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Guide for applicants, Part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide)

 
 
Table of Contents - Guide for applicants, Part 2: PCT procedure before the EPO (Euro-PCT Guide)
E. Euro-PCT procedure before the EPO as a designated (PCT Chapter I) or elected (PCT Chapter II) Office
VII. Filing fee
VII.
Filing fee  
530
Within the 31-month time limit the European filing fee must be paid, this being composed of a basic filing fee and an additional fee which is due for the 36th and each subsequent page of the application. In the case of Euro-PCT applications, the pages forming the basis for the procedure in the European phase are counted as set out below. The additional fee is referred to as the “page fee”.  
Art. 22(1), 39(1) PCT
Art. 78(2) EPC
R. 159(1)(c) EPC
Art. 2.1 RFees
OJ 2009, 118, 338
GL/EPO A-III, 13.1 and E-VIII, 2.1.3
531
The requirement to pay the European filing fee on entry into the European phase implements the right of the EPO as a designated/ elected Office to require payment of a "national fee" under Articles 22(1) and 39(1) PCT.
532
The basic filing fee is reduced where Form 1200 is filed online (see point 424).
Page fee
Non-observance of the time limit for payment of the filing fee