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Applicants are advised to compute the correct page fee with the help of Form 1200, section 6, and in particular the related table, which is part of Form 1200. Precise and correct indications in section 6 and the table are required to ensure that the EPO does not deem the application to be withdrawn due to payment of what appears to be an incorrect amount of the filing fee. In particular, if the international application has not been published in an official language of the EPO, the applicant is advised to consult the information published in OJ 2009, page 338.
Regardless of the language of publication, the page fee is based on the international application as published. The pages of the description, claims and drawings are counted, plus one page in total for any pages with the bibliographic data and the abstract. Amended claims under Article 19 PCT are also considered part of the international publication and must be taken into account unless the applicant has indicated that the procedure in the European phase is not to be based on them.
If amendments to the description are filed, in computing the page fee the pages of the description are counted as follows: the pages of the description as published, plus any pages submitted as amendments to the description, minus the pages which are replaced by the amendments to the description filed upon entry into the European phase.
If the application was processed under PCT Chapter II, the amendments filed under Article 34 PCT are to be taken into account in computing the page fee unless the applicant indicates that these pages are not to form the basis for the procedure in the European phase.