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353 SPORTS LAW Costs and Late Payment of Advance on Cost in CAS Arbitration* Att. Ece Ozsu Costs in General in CAS Arbitration The costs in the arbitration before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) include mainly the fees of arbitrators and general costs of the proceedings. In order to lodge a claim or an appeal before the CAS , the claimant/appellant is required to pay the Court Office fee of 1.000 CHF which is non-refundable 1 . Following the formation of the panel, the CAS Court Office shall decide upon an amount, a method, and time limit for payment of the advance on costs that the parties are obliged to pay 2 . In addition, each party shall bear the costs of its witnesses, experts and interpreters. If the panel appoints an expert or orders an interpreter, the panel shall also determine how their costs will be covered 3 . At the end of the proceedings, the CAS Court Office determines the exact amount of the arbitration costs. These costs include the CAS Court Office fee, administrative costs, the fee of the arbitrators, and the costs incurred by the arbitrators, the fee of the ad hoc clerk, the contribution towards the expenses of the CAS; fees of witnesses, inter- preters and experts, and the costs so incurred by them. The account for the costs of the arbitration proceeding may be specified in the arbitral award or, separately, sent to the parties. * Article of November2019 1 CAS Code Article R64.1. 2 CAS Code Article R64.2. 3 CAS Code Article R64.3.