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 July 26, 2001, of a written communication, dated July 20, 2001, from the European Patent Office (EPO), relating to a change in the fees charged by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), 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. 21 of August 27, 1981). The text of that communication is attached.
The fees set forth in the said communication will apply as from January 1, 2002, and will replace the fees published in the November 1998 issue of the WIPO periodical Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties (see Budapest Notification No. 182 of February 15, 2000).
The notifications and information relating to the international depositary authorities under the Budapest Treaty and its Regulations will, as from the June/July issue, no longer be published in our periodical Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties, but will be published on WIPO's website.
August 20, 2001
Communication of the European Patent Office (EPO) dated July 20, 2001, Relating to a Change in the Fees Charged by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS)
COMMUNICATION
In accordance with Rule 12.2 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty, I have the honour to hereby notify you that the amounts of fees charged by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) will be modified for the deposits of microorganisms relating to patent applications.
You will find, attached, the English and French versions of the fee schedule. I should be grateful if you could publish information on the above as soon as possible in your periodical Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties and let us know the publication date.
ANNEX
[Original: English/French]
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS)
Change in the Fee Schedule
The schedule of fees of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) will be changed as follows:
| Euro | ||||
| Deposition for 30 years, in conformity with Rule 11.4(g) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | 650 | |||
| Conversion of a deposit made outside the Budapest Treaty into a deposit according to the Budapest Treaty | 650 | |||
| Preservation of stock material for the deposition for 30 years | ||||
| - set of 10 ampoules freeze-dried material | 125 | |||
| - set of 10 frozen straws | 175 | |||
| Issuance of viability statement, except where Rule 10.2(e) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty applies | ||||
| - if the viability test is to be carried out | 80 | |||
| - based on the last viability test | 25 | |||
| Communication of information under Rule 7.6 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | 25 | |||
| Attestation of receipt in conformity with Rule 8.2 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | 25 | |||
| Furnishing samples | ||||
| - in accordance with Rule 11.2(ii), 11.3(a) and 11.3(b) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | 100 | |||
| - in accordance with Rule 11.2(1) of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty | ||||
| - agar slant | 40 | |||
| - freeze-dried ampoule | 15 | |||
| Surcharge to cover bank and administrative costs | 10 | |||