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 the receipt on August 20, 2024, of a communication from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding changes in the schedule of fees charged by the National Collections of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB), an international depository authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (Budapest Treaty), done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, and amended on September 26, 1980 (see Budapest Notification No. 24 of February 2, 1982).
According to Rule 12.2(c) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty, the new fees set forth in the communication shall take effect on October 9, 2024, that is, on the thirtieth day following the publication of the changes by the International Bureau.
The new fees schedule is indicated in the Attachment.
September 9, 2024
Schedule of Fees
| GBP | |||
| 1. | Storage | ||
| 1.1. | Storage according to the Budapest Treaty (comprising of the initial viability check, the preservation and storage of biological materian( � | ||
| - Orthodox seeds, bacteria, fungi, plasmids, bacteriophages (plus the host as a separate deposit) | 1’120 | ||
| - Plant cell cultures | 1’767 | ||
| 1.2. | Storage according to the Budapest Treaty (comprising of the initial viability check of biological material preserved by the depositor and the storage of biological material) or conversion of a deposit made outside of the Budapest Treaty into a deposit according to the Budapest Treaty: | ||
| - Bacteria, fungi, plasmids, bacteriophages (plus the host as a separate deposit) | 872 | ||
| - Plant cell cultures | 1’180 | ||
| 2. | Viability Issuance of a viability statement according to Rule 10.2 of the Budapest Treaty: |
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| 2.1. | Where viability test is requested | 150 | |
| 2.2. | On the basis of most recent viability test | 60 | |
| 3. | Furnishing of a sample | ||
| 3.1. | To the depositor according to Rule 11.2 (i) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | 116 | |
| 3.2. | To a third party according to Rule 11.2 (ii) and 11.3 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | 180 | |
| 4. | Communication of information under Rule 7.6 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | 176 | |
| 5. | Attestation referred to in Rule 8.2 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | 176 | |
| 6. | Additional Charges | ||
| 6.1 | Custom inspection fees | at current rate | |
| 6.2 | Additional or replacement BP/4 or BP/9 | 150 | |
| 6.3 | Phytosanitary certificates (for furnishing of seeds) | 130 | |
| 6.4 | Extending the duration of storage over the one provided by Rule 9 of the Budapest Treaty | 50 per year | |
Fees are payable to NCIMB Ltd. and do not include, where applicable, VAT, handling charges, customs inspection fees (if applicable) or postage and packing.