产”指标下监管框架完备性的考察内容之一,要求经济体能够承认外国破产程序并建立与外国法院及破产代表合作的法律框架。中国企业破产法宏观地构建跨境破产的基本制度框架,未在跨境破产的管辖权、承认与协助、国际合作等微观层面细化法律规范的可操作性,无法应对实践中复杂的跨境破产需求;《企业破产法(修订草案)》第十四章参照世行标准以促进跨国破产案件合作为目标对跨境破产制度进行专章系统性修订,但在具体的审查标准与行动指南上与世行规范建议有较大差距,难以契合指标要求。为有效发挥跨境破产制度连通境内外资本市场的功能,打造国际化营商环境,中国跨境破产制度的完善应进一步明确管辖权审查的原则与标准、补充承认与协助的具体规则以及构建国际合作的常态化机制,并对跨境破产的法律适用与企业集团破产等前沿问题予以关注。

       

      Abstract: The World Bank’s B-READY project includes “whether a legal framework for cross-border insolvency is established” as one of the assessment criteria for regulatory framework completeness under the “Business Insolvency” indicator, requiring an economy to be able to recognize foreign insolvency proceedings and establish a system aimed at facilitating cooperation with foreign courts and representatives. Although the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the People’s Republic of China has established a macro framework for China’s cross-border insolvency legal system, it has not detailed the operability of legal norms at the micro level such as jurisdiction, recognition and assistance, and international cooperation in cross-border insolvency, failing to address the complex cross-border insolvency demands in practice. Although Chapter 14 of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law (Draft Amendment) has systematically revised the cross-border insolvency legal system with the aim of promoting cooperation in cross-border insolvency cases by referring to the “Cross-Border Insolvency” indicator, there is still a considerable gap in specific review standards and action guidelines compared to the good practices by the World Bank, making it difficult to meet the requirements of the indicator. To effectively leverage the role of the cross-border insolvency legal system in connecting domestic and international capital markets, and to create an internationalized business environment, the improvement of China’s cross-border insolvency legal system should further clarify the principles and standards for jurisdiction review, supplement specific rules for recognition and assistance, and establish a regular mechanism for international cooperation, and due attention should be given to cutting-edge issues such as the choice of law and enterprise group insolvency in cross-border insolvency.

       

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