The examination fee is reduced by 50% where the EPO acting as IPEA has already drawn up an international preliminary examination report in respect of the relevant Euro-PCT application, unless in the European phase the applicant is seeking a patent for an invention which is not the subject of that report (see points 382383 and points 392393 ff).
If the conditions for both reductions (see points 594595-see points 595596) are fulfilled, the examination fee is first reduced by 50%. The 30% reduction is applied to the resulting total and not to the full fee. Therefore, the total reduction in relation to the full fee is 65%.
Source: http://www.epo.org/applying/international/guide-for-applicants/html/e/ga_e_x_4.html
Date retrieved: 24 November 2017
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EPO Guidelines - A Formalities Examination
XGL A X 9.3.2 Reduction of the examination fee where the international preliminary examination report is being drawn up by the EPO