石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社10月22日东京报道，日本贸易部周一详细说明了液化天然气（LNG）的买卖双方可以修改供应合同以取消对货物转售限制的方式，而日本去年称这些货物反竞争。 日本的反垄断监管机构去年6月裁定，所有新的液化天然气合同都不应限制燃料转售，这标志着迈向亚洲液化天然气市场自由化的一步。但全球液化天然气供应商在修改日本买家合同方面进展缓慢。 贸易部在名古屋的年度会议上提出了供应合同的所谓“模型转移条款”。在去年的裁决之后，建议的语言是在重新谈判合同时缺乏行动。 世界上最大的液化天然气进口国日本的买家长期以来一直抱怨限制转售的所谓目的地条款。他们希望有更多的余地转售备用货物，但这些条款已经阻止了。 日本公平贸易委员会去年的裁决发现，限制买家向第三方出售货物的LNG销售合同的目的地条款，长期特征是反竞争的。 当时人们认为裁决将迫使重新谈判数十亿美元的现有液化天然气合同。 “据我所知，没有人根据裁决制定了目的地条款，”一位花费数十年参与液化天然气合同谈判的律师在会议上告诉路透社。 液化天然气律师表示，在新合同中，这些条款很少被包括在内。 贸易部关于液化天然气买卖合同的“模型转移条款”规定了货物转移的合同安排，包括交付规格和利润分享或补偿安排。 李方征 编译自 路透社 原文如下： Japan proposes LNG contract clause for resale of cargoes Japan’s trade ministry on Monday spelt out ways that buyers and sellers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) can rework supply contracts to remove restrictions on resale of cargoes which Japan last year said were anti-competitive. Japan’s anti-monopoly watchdog ruled in June last year that all new LNG contracts should not restrict resale of the fuel, marking a step towards liberalising the LNG market in Asia.But global LNG suppliers have been slow to revise their contracts for Japanese buyers. The trade ministry presented the so-called “model diversion clause” for supply contracts at an annual conference in Nagoya. The suggested language follows the lack of action on renegotiating contracts following the last year’ ruling. Buyers in Japan, the world’s biggest LNG importer, have long complained about the so-called destination clauses restricting resale. They want more leeway to resell spare cargoes but have been prevented by the clauses. The Japan Fair Trade Commission’s ruling last year found that the destination clauses, long-time features of LNG sales contracts that restrict buyers from selling cargoes to third parties, were anti-competitive. At the time it was thought that ruling would force the renegotiation of billions of dollars of existing LNG contracts. “No-one has struck out a destination clause on the basis of the ruling, as far as I’m aware,” one lawyer who has spent decades involved in LNG contract negotiations told Reuters at the conference. In new contracts, the clauses are rarely included, the LNG lawyer said. The trade ministry’s “model diversion clause” for LNG sale and purchases contracts spells out contractual arrangements for cargo diversions, including delivery specifications and profit sharing or compensation arrangements.
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