(5)证券监管机构行政处罚委员会拒绝接受全部或部分和解方案的,继续进行行政处罚(及市场禁入)、复议或诉讼等程序。
4、证券监管机构批准和解的条件与需考虑的因素
(1)和解应符合证券监管目的,即有利于保护投资者合法权益,促进证券市场健康发展,维护证券市场秩序和社会公共利益。
(2)相对方与证券监管机构一向来的合作程度。
(3)和解是适当的,与相对人行为的性质和严重性相当。
(4)和解能够鼓励相对人与监管部门合作,节约监管资源以查处更多的证券违法行为。
(5)相对人应在和解提议中明确承诺,其已向证券监管机构提供了所有证据,如有任何隐瞒,监管部门在达成和解协议前有权拒绝和解提议,在达成和解协议后有权单方面撤销和解协议,继续进行或重新启动行政处罚、复议等程序。
(6)如果在调查阶段进行和解,相对人须承诺认罚并保证不提起行政复议或诉讼。
(6)在行政和解的协商过程中,如发现新事实、新证据或有情事重大变更之情形,经行政处罚委员会决议,证券监管机构可以中止和解协商程序,依法继续进行原有程序。
(7)相对人应在和解提议中明确承诺,对和解决定的处理,如上缴不当所得,支付罚款,市场禁入等,不寻求或接受来自任何渠道的补偿,包括任何保险赔付,也不申请中央或地方税的减扣。
(8)个人或组织同意和解时,需要将其在和解协议中同意支付的罚款全额存入第三方账户。
5、和解协议的履行
(1)协议的保密。和解协议缔结后,除依相关法律法规应公开的以外,应予保密。
(2)和解金的使用。通过和解获得的资金,可以归入投资者保护基金或上缴国库;还可列入专门账户,在将来投资者因该违法行为提起诉讼时,用于民事赔偿之用。
(3)违约的处理。相对人违反和解协议的,证监会可以向人民法院申请强制执行,也可以单方面撤销和解协议,依法继续进行原有程序,并拒绝相对人再次提出监管和解协议的请求,以防止和解制度被滥用。
6、证券监管机构、证券交易所与相对人的联合和解
如上所述,美国SEC在许多重大案件上与纽约证券交易所紧密合作,并一起与相对人达成联合和解协议。香港证监会与香港交易所也是经常互相配合,联合与相对人进行和解。这样做的好处一是能共享监管资源和信息,二是能使证券监管机构的行政监管与证券交易所的自律监管联合行动,协调一致,并使事情得到同步彻底解决,避免出现证券监管机构已与相对人达成和解协议,但证券交易所自律监管程序还未终结的局面。
基于此,建议我国借鉴美国和香港的成功做法,在《证券监管和解工作管理办法》中明确规定,证券监管机构在与相对人的和解过程中,应积极寻求与证券交易所的合作和协调,并尽可能地联合深圳或上海证券交易所与相对人达成全面彻底的和解协议。
附 件
境外相关法律、法规、规章
一、美国SEC行为规范
RULES OF PRACTICE
July 2003
Rule 240 Settlement.
(a) Availability. Any person who is notified that a proceeding may or will be instituted against him or her, or any party to a proceeding already instituted, may, at any time, propose in writing an offer of settlement.
(b) Procedure. An offer of settlement shall state that it is made pursuant to this rule; shall recite or incorporate as a part of the offer the provisions of paragraphs (c)(4) and (5) of this rule; shall be signed by the person making the offer, not by counsel; and shall be submitted to the interested division.
(c) Consideration of Offers of Settlement.
(1) Offers of settlement shall be considered by the interested division when time, the nature of the proceedings, and the public interest permit.
(2) Where a hearing officer is assigned to a proceeding, the interested division and the party submitting the offer may request that the hearing officer express his or her views regarding the appropriateness of the offer of settlement. A request for the hearing officer to express his or her views on an offer of settlement or otherwise to participate in a settlement conference constitutes a waiver by the persons making the request of any right to claim bias or prejudgment by the hearing officer based on the views expressed.
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