Certain Regulations on Prohibiting Unfair Competition in prize-attached Sales

Certain Regulations on Prohibiting Unfair Competition in prize-attached Sales

Order of State Administration Of Industry And Commerce [1993] No.19

December 24, 1993
　
Article 1 With a view to preventing unfair competition in sales with prize, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Countering Unfair Competition (hereinafter refereed to as the Anti-Unfair Competition Law).
　
Article 2 Prize-attached sales mentioned in these Regulations refer to the activities of operators of providing incidentally Articles, money or other economic interests for the purchasers when selling products or providing services, which include prize-attached sale which awards all of the purchasers and lottery-attached sale which awards part of the purchasers.
All those sales adopting such accidental methods as drawing lots and picking winning numbers to determine whether the purchaser could win the prize belong to lottery sale.
This regulation is not applicable to lottery-attached donation collection and other activities of selling lottery tickets approved by the relevant authorities of government.
　
Article 3 The following deceptive prize-attached sales are prohibited:
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