EPC 1973 | EPC 2000 |
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Art. 42 | Art. 42 |
Chapter V – Financial provisions
Article 42 26
Budget
A revised version of the European Patent Convention entered into force on 13 December 2007. The provisions of the revised Convention apply unless the transitional provisions provide for the applicability of the EPC 1973. |
(1) The budget of the Organisation shall be balanced. It shall be drawn up in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles laid down in the Financial Regulations. If necessary, there may be amending or supplementary budgets.
(2) The budget shall be drawn up in the unit of account fixed in the Financial Regulations.
26Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000, provisionally applicable as of 29.11.2000 (OJ EPO 2001, Special edition No. 4).