The designation fees are deemed paid for all Contracting States upon payment of seven times the amount of one designation fee. Such payments simply need to be marked "designation fees" in order for the purpose of the payment to be established. If fewer than seven designation fees are paid and the payment agrees with the declaration in Section 32.2b of the Request for Grant form (Form 1001), payment should once again simply be marked "designation fees". However, if the payment differs from the intended payment as stated in Section 32.2b, the Contracting States for which the payment is now intended should be indicated with the payment.

If there is no such indication and the amount paid is insufficient to cover all the Contracting States mentioned in Section 32.2b, the procedure under III, 12.8 applies.

If an automatic debit order has been issued (Sections 43 and 32.3 of Form 1001), the applicant must inform the EPO prior to expiry of the basic period under Art. 79(2) if he wishes to pay designation fees for Contracting States other than those indicated in Section 32.2b. If not, an amount equal to seven times the amount of one designation fee or the designation fees for the Contracting States indicated in Section 32.2b is debited.

The same applies where Form 1200 is used for entry into the European phase of a Euro-PCT application.