Editing Permanent Court of Arbitration (section)

==Budget and fees==
Between 2007 and 2008, the budget was €1.8 million.<ref name=gemeente>{{cite web|url=http://www.denhaag.nl/web/file?uuid=64275ce6-b9be-4e80-a2c1-a3224f0b8456&owner=bfadc11e-971e-465e-b613-5da689f27cd0&contentid=5982|work=City of The Hague|title=The Permanent Court of Arbitration|access-date=31 July 2016|date=November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914184418/http://www.denhaag.nl/web/file?uuid=64275ce6-b9be-4e80-a2c1-a3224f0b8456&owner=bfadc11e-971e-465e-b613-5da689f27cd0&contentid=5982|archive-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

The budget of the PCA comes from the contributions of its Contracting Parties and income through arbitration cases. The distribution of the amounts to be paid by the individual Contracting Parties is based on the system in use by the [[Universal Postal Union]].<ref name=AC/>

Parties to arbitration have to pay the expenses of the arbitral tribunal set up to hear the case, including the salary of the arbitrators, registry and administrative functions, but not including overheads of the organization.<ref>Art. 85 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (Hague I), October 18, 1907.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pca-cpa.org/en/fees-and-costs/ |title=Schedule of Fees and Costs |publisher=PCA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512004932/https://pca-cpa.org/en/fees-and-costs/ |archive-date=2018-05-12 |access-date=2016-07-27 }}</ref> The costs of arbitration vary from case to case and discussions may be held between the PCA and the parties over fee arrangements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pca-cpa.org/en/faq/|title=FAQ, PCA-CPA|quote=The costs of arbitration vary from case to case. To promote maximum flexibility in each case, the PCA has no fixed fee schedule. The PCA assists the parties and tribunal in finding a fee arrangement that is most appropriate for the case.|access-date=2016-07-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827152918/https://pca-cpa.org/en/faq/|archive-date=2016-08-27}}</ref>

The fixed costs for action as an appointing authority are €3000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pca-cpa.org/fees-and-costs/|title=Fees and costs &#124; PCA-CPA|website=pca-cpa.org}}</ref>