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Article 51 |
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(1) The European Patent Office may levy fees for any official task or procedure carried out under this Convention. |
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(2) Time limits for the payment of fees other than those fixed by this Convention shall be laid down in the Implementing Regulations. |
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(3) Where the Implementing Regulations provide that a fee shall be paid, they shall also lay down the legal consequences of failure to pay such fee in due time. |
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(4) The Rules relating to Fees shall determine in particular the amounts of the fees and the ways in which they are to be paid. |
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Amended by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000. |
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