Original text of the document on the method of payment of litigation costs

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1

According to the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Civil Procedure Law) and the These Measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Administrative Litigation Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Administrative Litigation Law).

Article 2

Parties involved in civil litigation or administrative litigation shall pay litigation fees in accordance with these Measures.

Except for cases where the payment of litigation fees is not required or exempted from payment according to these Measures.

Article 3

During the litigation process, fees shall not be collected from the parties in violation of the scope and standards stipulated in these Measures.

Article 4

The state shall provide judicial assistance to parties who have real difficulty in paying litigation fees, ensure their exercise of litigation rights in accordance with the law, and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.

Article 5

These Measures shall apply to foreigners, stateless persons, foreign enterprises or organizations conducting litigation in the People's Court.

If a foreign court treats citizens, legal persons or other organizations of the People's Republic of China differently from citizens, legal persons or other organizations of its own country in the payment of litigation fees, it shall be dealt with in accordance with the principle of reciprocity.

Chapter 2 Scope of Payment

Article 6

The litigation fees that the parties shall pay to the People’s Court include:

(1) Case acceptance fee;

(2) Application fee;

(3) Transportation and accommodation expenses incurred by witnesses, appraisers, translators, and adjusters when they appear in court on the date designated by the People’s Court , living expenses and lost work allowance.

Article 7

Case acceptance fees include:

(1) First-instance case acceptance fees;

(2) Second-instance case acceptance fees Second-instance case acceptance fee;

(3) In retrial cases, the case acceptance fee that needs to be paid in accordance with the provisions of these Measures.

Article 8

No case acceptance fee will be paid for the following cases:

(1) Cases heard in accordance with the special procedures stipulated in the Civil Procedure Law;

(2) Cases in which the case is ruled not to be accepted, the prosecution is dismissed, or the appeal is dismissed;

(3) Cases in which the case is dissatisfied with the ruling of inadmissibility, dismissal of the prosecution, or objection to jurisdiction and an appeal is filed;

(4) Administrative compensation cases.

Article 9

For cases heard in accordance with the trial supervision procedures stipulated in the Civil Procedure Law and Administrative Procedure Law, the parties concerned shall not pay case acceptance fees. However, the following circumstances are excepted:

(1) The parties have new evidence that is sufficient to overturn the original judgment or ruling, and apply to the People's Court for retrial, and the People's Court decides to retry the case after review;

(2) A case in which the parties did not appeal against the first-instance judgment or ruling of the People's Court, but applied for retrial after the first-instance judgment, ruling or mediation document became legally effective, and the People's Court decided to retry the case after review.

Article 10

A party shall pay an application fee when applying to the People's Court for the following matters in accordance with the law: (1) Application for enforcement of the People's Court's legally effective judgments, rulings, mediation documents, arbitration The awards and mediation documents made by the institution in accordance with the law, and the creditor's rights documents that are legally enforceable by the notary institution; (2) Apply for preservation measures; (3) Apply for a payment order; (4) Apply for public notice and reminder; (5) Apply for the revocation of the arbitration award or determination Validity of the arbitration agreement; (6) Application for bankruptcy; (7) Application for maritime injunction, general average adjustment, establishment of maritime liability limitation fund, maritime claims registration, maritime lien reminder; (8) Application for recognition and enforcement of foreign Court judgments, rulings and awards of foreign arbitration institutions.

Article 11

The transportation expenses, accommodation expenses, living expenses and lost work allowance incurred by witnesses, appraisers, translators and adjusters when they appear in court on the date designated by the People's Court shall be borne by the People's Court. It will be collected on your behalf in accordance with national standards.

Parties who copy case file materials and legal documents shall pay production fees to the people's court based on the actual cost.

Article 12

During the course of litigation, due to identification, announcement, inspection, translation, evaluation, auction, sale, warehousing, safekeeping, transportation, ship supervision, etc., the legal obligations shall be For the expenses borne by the parties, the People's Court shall decide that the parties shall pay them directly to the relevant institutions or units based on the principle of whoever makes the claim shall bear the costs. The People's Court shall not collect or pay on behalf of the parties.

If the People's Court provides translation in the common language and script of the local ethnic group in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 11 of the Civil Procedure Law, no fee will be charged.

Chapter 3 Payment Standards

Article 13 Case acceptance fees shall be paid in accordance with the following standards:

(1) In property cases, the amount claimed in the lawsuit or The price shall be paid cumulatively according to the following proportions:

1. If it does not exceed 10,000 yuan, 50 yuan shall be paid for each item;

2. If it exceeds 10,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan The portion exceeding 100,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan shall be paid in accordance with 2.

4. The portion exceeding 200,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan shall be paid according to 2. , pay according to 1.5;

5. The portion exceeding 500,000 yuan to 1 million yuan shall be paid according to 1;

6. The portion exceeding 1 million yuan to 2 million yuan shall be paid according to 1. 0.9 shall be paid;

7. The amount exceeding 2 million yuan to 5 million yuan shall be paid at the rate of 0.8;

8. The amount exceeding 5 million yuan to 10 million yuan shall be paid at the rate of 0.7 ;

9. The portion exceeding 10 million yuan to 20 million yuan shall be paid at the rate of 0.6;

10. The portion exceeding 20 million yuan shall be paid at the rate of 0.5.

(2) Non-property cases should be paid according to the following standards:

1. Divorce cases should be paid between 50 yuan and 300 yuan for each case. Involving property division, if the total property does not exceed 200,000 yuan, no additional payment will be made; for the portion exceeding 200,000 yuan, 0.5 will be paid.

2. For cases of infringement of name rights, title rights, portrait rights, reputation rights, honor rights and other personality rights, a fee of 100 yuan to 500 yuan will be paid for each case. When it comes to damage compensation, if the amount of compensation does not exceed 50,000 yuan, no separate payment will be made; the part exceeding 50,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan shall be paid at the rate of 1; the part exceeding 100,000 yuan shall be paid at the rate of 0.5.

3. For other non-property cases, a fee of 50 yuan to 100 yuan is required for each case.

(3) In intellectual property civil cases, if there is no disputed amount or value, 500 yuan to 1,000 yuan shall be paid for each case; if there is a disputed amount or value, the payment shall be in accordance with the standards for property cases.

(4) 10 yuan is required for each labor dispute case.

(5) Administrative cases shall be paid according to the following standards:

1. Trademark, patent, and maritime administrative cases shall be paid 100 yuan each;

2. Other administrative cases The fee for each case is 50 yuan.

(6) If the party raises an objection to the jurisdiction of the case and the objection is not established, a fee of 50 yuan to 100 yuan will be paid for each case.

The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may formulate specific payment standards within the range specified in items (2), (3), and (6) of this article based on local actual conditions.

Article 14 Application fees shall be paid according to the following standards:

(1) Apply to the People’s Court for the enforcement of legally effective judgments, rulings, and mediation documents of the People’s Court in accordance with the law, arbitration institutions Awards and mediation documents made in accordance with the law, debt instruments legally enforceable by the notary office, and applications for recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments and rulings and foreign arbitration institution awards must be paid in accordance with the following standards:

1. None If the execution amount or price is high, 50 yuan to 500 yuan will be paid for each item.

2. If the execution amount or price does not exceed 10,000 yuan, 50 yuan shall be paid for each item; the part exceeding 10,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan shall be paid according to 1.5; the part exceeding 500,000 yuan to 5 million yuan shall be paid The portion exceeding RMB 5 million to RMB 10 million shall be paid at the rate of 0.5; the portion exceeding RMB 10 million shall be paid at the rate of 0.1.

3. In compliance with the provisions of Paragraph 4 of Article 55 of the Civil Procedure Law, if the right holder who has not participated in the registration files a lawsuit with the People's Court, the application fee shall be paid in accordance with the standards stipulated in this paragraph and no further case fees shall be paid. Acceptance fee.

(2) Those who apply for preservation measures shall pay according to the following standards based on the actual amount of property preserved:

If the amount of property does not exceed 1,000 yuan or does not involve the amount of property, 30 yuan shall be paid for each piece of property. Yuan; the portion exceeding 1,000 Yuan to 100,000 Yuan shall be paid at the rate of 1; the portion exceeding 100,000 Yuan shall be paid at the rate of 0.5. However, the maximum fee paid by the party concerned when applying for preservation measures shall not exceed 5,000 yuan.

(3) If you apply for a payment order in accordance with the law, you must pay 1/3 of the standard property case acceptance fee.

(4) If you apply for public notice and reminder in accordance with the law, you must pay 100 yuan for each application.

(5) If you apply to revoke an arbitration award or confirm the validity of an arbitration agreement, you must pay 400 yuan for each application.

(6) Bankruptcy cases are calculated based on the total amount of bankruptcy property, and the property case acceptance fee is paid at half the standard, but the maximum does not exceed 300,000 yuan.

(7) The application fee for maritime cases shall be paid according to the following standards:

1. To apply for the establishment of a maritime liability limitation fund, the fee is 1,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan for each case;

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2. If you apply for a maritime injunction, you must pay 1,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan for each case;

3. If you apply for a maritime lien claim, you must pay 1,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan for each case;

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4. If you apply for registration of maritime claims, you must pay 1,000 yuan for each case;

5. If you apply for *** and general average adjustment, you must pay 1,000 yuan for each case.

Article 15: If the case is concluded through mediation or the party concerned applies to withdraw the case, the case acceptance fee shall be halved.

Article 16: For cases subject to summary procedures, the case acceptance fee will be reduced by half.

Article 17: If an appeal is filed against a property case, the case acceptance fee shall be paid according to the amount of the appeal request against the first-instance judgment.

Article 18: If the defendant files a counterclaim and a third party with independent claim rights files a claim related to the case, and the People's Court decides to merge the cases, the case acceptance fee shall be halved.

Article 19: For retrial cases that require payment of case acceptance fees in accordance with Article 9 of these Measures, the case acceptance fees shall be paid according to the amount of the retrial request for the part of the original judgment that is not accepted.

Chapter 4 Payment and Refund

Article 20: Case acceptance fees shall be paid in advance by the plaintiff, a third party with independent claim rights, and the appellant. If the defendant files a counterclaim and needs to pay a case acceptance fee in accordance with the provisions of these Measures, the defendant shall pay it in advance. There is no need to pay the case acceptance fee in advance for cases involving the recovery of labor remuneration.

The application fee must be paid in advance by the applicant. However, the application fees stipulated in Items (1) and (6) of Article 10 of these Measures shall not be paid in advance by the applicant. The execution application fee shall be paid after execution, and the bankruptcy application fee shall be paid after liquidation.

The expenses stipulated in Article 11 of these Measures shall be paid after they are actually incurred.

Article 21 If a party changes the amount of its claim during litigation, the case acceptance fee shall be handled in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) If a party increases the amount of its claim, the increased amount shall be The amount of the litigation claim shall be calculated and repaid;

(2) If the party concerned proposes to reduce the amount of the litigation claim before the conclusion of the court investigation, the refund shall be calculated based on the reduced amount of the litigation claim.

Article 22 The plaintiff shall pay the case acceptance fee within 7 days from the day after receiving the notification from the People’s Court to pay the litigation fees; in a counterclaim case, the party filing the counterclaim shall pay the case acceptance fee within 7 days from the day after filing the counterclaim. fee.

The case acceptance fee for an appeal case shall be paid in advance by the appellant when submitting the appeal to the People's Court. If both parties file an appeal, they shall submit their appeals separately. If the appellant fails to pay the litigation fees in advance within the appeal period, the people's court shall notify the appellant to pay them in advance within 7 days.

The application fee shall be paid in advance by the applicant when filing the application or within the time limit designated by the People's Court.

If a party fails to pay the litigation fees within the time limit and fails to file an application for judicial relief, or if the application for judicial relief is not approved and fails to pay the litigation fees within the time limit specified by the People's Court, the People's Court shall handle it in accordance with relevant regulations.

Article 23: For retrial cases that require payment of case acceptance fees in accordance with Article 9 of these Measures, the party applying for retrial shall pay them in advance. If both parties apply for retrial, they shall submit their applications separately.

Article 24: Cases transferred or transferred in accordance with Articles 36, 37, 38, and 39 of the Civil Procedure Law shall not be accepted by the People's Court. The litigation fees paid in advance by the parties shall be transferred with the case to the people's court that receives the case.

Article 25: If a people's court discovers suspected criminal offenses during the hearing of a civil case and transfers the case to the relevant department for processing, the case acceptance fee paid by the parties shall be refunded; if the civil case needs to be continued for trial after the transfer, The case acceptance fee paid by the parties will not be refunded.

Article 26: For cases where litigation or execution is suspended, the case acceptance fee and application fee paid will not be refunded. If the reasons for suspending litigation or execution are eliminated and litigation and execution are resumed, case acceptance fees and application fees will no longer be paid.

Article 27: If the people's court of second instance decides to remand the case for retrial, it shall refund the second instance case acceptance fee paid by the appellant.

If the first-instance People’s Court rules not to accept the case or dismisses the prosecution, the case acceptance fee paid by the parties shall be refunded; the parties appeal against the first-instance People’s Court’s decision not to accept the case or dismiss the prosecution. If the People's Court of second instance upholds the ruling made by the People's Court of first instance, the People's Court of first instance shall refund the case acceptance fees paid by the parties.

Article 28: For cases that are terminated in accordance with Article 137 of the Civil Procedure Law, the case acceptance fees paid in accordance with these Measures will not be refunded.

Chapter 5 Litigation Fees

Article 29 Litigation expenses shall be borne by the losing party, unless the winning party voluntarily bears them.

If the case is partially won and partially lost, the people's court shall determine the amount of litigation costs borne by each party based on the specific circumstances of the case.

***If the same litigant loses the lawsuit, the people's court shall determine the amount of litigation expenses borne by each party based on its interest in the subject matter of the litigation.

Article 30: If the second-instance People's Court changes the judgment or ruling made by the first-instance People's Court, it shall correspondingly change the first-instance People's Court's decision on the burden of litigation costs.

Article 31: In cases where an agreement is reached through mediation by the People's Court, the burden of litigation costs shall be settled through negotiation between the two parties; if the negotiation fails, the People's Court shall decide.

Article 32: For retrial cases where case acceptance fees are required to be paid in accordance with Article 9, Items (1) and (2) of these Measures, the litigation fees shall be borne by the party applying for retrial; both parties If both parties apply for retrial, the litigation costs shall be borne in accordance with the provisions of Article 29 of these Measures. The burden of litigation costs in the original trial shall be re-determined by the people's court in accordance with the principle of burden of litigation costs.

Article 33: The burden of litigation expenses in divorce cases shall be settled through negotiation between the two parties; if the negotiation fails, the decision shall be made by the People's Court.

Article 34: If the plaintiff or appellant in a civil case applies to withdraw the case and the people's court rules to allow it, the case acceptance fee shall be borne by the plaintiff or appellant.

If the defendant in an administrative case changes or revokes a specific administrative act, and the plaintiff applies to withdraw the lawsuit, and the people's court rules to allow it, the case acceptance fee shall be borne by the defendant.

Article 35: If a party proposes to reduce the amount of the claim after the court investigation is completed, the case acceptance fee for the reduced amount shall be borne by the party who changed the claim.

Article 36: If the debtor does not raise any objection to the supervision procedure, the application fee shall be borne by the debtor. If the debtor raises objections to the supervision procedure, resulting in the termination of the supervision procedure, the application fee shall be borne by the applicant; if the applicant files a separate lawsuit, the application fee may be included in the litigation claim.

Article 37 The application fee for public notice and reminder shall be borne by the applicant.

Article 38 The application fees specified in Items (1) and (8) of Article 10 of these Measures shall be borne by the person subject to execution.

If the parties reach a settlement agreement during execution, the burden of the application fee shall be settled through negotiation between the two parties; if the negotiation fails, it shall be decided by the People's Court.

The application fee specified in Item (2) of Article 10 of these Measures shall be borne by the applicant. If the applicant files a lawsuit, the application fee may be included in the litigation claim.

As for the application fee specified in Item (5) of Article 10 of these Measures, the People's Court shall decide the burden of the application fee in accordance with Article 29 of these Measures.

Article 39: Relevant litigation costs in maritime cases shall be borne in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) If a pre-litigation application is made for maritime preservation or maritime injunction, the application fee shall be borne by the applicant. If the applicant files a lawsuit regarding relevant maritime claims, the above fees can be included in the lawsuit claim;

(2) If the applicant applies for maritime evidence preservation before litigation, the application fee shall be borne by the applicant;

(3) Reasonable expenses incurred during the auction or sale of the seized ship, cargo on board, marine fuel, and marine materials during the litigation shall be paid in advance by the applicant, and shall be deducted from the auction or sale price and refunded to the applicant;

(4) The application fees for applying for the establishment of the Maritime Liability Limitation Fund, the registration and payment of claims, and the application for maritime lien reminder cases shall be borne by the applicant;

(5) Establishment of a Maritime Liability Limitation Fund The public announcement fees for the Liability Limitation Fund and the maritime lien call procedure shall be borne by the applicant.

Article 40: If a party fails to produce evidence within the time limit for producing evidence due to its own reasons, and new evidence is presented during the second trial or retrial, resulting in an increase in litigation costs, the increased litigation costs shall be borne by the party concerned.

Article 41: The announcement fee for cases heard under special procedures shall be borne by the prosecutor or applicant.

Article 42: If a person applies for bankruptcy to the People's Court in accordance with the law, the litigation costs shall be allocated from the bankruptcy property in accordance with relevant legal provisions.

Article 43: A party may not independently appeal the People’s Court’s decision on litigation costs.

If a party individually objects to the People's Court's decision on litigation costs, he or she may apply for review to the president of the People's Court that made the decision. The review decision shall be made within 15 days from the date of receipt of the party's application.

If a party has objections to the calculation of litigation costs decided by the People's Court, they may request review from the People's Court that made the decision. If there is indeed an error in the calculation, the people's court that made the decision shall correct it.

Chapter 6 Judicial Assistance

Article 44 If a party has real difficulty in paying litigation fees, it may apply to the People's Court for postponement, reduction of payment or exemption from litigation in accordance with these Measures. Legal aid at a cost.

The exemption from litigation costs only applies to natural persons.

Article 45: If a party applies for judicial relief and meets one of the following circumstances, the people's court shall grant exemption from payment of litigation fees:

(1) The disabled person has no fixed source of living. ;

(2) Recourse for alimony, maintenance fees, childcare fees, and pensions;

(3) Minimum living security recipients, rural special poverty periodic relief recipients, and rural five-guarantee recipients Those who are dependents or receive unemployment insurance benefits have no other income;

(4) Their legitimate rights and interests are harmed due to courageous acts of justice or to protect the interests of the public, and the person or his close relatives request compensation or Compensation;

(5) Other circumstances that really require exemption from payment.

Article 46: If a party applies for judicial relief and meets one of the following circumstances, the people's court shall grant a reduction in litigation fees:

(1) Life is affected due to force majeure such as natural disasters. those who are in difficulty, are receiving social relief, or whose family production and operation are difficult to sustain;

(2) those who are targeted for preferential care and resettlement stipulated by the state;

(3) social welfare institutions and Rescue Management Station;

(4) Other situations where it is really necessary to reduce the payment.

If the people's court approves a reduction in litigation fees, the reduction ratio shall not be less than 30%.

Article 47: If a party applies for judicial relief and meets one of the following circumstances, the people's court shall grant a deferral of the payment of litigation fees:

(1) Recourse to social insurance funds, economic benefits Compensation;

(2) Victims of maritime accidents, traffic accidents, medical accidents, work-related injuries, product quality accidents or other personal injury accidents request compensation;

(3) ) are receiving legal aid from relevant departments;

(4) Other circumstances that really require deferment of submission.

Article 48 When a party applies for judicial relief, he or she shall submit a written application, supporting materials sufficient to prove that he or she does have financial difficulties, and other relevant supporting materials when suing or appealing.

If you apply for exemption or reduction of litigation fees due to living difficulties or to recover basic living expenses, you must also provide evidence that your and your family’s economic status meets the standards for citizens’ financial difficulties stipulated by the local civil affairs, labor and social security departments, etc. prove.

If the people's court disapproves the party's application for judicial relief, it shall explain the reasons in writing to the party.

Article 49: If a party’s application for deferring the payment of litigation fees is reviewed to comply with the provisions of Article 47 of these Measures, the People’s Court shall make a decision to grant the deferment before deciding to file the case.

Article 50: The people's court provides judicial relief to one party. If the other party loses the case, the litigation costs shall be borne by the other party; if the other party wins the case, the reduction may be determined based on the financial status of the party applying for judicial relief. Pay or be exempted from litigation fees.

Article 51: If the people's court allows the parties to reduce or waive the payment of litigation fees, it shall be stated in the legal document.

Chapter 7 Management and Supervision

Article 52 The system for the payment and collection of litigation fees shall be made public. When collecting litigation fees, the People's Court shall use fiscal bills printed by the finance department of the State Council or the finance department of the provincial people's government in accordance with its financial affiliation. Case acceptance fees and application fees will be turned over to the finance department in full and included in the budget, and two-line management of revenue and expenditure will be implemented.

To collect litigation fees, the People's Court shall issue payment vouchers to the parties, and the parties shall pay the fees at the designated agent bank with the payment vouchers. If fees should be refunded to the parties in accordance with the law, the People's Court shall handle the matter in accordance with relevant national regulations. Specific measures for the payment and refund of litigation fees shall be formulated separately by the financial department of the State Council in consultation with the Supreme People's Court.

In remote, water-based, or inaccessible areas, the basic circuit court hears the case on the spot. If the party concerned finds it difficult to pay the litigation fees to the designated agent bank, the basic circuit court can collect the litigation fees on the spot and issue a certificate to the party. Financial bills printed by the financial department of the provincial people's government; if the financial bills printed by the financial department of the provincial people's government are not issued, the party concerned has the right to refuse to pay.

After the case is concluded, the people's court shall notify the parties in writing of the detailed list of litigation costs and the amount that the parties should bear, and at the same time indicate in the judgment, ruling or mediation letter that each party shall The amount that should be borne.

If it is necessary to refund the litigation fees to the parties, the people's court shall refund the relevant parties within 15 days from the date when the legal document takes effect.

Article 54 The price department and the financial department shall manage and supervise litigation expenses in accordance with the division of responsibilities for charge management; any arbitrary charges that violate the provisions of these Measures shall be handled in accordance with laws, regulations and relevant provisions of the State Council. Provisions shall be made for investigation and punishment.

Chapter 8 Supplementary Provisions

Article 55: Litigation costs are calculated in RMB. If the unit of calculation is foreign currency, it shall be converted into RMB and paid according to the exchange rate announced by the state on the day the people's court decides to accept the case; the litigation fees for appeal cases and cases applying for retrial shall be calculated and paid according to the exchange rate announced by the state on the day the people's court of first instance decides to accept the case. Conversion.

Article 56: These Measures shall come into effect on April 1, 2007.

Notice of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of the "Measures for the Payment of Litigation Fees" (the Supreme People's Court Documents Fafa [2007] No. 16 on April 20, 2007 shall be effective from the date of promulgation) at all local levels across the country People's courts, military courts at all levels, all railway transportation intermediate courts and grassroots courts, all maritime courts, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps courts at all levels: "Measures for the Payment of Litigation Fees" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") effective from April 1, 2007 For implementation, the "Measures for Litigation Fees of the People's Court" and the "Measures for Litigation Fees of the People's Court" and the "Supplementary Provisions for Litigation Fees of the People's Court" promulgated by the Supreme People's Court will no longer apply at the same time. In order to implement the "Measures" and standardize the payment and management of litigation fees, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows: 1. Regarding the transition of fees after the implementation of the "Measures" to litigation cases and enforcement cases accepted by the People's Court after April 1, 2007, The provisions of the Measures shall apply. The provisions of the Measures do not apply to litigation cases and enforcement cases accepted by the People's Court before April 1, 2007. For cases in which effective judgments have been made before April 1, 2007, are retried in accordance with the law, the provisions of the "Measures" shall apply. If the people's court changes the judgment of a retrial case in accordance with the law, the burden of litigation costs in the original trial shall be re-determined in accordance with the principles and standards for the burden of litigation costs in the original trial. 2. Regarding the consequences of parties failing to pay case acceptance fees or application fees in accordance with regulations. If a party fails to pay case acceptance fees or application fees in accordance with Article 20 of the "Measures" within the time limit and fails to apply for judicial relief, or the application for judicial relief is not approved, If the case acceptance fee or application fee has not been paid within the time limit specified by the People's Court, the People's Court shall handle the case according to the voluntary withdrawal of the lawsuit or withdrawal of the application by the parties in accordance with the law. 3. Regarding the burden of litigation costs, Article 29 of the "Measures" stipulates that litigation costs shall be borne by the losing party, unless the winning party voluntarily bears them. In cases where the plaintiff wins, the litigation fees shall be borne by the defendant. The people's court shall return the litigation fees collected in advance to the plaintiff, and then the people's court shall collect them directly from the defendant, unless the plaintiff voluntarily bears it or agrees to be paid directly by the defendant. If a party refuses to pay litigation fees, the people's court shall enforce the case in accordance with the law. 4. Regarding the collection of execution application fees and bankruptcy application fees, Article 20 of the "Measures" stipulates that execution application fees and bankruptcy application fees shall not be paid in advance by the applicant. The execution application fees shall be paid after execution, and the bankruptcy application fees shall be paid after liquidation. Starting from April 1, 2007, the execution application fee will be collected directly from the person subject to execution by the people's court in addition to the content determined in the effective legal document. The bankruptcy application fee will be allocated by the people's court first from the bankruptcy property after bankruptcy liquidation. 5. Regarding the application and approval procedures for judicial assistance, the "Measures" stipulate the principles, forms, and procedures for judicial assistance, but do not provide for the application and approval procedures for judicial assistance. In order to standardize the operating procedures for judicial assistance in people's courts, the Supreme People's Court will revise the "Regulations on Judicial Assistance to Parties with Real Financial Difficulties" in the near future and promulgate it to courts across the country in a timely manner. 6. Regarding the specific payment standards for case acceptance fees and application fees in each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government, the "Measures" authorizes the people's governments of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government to take into account the actual local conditions, in Article 13 (2), (3), ( Specific payment standards for case acceptance fees and application fees in each locality shall be formulated within the range specified in Item 6) and Item 1 of Article 14. Each higher people's court shall consult with the people's government at the same level to formulate specific payment standards for case acceptance fees and application fees in the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the above provisions in a timely manner, and issue them to the courts within their jurisdiction for implementation as soon as possible. April 20, 2007