The fees for the international search and preliminary examination of an international application are reduced by 75% if the application is filed by a natural person who is a national and a resident of a state which is not an EPC Contracting State and which fulfils the requirements for the corresponding reduction of fees payable to the International Bureau of WIPO (decision of the PCT Assembly, 25 September to 3 October 1995; decision of the Administrative Council of 11 October 2000, OJ 10/2000, 446).