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European Patent Convention (EPC 1973)

A revised version of the European Patent Convention entered into force on 13 December 2007. The provisions of the revised Convention apply unless the transitional provisions provide for the applicability of the EPC 1973.
EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION 1973 - Table of Contents
CONVENTION Preface Implementing Regulations
PART I - GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS PREAMBLE PART II - SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW
Chapter V - Financial provisions Chapter IV - The Administrative Council  
[Article 38 - The Organisation's own resources Article 37 - Budgetary funding Article 38 - The Organisation's own resources


[Article 38

The Organisation's own resources

Art. 40



The Organisation's own resources shall be the yield from the fees laid down in this Convention, and also all receipts, whatever their nature.]



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