Ancillary Regulations Part I: Article 157(3) OJ 2005, 422, OJ 2005, 546

Article 157(3) OJ 2005, 422, OJ 2005, 546: Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 June 2005 reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office and Decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2005 clarifying Article 2

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Foreword

Ancillary Regulations

Part I

Article 157(3)

Article 158(2) PCT Gazette 14/1986, 2367

Article 156 OJ 2003, 587: PCT Notice dated 10 December 2003 concerning revised Form 1200

Article 157(3) OJ 2006, 13: Decision of the Administrative Council of 15 December 2005 adjusting the decision of 10 June 2005 (CA/D 3/05 as formulated in CA/D 6/05 of 27 October 2005) reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office

Article 157(3) - OJ 2005, 422, OJ 2005, 546

Decision of the Administrative Council of 10 June 2005 reducing the fee for the supplementary European search where the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office¹ and Decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2005 clarifying Article 2

- OJ 2005, 422, OJ 2005, 546 -

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION,

Having regard to the European Patent Convention and in particular
Article 157, paragraph (3) b) and (4), thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Budget and Finance Committee,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The fee for a supplementary European search on an international application for which the international search report was drawn up by the Austrian Patent Office, or in accordance with the Protocol on Centralisation by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office shall be reduced by EUR 810.

Article 2²

(1) This decision shall enter into force on 1 July 2005 and shall apply to international applications entering the European phase

(a) which are filed from 1 April 2005 up to and including 30 June 2008 and for which the international search report was drawn up by the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, and

(b) which are filed from 1 July 2005 up to and including 30 June 2008 and for which the international search report was drawn by the Austrian Patent Office, by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office.

(2) The decision of 21 December 1978 (OJ EPO 1979, 4, Corr. 50), in so far as it relates to international applications for which the international search report was drawn up by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office, and the decisions of 17 May 1979 (OJ EPO 1979, 248), and of 9 June 1995 (OJ EPO 1995, 511) shall, in respect of international applications filed on or after 1 July 2005, be rescinded.

Done at Munich, 10 June 2005

For the Administrative Council
The Chairman
Roland GROSSENBACHER

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¹	See Notice from the President of the European Patent Office dated 1 July 2005 (OJ EPO 2005, 431).

²	Clarified by decision of the Administrative Council of 27 October 2005 (OJ EPO 2005, 546).