电商平台经营者的安全保障义务标准构建

Establishing Safety Obligation Standards for E-Commerce Platform Operators

摘要: 我国《电子商务法》第38条第2款确立了电商平台经营者特有的安全保障义务，要求电商平台经营者尽最大努力保护消费者的生命健康权，减少对消费者的损害。《电子商务法》第38条第一款和第二款中要求违反义务的电商平台承担“连带责任”和“相应责任”，在解释适用上存在较大的具体化空间。对于违反安全保障义务及审核义务所适用的责任形态，应当结合其他法律规定进行体系性的解释，不能过分苛求电商平台承担过重的责任，这将不利于电子商务的繁荣发展，应当运用价值分析与逻辑论证方法进行补充论证，电商平台违反安全保障义务应当承担补充责任，违反审核义务应当就损害扩大之部分承担连带责任，且有权向直接责任人进行追偿。

Abstract: Article 38 (2) of China’s Electronic Commerce Law establishes a unique security obligation for e-commerce platform operators, requiring them to make every effort to protect consumers’ right to life and health and minimize harm to consumers. The first and second paragraphs of Article 38 of the Electronic Commerce Law require e-commerce platforms that violate their obligations to bear “joint and several liability” and “corresponding liability”, which has significant room for specificity in interpretation and application. For the forms of liability applicable to violations of security and audit obligations, a systematic interpretation should be made in conjunction with other legal provisions. E-commerce platforms should not be overly demanded to bear excessive responsibility, as this will be detrimental to the prosperity and development of e-commerce. Value analysis and logical reasoning methods should be used to supplement the argument. E-commerce platforms that violate security obligations should bear supplementary liability, and those who violate audit obligations should bear joint and several liability for the expanded damage, and have the right to pursue compensation from the directly responsible person.