OJ EPO 2015, A108 - BE Belgium

New fee rates

By Royal Decree of 9 November 2015[ 1 ] some patent fees payable to the Belgian Office of Intellectual Property (OPRI) have been changed.

Applicants for and proprietors of European patents with effect in Belgium are advised that from 1 January 2016 the following rates apply:

1. Renewal fees:

 

EUR

3rd year

40

4th year

55

5th year

75

6th year

95

7th year

110

8th year

135

9th year

165

10th year

185

11th year

215

12th year

240

13th year

275

14th year

320

15th year

360

16th year

400

17th year

450

18th year

500

19th year

555

20th year

600

 

2. Registering transfers, licences and other rights: no fee

EPO information brochure "National law relating to the EPC"

Users of this brochure (16th edition) should amend Tables VI, column 1, and IX, column 4, accordingly.

 

 

[ 1 ] Moniteur belge of 25 November 2015, 70405.