대규모유통업법의 적용 범위에 관한 고찰 - 대규모유통업법의 입법 취지를 중심으로 - = A study on the application scope of the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business (hereinafter the Large Retail Act) shall not apply to a transaction which is not deemed to give a large retailer a superior bargaining position over a supplier (Article. 3.1.). Nonetheless, recently, the Korea Fair Trade Commission and courts tend to apply the Large Retail Act directly to a certain retail business entity without an in-depth analysis of whether it has actually superior bargaining position over a supplier as long as it is a large retailer under the Large Retail Act
However, considering that the Large Retail Act is essentially an exception to principle of private autonomy and it substantially regulates the business activities of large retailer, it is necessary to narrowly interpret the scope of a large retailer.
In particular, the Large Retail Act stipulates that the franchisers of a certain size or larger also fall within the scope of a large retailer. However, considering the following, it is highly recom- mended to revise the relevant regulations;(ⅰ) the purpose of the Large Retail Act is basically to regulate the abuse of market dominance or unfair trade practices by large retailers, such as department stores and supermarket. (ⅱ) If the bargaining power aggregated into the franchiser is limited by applying the Large Retail Act to the franchiser, the nature of the franchise business, which is enhancing franchisee's bargaining power by purchasing jointly will be undermined and consequently the protection of franchisees will be impaired;(ⅲ) especially, since convenience store franchisers purchase 67 to 90 percent of the total purchased goods from large companies, the application of the Large Retail Act to franchiser results in unfairly protecting the large suppliers more than the franchisees, which are much smaller than the large suppliers.
In order to solve these problems, it is desirable to establish sales volume requirements to determine whether to apply the Large Retail Act, and furthermore, exclude the franchiser from the scope of a large retailer which is subject to the Large Retail Act.
Meanwhile, due to the recent revision, the Large Retail Act also applies to real estate rental businesses, which is not distributor. This is not consistent with the objective of the Large Retail Act, which regulates a large retailer, and causes overlapping regulations between the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act and the Large Retail Act. Therefore, a careful consideration is also required on whether to maintain this regulatory framework.

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