• Document Number：Interpretation No. 13 [2013] of the Supreme People’s Court
• Area of Law： Contract Insurance
• Level of Authority： Judicial Interpretation
• Date issued：05-02-2013
• Effective Date：05-08-2013
• Issuing Authority： Supreme People's Court
• Status： Effective

Announcement of the Supreme People's Court
The Official Reply of the Supreme People's Court on Issues concerning Application of Law in the Trial of Cases Involving Disputes over Export Credit Insurance Contracts, as adopted at the 1,575th session of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court on April 15, 2013, is hereby issued and shall come into force on May 8, 2013.
Supreme People's Court
May 2, 2013
Official Reply of the Supreme People's Court on Issues concerning Application of Law in the Trial of Cases Involving Disputes over Export Credit Insurance Contracts
(Interpretation No. 13 [2013] of the Supreme People's Court, adopted at the 1,575th session of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court on April 15, 2013)
The Higher People's Court of Guangdong Province:
Your Request for Instructions on Issues concerning Application of Law to Export Credit Insurance Contracts (No. 442 [2012] of the Higher People's Court of Guangdong Province) has been received. Upon deliberation, the following official reply is hereby made:
Regarding application of law to export credit insurance contracts, there are no specific provisions in the Insurance Law. Considering the peculiarity of export credit insurance, the people's courts hearing cases involving disputes over export credit insurance contracts may apply, by reference, the relevant provisions of the Insurance Law, except as otherwise agreed upon in the export credit insurance contracts.