According to the Circular of the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission on Canceling and Suspending the Collection of Some Administrative Fees and Charges (Cai Shui [2015] No. 102), the relevant provisions on the recordal fee for customs intellectual property rights (hereinafter referred to as the filing fee) The announcements are as follows:
1. From 1 November 2015 (including today) to apply to the General Administration of Customs for the record of intellectual property protection, the General Administration of Customs to suspend collection of filing fees.
2. In case that the filing fee has been paid in advance to the Special Account of the General Administration of Customs, and the prepaid filing fee is not used for filing before November 1, 2015 (excluding this day), the applicant may apply to the General Administration of Customs Refund.
Where a refund is made in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the applicant shall fill in the application for refund before May 1, 2016 (excluding today) and submit it to the General Administration of Customs for the issuance of the central non - tax revenue receipt (original) issued by the General Administration of Customs . The format of the refund application can be downloaded from the "Downloading Document Format" section of the IPR Customs Protection System (URL: http://202.127.48.148/). The original remittance bank account number, account name and account number should be indicated in the application form. Row.
Mailing Address: Finance Department, General Administration of Customs, No.6 Jianguomen Nei Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100730, China.
3. If the filing fee has not been filed with the Special Account of the General Administration of Customs for archival filing fees and the application is in the status of "Approved, Unreached" or "Pending Approval" before November 1, 2015 (excluding today) The applicant will not pay the filing fee.
Fourth, this announcement shall come into force on November 1, 2015. Announcement No. 15, 2004 of the General Administration of Customs, which came into effect on May 25, 2004, was suspended at the same time.
Special announcement.
General Administration of Customs
October 29, 2015