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On December 20th, the "Rules on Pricing Behavior of Internet Platforms" were issued. The rules stipulate that platform operators and operators within the platform shall indicate the promotional price or price promotion rules in a manner that is easy for consumers to understand, and comply with the following provisions: (1) Publicly display the promotional rules, activity period, scope of application, etc. in a prominent position on the page; (2) Accurately indicate the discount or price reduction basis; (3) If the price is offset by points, gift certificates, vouchers, coupons, prepayments, etc., the specific calculation method shall be clearly indicated.On December 20th, the "Rules on Price Behavior of Internet Platforms" were issued. The rules stipulate that platform operators and operators within the platform shall not violate Article 14, Paragraph 3 of the "Price Law of the Peoples Republic of China" by using the following means to fabricate and disseminate information about price increases, drive up prices, and promote excessive price increases of commodities: (1) fabricating and disseminating information about supply shortages or a surge in market demand; (2) fabricating and disseminating information about other operators having already raised or preparing to raise prices; (3) disseminating information containing deceptive or misleading language to inflate price expectations; (4) failing to sell commodities to external parties in a timely manner without justifiable reasons, exceeding the normal storage quantity or storage period, hoarding large quantities of commodities with tight market supply or abnormal price fluctuations, and continuing to hoard after being warned; (5) forcing customers to purchase additional goods, thereby indirectly and significantly increasing commodity prices; (6) using other means to drive up prices and promote excessively rapid and excessive price increases of commodities.On December 20th, the "Rules on Pricing Behavior of Internet Platforms" were issued. The rules stipulate that platform operators and operators within the platform shall not violate Article 14, Paragraph 1 of the "Price Law of the Peoples Republic of China" by colluding with each other to manipulate market prices and harm the legitimate rights and interests of other operators and consumers by using platform rules, data, and algorithms.On December 20th, the "Rules on Pricing Behavior of Internet Platforms" were issued. The rules stipulate that platform operators must conduct subsidy promotions fairly and impartially, and must not falsely or exaggeratedly advertise subsidy amounts or力度 (intensity/scale). When conducting subsidy promotions, platform operators must prominently display the subsidy and related promotional activity rules on the corresponding activity page of their website or application, clearly specifying information such as the subsidy recipients, subsidy methods, participation conditions, and start and end times.On December 20th, the "Rules on Pricing Behavior of Internet Platforms" were issued. The rules stipulate that operators within a platform who sell goods or provide services on different platforms are legally entitled to set their own prices. Platform operators are prohibited from violating Article 35 of the "E-commerce Law of the Peoples Republic of China" by taking measures such as raising fees, adding charges, deducting security deposits, reducing subsidies or discounts, restricting traffic, downgrading search rankings, lowering algorithm rankings, blocking stores, or removing goods or services from the platform to impose the following unreasonable restrictions or conditions on the pricing behavior of operators within the platform: (i) forcing or indirectly forcing operators within the platform to lower prices or promote sales through discounts, cashback, or other means; (ii) forcing or indirectly forcing operators within the platform to sell goods or provide services on the platform at prices no higher than those on other sales channels; (iii) forcing or indirectly forcing operators within the platform to activate automatic price tracking, automatic price reduction, or similar systems; (iv) other behaviors that restrict the pricing autonomy of operators within the platform.

According to research, the Ukraine conflict might hasten Germany's move to green energy

Haiden Holmes

Jul 18, 2022 10:58

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According to a study published on Sunday, the ramifications of the Ukraine conflict may hasten Germany's shift to green energy despite Berlin's desire to connect coal-fired power units to compensate for diminishing fossil fuel supplies from Russia.


The German government has pushed for a shift to renewable energy, with the target of 80 percent of the nation's electricity generation coming from renewables by 2030.


Credit insurer Allianz (ETR:ALVG) Trade's study revealed that Germany's green energy objectives were expected to increase the amount of renewable energies in the electrical mix in the medium term, even beyond what would be required to meet the 2035 Paris climate targets.


The research showed that the rise in coal-fired power output permitted by the German government earlier this month will not raise CO2 emissions in the European Union since production will be regulated by the EU emissions trading system.


According to the analysis, it is unlikely that coal will become a long-term substitute for Russian gas due to the high EU carbon trading prices.


"(Coal-fired power generation) will be forced off the market," said the study's author, Markus Zimmer.


Moreover, he added that the planning and approval procedures for renewable energy must be simplified and hastened in order to meet the objectives of the German government.


According to the analysis, Germany's expansion of renewable energy in the power sector would need annual expenditures of around 28 billion euros through 2035, and the sector would need approximately 440,000 employees from 2022 to 2035 to achieve the goals.