CABINET CHAILLOT Industrial Property Attorneys in France Professional Representative before the EPO Professional Representative before the OHIM France: Colombes | La Roche-sur-Yon | Dijon   Français | Español RULES RELATING TO FEES (EPC) of 20 October 1977 as last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation of 13 December 2001 THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATION, HAVING REGARD to the European Patent Convention and in particular Article 33, paragraph 2(d), thereof, HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RULES RELATING TO FEES: Article 1 - General Article 2 - Fees provided for in the Convention and in the Implementing Regulations Article 3 - Fees, costs and prices laid down by the President of the Office Article 4 - Due date for fees Article 5 - Payment of fees Article 6 - Currencies Article 7 - Particulars concerning payments Article 8 - Date to be considered as the date on which payment is made Article 9 - Insufficiency of the amount paid Article 10 - Refund of the search fee Article 10a - Refund of the fee for a technical opinion Article 10b - Refund of examination fee Article 10c - Refund of insignificant amounts Article 10d - Refund of fee for international preliminary examination Article 11 - Decisions fixing costs which are subject to appeal Article 12 - Reduction of fees Article 13 - Notification Article 14 - Entry into force