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EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION - Table of Contents
Rules relating to Fees Transitional provisions / AC decisions under Art. 7 / Revision Act 2000 Annex I: Index of published decisions/opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Article 3 - Fees, expenses and prices laid down by the President of the Office Article 2 - Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations Article 4 - Due date for fees

Article 3 5
Fees, expenses and prices laid down by the President of the Office


(1) The President of the Office shall lay down the amount of the administrative fees provided for in the Implementing Regulations and, where appropriate, the amount of the fees and expenses for any services rendered by the Office other than those specified in Article 2.


(2) He shall also lay down the prices of the publications referred to in Articles 93, 98, 103 and 129 of the Convention.


(3) The amounts of the fees provided for in Article 2 and of the fees and expenses laid down in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be published in the Official Journal and on the website of the European Patent Office.



3  See decision of the President of the EPO, OJ EPO 2008, 202.


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