Article 22 Paragraph 3 of 「Act on Allocation and Trading of Greenhouse Gas Emission」
regulates comprehensive fake trades. However, it only applies to unfair trades of pit trading
not to those of over-the-counter(OTC) trading. Currently, unfair OTC trading of greenhouse gas
emission is labeled as fraud under the penal code, and the damage imposed upon the victims
may be compensated for by the civil code. Yet, these are not enough to regulate the issue
properly. Focusing on that, this thesis tries to seek an alternative jurisprudence. Economic
analysis of law would be the best instrument for finding the alternative, as the issue of
greenhouse gas emission trading lies in the domain of law and economics. Through the theory
of Shavell, it is clear that the combination of both regulation and principles of liability is
required in OTC trade markets to regulate unfair trade actions. Specifically, the regulation on
unfair trades in OTC markets should be legalized in a way that private lawsuits are proceeded
more smoothly and either priori controls or criminal sanctions are allowed for the government.
Looking deep into the problems of EU ETS and domestic jurisprudence by economic analysis
of law, this thesis suggests the deletion of “in emission-exchange” from Article 22 Paragraph
3 of 「Act on Allocation and Trading of Greenhouse Gas Emission」. Suggested amendment
would extend the effect of regulation on unfair trades in pit trading to those in OTC trading.