4.1 Additional fee for Euro-PCT applications

This section relates only to Euro-PCT applications entering the European phase on or after 1 April 2009. For these applications the additional fee is payable as part of the filing fee within the 31-month period. See also the notice from the EPO dated 26 January 2009 (OJ EPO 2009, 118) and its supplement (OJ EPO 2009, 338).

In general, the additional fee is calculated on the basis of the international application as published, regardless of the language of publication. The pages of the description, claims and drawings are counted, as well as one page for the bibliographic data with abstract. Any amendments under Art. 19 PCT and/or Art. 34 PCT are also considered part of the international publication and are taken into account for calculating the additional fee unless the applicant indicates that the procedure in the European phase is not to be based on them. The indications made in EPO Form 1200 should be clear so that the EPO can readily identify the pages for which the additional fee is payable (A‑XII, 5.3).

The pages of EPO Form 1200 itself and those forming part of a standard-compliant sequence listing under Rule 30(1) are not counted.