Rules relating to Fees
Article 337
Fees, expenses and prices laid down by the President of the Office
16th edition: this version presents the text in force on 1 July 2020. |
(1) The President of the Office shall lay down the amount of the administrative fees provided for in the Implementing Regulations and, where appropriate, the amount of the fees and expenses for any services rendered by the Office other than those specified in Article 2 RFees.
(2) He shall also lay down the prices of the publications referred to in Articles 93 EPC, Article 98 EPC, Article 103 EPC and Article 129 of the Convention.
(3) The amounts of the fees provided for in Article 2 RFees and of the fees and expenses laid down in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be published in the Official Journal and on the website of the European Patent Office.
37See the decisionsdecision of the President of the EPO dated 29.01.2020 revising the Office's fees and expenses (OJ EPO 2014, A13)(OJ EPO 2020, A6), and the decision of the President of the EPO dated 02.02.2012 revising the basic fee for the European qualifying examination (OJ EPO 2012, 210) and revising the fee for an international-type search (OJ EPO 2016, A4).