Legal Study On Consumers Involvement In Price Hearing

Price hearing system is the legal system that the government price control departments should invite someone to demonstrate the science of pricing decision when it makes the prices of public utilities, prices of public service, prices of natural monopolies. Price hearing system opened unveiled the mystery of government price hearing, with full respect for the public's right and participate in decision-making for government pricing decisions more scientific. However, in actual operation, the price hearing system has suffered a series of embarrassing, especially the problems that consumer representatives participate in price hearing should be more worthy of attention. For this issue, this paper analyzes the actual cases, which leads to some problems on consumer representatives participate in price hearing. Trying to make some recommendations to improve the price hearing system. This article is divided into four parts to elaborate.The first part mainly involved in the actual case, which leads to the problems of price hearing. the price hearing of water in Harbin has been reviewed, thought performance from the consumer representatives in the price hearing of water, find out problems. Such as the selection mechanism is unknown consumer representatives, consumer Representatives who are underrepresented, consumer representatives and other professionals is not strong..The second part describes the theoretical basis of the hearing. There are three theoretical basis for prices hearing:First, the principles of natural justice; the second is the principle of due process; third is the principle of administrative law. Consumers participate in the hearing of price is based on mainly there:First, the constitutional basis, second is the "The price Law", third is "Consumer Protection Law" basis.The third part discusses the problems in the current consumer price hearing. In this part discussed the problems in practice, and then pointed out consumer representatives to participate in hearings related to the imperfect legal system, such as consumer representatives in the selection criteria and methods is unknown, the consumer representative Inadequate representation, the right to speak on behalf of consumers right protection, consumer representatives in the cost price of the hearing the burden of legal and other issues need further to perfect level.The fourth part introduces the functions and purpose of the hearing system, Re-positioning the price hearing system. We must face the problems, which made the perfect consumer price hearing system in some suggestions:First, clear criteria for selecting consumer representatives; Second, clear the methods of selection of Consumer representatives; Third, to eliminate information asymmetry in order to protect the right of speaking on behalf of consumers; fourth, consumer representatives participate in a reasonable share of the cost price of the hearing. fifth, Giving record of the hearing legal effect to avoid price hearing becoming a mere formality.