Legislation roundup: Consumer protection, customs duties and patent fees
August 11, 2016 | BY
Katherine Jo &clp articles &The SAIC's draft Consumer Protection Law Implementing Regulations have tightened online platforms' refund obligations, the pilot customs duty selection policy has been expanded within the FTZs and the MOF and NDRC have permitted patent filing and examination fee reductions
Consumer Protection
State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Implementing Regulations for the PRC Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers (Draft for Comments)
The operator of an online trading platform shall itself, or reach agreement with the business operators on the platform to, establish a deposit system for consumer rights and interests or advance compensation system, and make public the measures for the management and use of the deposits for consumer rights and interests or compensation amounts.
See the digest for more details.
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Tax
Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration of Taxation, Circular on Expansion of the Pilot Project for the Policy of Offering a Choice in the Levy of Customs Duties on Sales into China Proper
The pilot project for the policy of offering a choice in the levy of customs duties on sales into China proper is expanded to other zones under special customs surveillance (excluding bonded zones and bonded logistics parks) in the provinces (municipalities) where the Tianjin, Shanghai, Fujian and Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zones are located.
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Intellectual Property
Ministry of Finance and National Development and Reform Commission, Measures for the Reduction of Patent Fees
A patent applicant or patent holder may request a reduction of the patent filing fee, the substantive examination fee for an invention patent application, the annual fee and the re-examination fee.
See the digest for more details.
Further reading
Consumer Protection
State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Implementing Regulations for the PRC Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers (Draft for Comments)
The operator of an online trading platform shall itself, or reach agreement with the business operators on the platform to, establish a deposit system for consumer rights and interests or advance compensation system, and make public the measures for the management and use of the deposits for consumer rights and interests or compensation amounts.
See the digest for more details.
Further reading
Tax
Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration of Taxation, Circular on Expansion of the Pilot Project for the Policy of Offering a Choice in the Levy of Customs Duties on Sales into China Proper
The pilot project for the policy of offering a choice in the levy of customs duties on sales into China proper is expanded to other zones under special customs surveillance (excluding bonded zones and bonded logistics parks) in the provinces (municipalities) where the Tianjin, Shanghai, Fujian and Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zones are located.
See the full translation.
Further reading
Intellectual Property
Ministry of Finance and National Development and Reform Commission, Measures for the Reduction of Patent Fees
A patent applicant or patent holder may request a reduction of the patent filing fee, the substantive examination fee for an invention patent application, the annual fee and the re-examination fee.
See the digest for more details.
Further reading
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