The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify him of the receipt, on January 22, 1993, of a notification of the Government of the Republic of Hungary, dated January 21, 1993, setting forth the new Schedule of Fees charged by the National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms (NCAIM), University of Horticulture and Food Industry, an international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, as amended on September 26, 1980 (see Budapest Notification No. 51 of May 2, 1986). The new Schedule of Fees is attached.
The new Schedule of Fees will apply as from the thirtieth day following the date (February 28, 1993) of the publication of the said Schedule of Fees in the February 1993 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle, that is, as from March 30, 1993 (see Rule 12.2(c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty). The said Schedule of Fees will replace the one published in the May 1986 issue of Industrial Property/La Propriété industrielle (see Budapest Notification No. 51 of May 2, 1986).
February 10, 1993
Text of the Notification of the Government of the Republic of Hungary, dated January 21, 1993, regarding a new schedule of fees charged by the National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms (NCAIM)
SCHEDULE OF FEES
For each microorganism strain deposited with the National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms (NCAIM), University of Horticulture and Food Industry, the following fees shall be charged:
| HUF | |||
| (a) | for storage | 24,000 | |
| (b) | for the issuance of a receipt in attestation of the deposit (except for the receipt issued free of charge in the case of original or new deposits) if information is requested | 1,000 | |
| (c) | for a viability test and for the issuance of a viability statement | 3,000 | |
| (d) | for the furnishing of samples on request made after publication of the patent application | 4,000 |