Article 1 The people's court shall accept the lawsuits filed by the organs and relevant organizations prescribed by law against environmental pollution and ecological destruction that harm the public interest or have great danger of harming the public interest in accordance with the provisions of Article 55 of the Civil Procedure Law and Article 58 of the Environmental Protection Law. Article 2 In accordance with laws and regulations, social organizations, private non-enterprise units, foundations, etc. Registered in the civil affairs department of the people's government at or above the municipal level, it can be recognized as a social organization as stipulated in Article 58 of the Environmental Protection Law. Article 3 The civil affairs departments of the people's governments at or above the district level in cities with districts, autonomous prefectures, leagues, regions, prefecture-level cities without districts and municipalities directly under the Central Government may be recognized as the civil affairs departments of the people's governments at or above the city level with districts as stipulated in Article 58 of the Environmental Protection Law. Article 4 A social organization whose main business scope is to safeguard public interests and engage in environmental protection public welfare activities can be identified as "specialized in environmental protection public welfare activities" as stipulated in Article 58 of the Environmental Protection Law. The public interests involved in social organizations' litigation should be related to their purposes and business scope. Article 5 If a social organization has not been subjected to administrative punishment or criminal punishment for engaging in business activities in violation of laws and regulations within five years before bringing a lawsuit, it may be deemed as "no record of violation of laws" as stipulated in Article 58 of the Environmental Protection Law. Article 6 Environmental civil public interest litigation cases of first instance shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court at or above the intermediate level in the place where environmental pollution or ecological damage occurred, the place where the damage resulted or the defendant's domicile. If the Intermediate People's Court deems it really necessary, it may, after reporting to the Higher People's Court for approval, make an order to transfer the environmental civil public interest litigation cases under its jurisdiction of first instance to the grassroots people's court for trial. If the same plaintiff or different plaintiffs bring an environmental civil public interest lawsuit to two or more people's courts with jurisdiction over the same environmental pollution and ecological damage, the people's court that filed the case first shall have jurisdiction, and if necessary, the people's court at the next higher level shall designate jurisdiction. Article 7 With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the Higher People's Court may, according to the actual situation of environmental and ecological protection within its jurisdiction, determine some intermediate people's courts to accept environmental civil public interest litigation cases of first instance. The area under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate People's Court for environmental civil public interest litigation cases shall be determined by the Higher People's Court. Article 8 To file an environmental civil public interest lawsuit, the following materials shall be submitted: (1) A complaint that conforms to the provisions of Article 121 of the Civil Procedure Law, and copies shall be submitted according to the number of defendants; (2) The defendant's behavior has harmed the public interest or has a significant risk of harming the public interest; (3) Where a social organization brings a lawsuit, it shall submit the registration certificate, articles of association, annual work report or annual inspection report of the social organization for five consecutive years before the lawsuit, and a statement of no illegal record signed and sealed by its legal representative or person in charge. Article 9 If the people's court considers that the plaintiff's request is insufficient to protect the public interests, it may explain to him the request to change or increase the request to stop the infringement and restore the original state. Article 10 After accepting an environmental civil public interest lawsuit, the people's court shall send a copy of the indictment to the defendant within five days from the date of filing the case and declare it accepted. Other organs and social organizations that have the right to file a lawsuit shall apply to participate in the lawsuit within 30 days from the date of announcement. After examination, the people's court shall classify him as an accomplice; Overdue application will not be accepted. Citizens, legal persons and other organizations that apply to participate in litigation on the grounds of personal or property damage shall inform them to file another lawsuit. Article 11 Procuratorial organs, departments responsible for environmental protection supervision and management, other organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of the Civil Procedure Law, support social organizations in bringing environmental civil public interest litigation according to law by providing legal advice, submitting written opinions and assisting in investigation and evidence collection. Article 12 After accepting environmental civil public interest litigation, the people's court shall inform the department responsible for environmental protection supervision and management of the defendant's behavior within ten days. Article 13 The plaintiff requires the defendant to provide environmental information such as name, discharge mode, discharge concentration and total amount, excessive discharge, construction and operation of pollution prevention facilities, etc. Laws, regulations and rules stipulate that it should be held by the defendant or there is evidence to prove that the defendant holds it and refuses to provide it. If the plaintiff claims that the relevant facts are unfavorable to the defendant, the people's court may presume that the claim is established. Article 14 When the people's court deems it necessary, it shall investigate and collect the evidence needed for the trial of environmental civil public interest litigation cases. The people's court may entrust a qualified appraiser to make an appraisal of the specialized issues that should be borne by the plaintiff and necessary to safeguard the public interests. Article 15 If a party applies to notify a person with specialized knowledge to appear in court, and puts forward opinions on expert opinions or on special issues such as causality, ecological environment restoration methods, ecological environment restoration costs, and loss of service function during the period from destruction to restoration of the ecological environment, the people's court may grant permission. The expert opinions specified in the preceding paragraph, after cross-examination, can be used as the basis for ascertaining the facts. Article 16 If the facts and evidence adopted by the plaintiff in the course of litigation are considered by the people's court to be harmful to the public interest, they shall not be confirmed. Seventeenth in the process of environmental civil public interest litigation cases, the defendant counterclaims, the people's court shall not accept it. Article 18 For an act that pollutes the environment, destroys the ecology, harms the public interest or has great danger of harming the public interest, the plaintiff may request the defendant to bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, removing the obstruction, eliminating the danger, restoring the original state, compensating for the losses and making an apology. Article 19 If the plaintiff requests the defendant to stop the infringement, remove the obstruction and eliminate the danger, so as to prevent the occurrence and expansion of ecological environment damage, the people's court may support it according to law. The people's court may support the expenses incurred by the plaintiff in taking reasonable preventive and disposal measures to stop the infringement, remove obstacles and eliminate dangers, and request the defendant to bear them. Article 20 If the plaintiff requests restitution, the people's court may order the defendant to restore the ecological environment to the state and function before the damage occurred. If it cannot be completely repaired, an alternative repair method can be used. When the people's court judges the defendant to repair the ecological environment, it can determine the ecological environment repair expenses that the defendant should bear when he fails to perform the repair obligation; You can also directly judge the defendant to bear the cost of ecological environment restoration. The cost of ecological environment restoration includes the cost of formulating and implementing the restoration plan and the cost of monitoring and supervision. Article 21 If the plaintiff requests the defendant to compensate for the loss of service function during the period from damage to restoration of the ecological environment, the people's court may support it according to law. Article 22 If the plaintiff requests the defendant to bear the inspection and appraisal fees, reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable litigation expenses, the people's court may support it according to law. Article 23 If it is difficult to determine the cost of ecological environment restoration or the appraisal cost required to determine the specific amount is obviously too high, the people's court may comprehensively consider environmental pollution, the scope and degree of ecological damage, the scarcity of ecological environment, the difficulty of ecological environment restoration, the operating cost of pollution prevention equipment, the interests and fault degree of the defendant due to infringement, and may refer to the opinions and expert opinions of the departments responsible for environmental protection supervision and management. Twenty-fourth people's court ruled that the defendant should bear the cost of ecological environment restoration and the loss of service function during the period from ecological environment destruction to restoration, which should be used to repair the damaged ecological environment. Necessary expenses such as investigation and evidence collection, expert consultation, inspection and appraisal. It shall be borne by the plaintiff who loses in other environmental civil public interest litigation, and may be paid from the above funds as appropriate. Twenty-fifth environmental civil public interest litigation parties reached a mediation agreement or reached a settlement agreement, the people's court shall announce the contents of the agreement, the announcement time shall not be less than 30 days. After the expiration of the announcement, if the people's court considers that the contents of the mediation agreement or settlement agreement do not harm the public interests, it shall issue a mediation book. If the parties apply for withdrawal of the lawsuit on the grounds of reaching a settlement agreement, it shall not be allowed. The conciliation statement shall clearly state the litigation request, the basic facts of the case and the contents of the agreement, and shall be made public. Article 26 The people's court shall allow the department responsible for the supervision and administration of environmental protection to perform its supervisory duties according to law, so that the plaintiff's claim can be fully realized and the plaintiff applies to withdraw the lawsuit. Article 27 After the court debate is over, if the plaintiff applies to withdraw the lawsuit, the people's court will not allow it, except in the circumstances specified in Article 26 of this Interpretation. Article 28 After the judgment of environmental civil public interest litigation cases comes into effect, other organs and social organizations that have the right to file lawsuits will file separate lawsuits for the same act that pollutes the environment and destroys the ecology. Under any of the following circumstances, the people's court shall accept the case: (1) ruling to reject the plaintiff's claim in the previous case; (2) The plaintiff in the previous case applied for withdrawal of the lawsuit and ruled for permission, except in the circumstances specified in Article 26 of this Interpretation. After the judgment of environmental civil public interest litigation case comes into effect, if there is evidence to prove that there is damage that was not found in the trial of the previous case, and the organ or social organization that has the right to file a lawsuit again, the people's court shall accept it. Article 29 Where an organ or social organization prescribed by law files an environmental civil public interest lawsuit, it shall not affect citizens, legal persons and other organizations that have suffered personal or property damage due to the same environmental pollution or ecological damage to file a lawsuit in accordance with the provisions of Article 119 of the Civil Procedure Law. Article 30 If the plaintiff and the defendant file a lawsuit against the same environmental pollution and ecological destruction in accordance with the provisions of Article 119 of the Civil Procedure Law, there is no need to prove the facts that have been confirmed in the effective judgment of environmental civil public interest litigation, unless the plaintiff disagrees with the facts and has evidence to the contrary sufficient to overturn the facts. The people's court shall support the effective judgment of environmental civil public interest litigation that the defendant does not bear or reduce the liability stipulated by law, whether there is causal relationship between behavior and damage, and the size of the defendant's liability, as well as the plaintiff's claim to file a lawsuit against the same environmental pollution and ecological damage according to Article 119 of the Civil Procedure Law, except that the defendant has enough evidence to overturn it. If the defendant claims to directly apply the determination that is beneficial to him, the people's court will not support it, and the defendant should still provide evidence to prove it.