1. Art. 25 of Interpretation on Environmental Civil Public-Interest Litigation (Providing that before the Mediation Agreement Takes Effect, the Court Shall Publicize the Content of the Agreement for No Less than 30 Days and Then Examine its Content to Ensure that it Would Not Damage Public Interests).
2. Article 103 of the Legislation Law of China (2023 Amendment) (Issued by the National People's Congress on March 13, 2023, Effective on March 15, 2023).
3. Article 114(2) of the 2023 Marine Environmental Protection Law.
4. Article 12 of Interpretation on Environmental Public-Interest Litigation Stipulates that ‘ the People's Court Shall, within Ten Days after Accepting an Environmental Civil Public-Interest Litigation, Notify the Department Responsible for Environmental Supervision and Management of the Defendant's conduct.’.
5. Article 2 of Interpretation on Marine Compensation, Article 2-3 of Interpretation on Marine Public-Interest Litigation, Article 4 and Article 7 of Special Maritime Procedure Law, Article 3 (65) of Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Scope of Cases to Be Accepted by Maritime Courts.