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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
X. Examination
Reduction of the examination fee
Reduction of the examination fee
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Applicants who have their residence or principal place of business in an EPC contracting state having a language other than English, French or German as an official language, and nationals of such states who are resident abroad, are entitled to a 20% reduction in the examination fee on condition that they
Art. 14(4) EPC
R. 6(3) EPC
Art. 14(1) RFees
GL/EPO A-X, 9.2.3
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file the written request for examination in one of the official languages of this state other than English, French or German, and  
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within one month of so doing - at the earliest simultaneously with the written request for examination - file a translation in the language of the proceedings (see point 418).
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Please note that once the examination fee has been paid and the request for examination in an EPO language has been filed, the applicant is no longer entitled to the reduction in the examination fee if thereafter the request for examination is filed in an admissible non-EPO language.