1 Basis for conversion

Deemed withdrawal pursuant to Art. 77(5) EPC

Art. 8 Law of 8.7.77

2 Procedural steps to be taken

(a) Payment of:

(aa) national filing fee (EUR 50)

(ab) stamp duty

- for the duplicate of:

-- the filing certificate (EUR 5)

-- the description (EUR 5)

-- the claims (EUR 5)

-- each sheet of the drawings (EUR 5)

- for the patent certificate (EUR 5)

(b) Filing, in triplicate, of a translation including the abstract and, as the case may be, drawings (see also column 5);

(c) Payment of any renewal fees due

Art. 8 Law of 8.7.77

Art. 10 RD of 27.2.81

DR of 26.6.47

(see also table VIII, column 3)

3 Time limit for taking procedural steps referred to in column 2

3 months after receipt by OPRI of the request for conversion

Art. 8 Law of 8.7.77

4 Must a national professional representative be appointed?

see table III.B, column 1

Art. 55, 57, 58, 60 PA

5 Special features

The translation referred to in column 2(b) must be filed in one of the national languages prescribed in the Royal Decree of 18.7.66 on the co-ordination of laws concerning the use of languages for administrative purposes (cf. OJ EPO 1999, 320).

Where a translation is not required:

filing in duplicate, in accor­dance with the provisions applying to Belgian patents, of a copy of the EP application including the abstract, and, as the case may be, of the drawings accompanying the description and, if any, the abstract.

Art. 10(2) RD of 27.2.81