公司法第16条的规范意义
钱玉林公司法第16条的规范意义
Normal Meaning of Article 16 of Chinese Company Law
期刊名称：《法学研究》
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作者：钱玉林
单位：扬州大学法学院
中文关键词：公司法第16条;公司担保;公司投资
英文关键词：Article 16 of Chinese Company Law;corporate guarantee;corporate investment
中文摘要：
公司法第16条是争议较多的条款之一。理论和实务中围绕违反第16条提供的公司担保或投资的效力展开讨论，虽然观点不尽相同，但大多围绕第16条是否为强制性规定来论证各自的观点。这种解释有悖于第16条的立法目的。事实上，第16条并非旨在规范公司对外担保或投资的行为，而是规范公司内部关于担保或投资事项的意思决定程序。基于第16条的立法背景及其在公司法规范体系中的意义，违反第16条的直接后果是组织法上的相应责任，影响公司关于对外担保或投资事项的董事会或者股东(大)会决议的效力。即使公司对外担保或投资行为未经董事会或者股东(大)会决议，或者董事会或股东(大)会决议被撤销或者确认无效，在第三人善意的情况下，亦不影响公司对外担保或投资行为的效力。
英文摘要：
Article 16 is one of disputed issues in Chinese Company Law, and it is regarded as a norm about the conduct of corporate guarantee or investment in theory and practice. According to this view, whether the conduct of corporate guarantee or investment violating Article 16 is effective or not depends on the nature of this norm, that is, whether it is a compulsory norm or not. But this explanation is not in accord with the legislative purpose of Article 16. In fact, Article 16 concerns to the inner decision-making procedure of a company about the affair of corporate guarantee or investment, rather than the conduct of guarantee or investment between a company and a third party. Accordingly, Article 16 is just the basis on which the effectiveness of the decision of the shareholders’ meeting or the board of directors with respect to the affair of guarantee or investment should be decided. The decision that has violated item 1 of Article 16 is voidable due to its violation of the association of the company, and the decision that has violated item 2 of Article 16 is invalid because its violation of the company law.The conduct of corporate guarantee or investment which violates the inner decision-making procedure provided by Article 16 is the act ultra vires in its nature. Its effectiveness should be determined according to Article 50 of the Contract Law. The fact of violating the provision of Article 16 may become an important basis on which whether the third party is bona fide or not should be judged. When the decision of the shareholders’ meeting or the board of directors is revoked or confirmed to be invalid, the conduct of corporate guarantee or investment will still be effective except that the third party knows or ought to know the fact of extra vires.
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